- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Account of a Freedom School volunteer; July 9, 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Politics, Practical
Student activities
Teaching
Voter Registration - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of volunteers, the Ku Klux Klan, incidents of oppressive and violent acts as expressed by various African Americans, and the FBI's investigation of such cases.
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_e6bc1f68-382d-4f2b-82c9-22b13ae50de0
- 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
A finding aid for this collection is available online at: https://doi.org/10.18785/fa.M323
Box 2, Folder 5 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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