- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Petition to President Lyndon B. Johnson; undated
- Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Desegregation in education
Discrimination
Harassment
Mississippi Freedom Project - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Petition to President Lyndon Baines Johnson requesting federal protection for Freedom Project workers. Mentions the harassment faced by voter registration workers, as well as the murders of eight African-American youths in the South. Includes references to laws that provide for the federal protection requested by the petition.
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_6e899493-d1db-4f16-91ed-c1496192ee17
- 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 10 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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