- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Memo, Victoria J. Gray to friends and supporters of the MFDP; February 10, 1966
- Creator:
- Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006
- Date of Original:
- 1966-02-10
- Subject:
- African Americans
Delta (Miss. : Region)
Homelessness
Greenville (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Poverty - 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; Memo from Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to friends and supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated February 10, 1966. Describes the current situation in the Mississippi Delta where hundreds of African-American agricultural workers were released from their jobs, leaving them without income and housing. Gray describes the migration of a group of these homeless people to an abandoned Greenville Air Base, from which they were evicted by police, and then to Tribbett. She asks for help from supporters of the MFDP, and includes a list of demands written by the group while they were at the Greenville Air Base.
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_f7b9115b-8e53-4ee6-af89-a10f8d1976b9
- 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 16 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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