- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Mississippi Summer Project - 1964: Report by a Student Volunteer
- Creator:
- Zeman, Zoya
- Date of Original:
- 1965-01-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
Harassment
Mississippi Freedom Project
Mississippi
Race relations - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her entire Freedom Summer experience, beginning with training in Oxford, Ohio. She describes the scope and goals of the Mississippi Freedom Project, and examines the volunteers who participated in the civil rights movement as well as the public's perception of them. Zeman describes her own work and the local harassment she and others endured during their summer in Mississippi. In conclusion, she discusses race relations and some of the results of her summer in Mississippi.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_018f1f51-3ea7-45dd-b5a9-bd9cef8808ea
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M320 Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection
A finding aid for this collection is available online at: https://doi.org/10.18785/fa.M320
Box 1, Folder 24 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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