- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 12, 1964
- Creator:
- Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1964-07-12
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Clarksdale (Miss.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 12, 1964. Discusses the change of emphasis in civil rights work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, from voter registration to Freedom registration for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and up-coming Freedom vote. Zwerling also mentions evening picnics given at the home of local civil rights leader, Aaron Henry.
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_ba95c9b2-bd7f-4e4c-a98e-d98a5e5f0e1c
- 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:
- M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection
A finding aid for this collection is available online at: https://doi.org/10.18785/fa.M336
Box 1, Folder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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