- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter from Mississippi; July 4 [1965]
- Creator:
- Turitz, Gene and Nancy
- Date of Original:
- 1965-07-04
- Subject:
- Bombings
Civil rights workers
Police brutality
Police misconduct
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This letter from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) summer volunteers, Nancy and Gene Turitz, to friends details the social and political climate of Batesville, Mississippi, in 1965 and outlines some of the programs that SNCC volunteers hope to implement. The contents also include a first-hand account of a mass arrest and police brutality in Jackson, Mississippi.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of 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_ce72efd3-bbbe-473d-9c9d-2df75c68a95b
- 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:
- M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection
Box 3, Folder 14 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
-
