- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- SNCC Wats report; September 21-22, 1964
- Creator:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Date of Original:
- 1964-09-01
- Subject:
- Bombings
Civil rights movement
Harassment
McComb (Miss.)
Pike County (Miss.)
Police misconduct
Race relations
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - 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; Report by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated September 21-22, 1964, on two bombings in Pike County, Mississippi. The home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill Baptist Church were bombed, and Quin's two young children were injured. Following the bombings, eight people connected to the civil rights movement were arrested and questioned by the police. The report includes Ursula Junk's and Jesse Harris's accounts of their interrogations by the police.
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_25ca0355-0b8d-4a6c-afad-072d78780a89
- 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:
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