- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Voice, Vol. 6, no. 6; 20 DEcember 1965
- Creator:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Date of Original:
- 1965-12-20
- Subject:
- African Americans
Elections
Mississippi
Political activists
Poor Peoples' Corporation
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service - 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; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 6; formerly titled the "Student Voice") is dated December 20, 1965. Includes an article about the recent elections for the committee of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), the result of which was the election of 75 African-American farmers and sharecroppers in Mississippi. Despite these victories, there were charges of irregularities in the voting practices. Other topics include the Poor Peoples' Corporation and the formation a new African-American political group, the Lowndes County Freedom Organization.
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_a792b9d8-069e-41f1-b9ba-b8974496752a
- 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 21 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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