- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter, Karen Pate to friends; June 11, 1965
- Creator:
- Pate, Karen
- Date of Original:
- 1965-06-11
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Discrimination
Elections
Fund raising
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Project
Voting - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from Karen Pate of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to friends, dated June 11, 1965. Pate thanks friends for their financial support and requests further support. She also updates friends on the progress and current projects of COFO, including the Summer Project, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, the Poor People's Corporation, and freedom schools. Pate also mentions L.J. Martin, the first African American to be on a local ballot in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
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_399d66b2-8dff-4b25-be8d-f5205bd0603a
- 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:
- M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 1, Folder 9 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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