- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Declaration of independence; Palmer's Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; 25 July 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07-25
- Subject:
- Civil rights
Civil rights movement
Discrimination
Grocery trade
Race relations - 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; Palmers Crossing Declaration of Independence emphasizes parts of the United States Constitution that pertain to human and civil rights. Also gives a general list of grievances from various African Americans against the government as well as inadequacies in government actions. On the back of the page is a grocery advertisement for Palmers Crossing Grocery.
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_d7a3eb89-6bcf-49ba-b9a6-6eae63ed4c84
- 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 2 , Folder 3 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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