- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Freedom Summer Journal of Sandra Adickes; 1964
- Creator:
- Adickes, Sandra, 1933-
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Subject:
- African Americans
Civil rights movement
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Schools - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fifteen-page typescript of a journal kept by Sandra Adickes during her stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. The journal is dated July 10 - August 20, 1964. Adickes discusses her work as a teacher in the Freedom Schools, the students, local African Americans, and other volunteers in Hattiesburg. Highlights include her comments on integrating the public library with a group of African-American youths, being refused service at the Kress lunch counter, and her subsequent arrest. The journal is preceded by a prologue that was written later.
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_3916357e-faa3-47bb-8161-8487c2bdf413
- 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:
- M322 Adickes (Sandra E.) Papers
A finding aid for this collection is available online at: https://doi.org/10.18785/fa.M322
Box 1, Folder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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