- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Rights worker beaten by police in Hattiesburg: officer threatens to kill him; 28 December 1964
- Creator:
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Date of Original:
- 1964-12-28
- Subject:
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Police brutality
Violence - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) reporting the police beating of Joe Schwartz, a COFO worker. Schwartz was stopped by police and beaten after an office accused him of using profanity. The release also briefly mentions other recent acts of violence in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, area.
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_dd3bfb6a-1513-4848-8822-c054db272732
- 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 8 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights: