- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- and Joshua commanded the people to shout...and the people shouted with a great shout and the walls fell down flat...and they took the city; [1964]
- Creator:
- Hall, Praethia
Mitchell, Francis
Valera, Mary - Date of Original:
- 1964-01-01
- Subject:
- Adult education
Bible. O.T
Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
Religion and social problems
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The booklet is supplementary reading material for one of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) adult literacy projects. The text combines many excerpts from the Old Testament (Joshua 6: 10-20, Matthew 5: 13-16, Genesis 32: 24-30, Matthew 7: 7-12, Genesis 25: 29-34, Luke 10: 30-37 and 22: 41-44) with interpretive text that compares the Bible stories to civil rights struggles. The text praises civil rights workers and mentions James Chaney, John Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, Herbert Lee, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Victoria Gray and Annie Devine by name. The booklet is accompanied by instructions and an analysis of adult education techniques.
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_6f0da155-9cba-46ff-a996-566e208de335
- 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 4, Folder 17 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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