Wednesdays in Mississippi : Civil rights as women's work : Breaking down barriers and mobilizing women, an exhibit Website
Online exhibit on the National Council of Negro Women's Wednesdays in Mississippi Project.
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Date of Original
2006/2020
Subject
National Council of Negro Women
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
Women civil rights workers--Mississippi
Women social reformers--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--United States
Women civil rights workers--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Segregation--Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--Mississippi
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century
Segregation--Southern States
Race discrimination--Southern States
Race discrimination--United States
Racism--Mississippi
Racism--Southern States
Racism--United States
Discrimination in housing--United States
Discrimination in housing--Illinois
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Mississippi
African Americans--Violence against--Mississippi
School integration--United States
School integration--New York (State)--New York
People
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
Goodwillie, Susan, 1941-
Cowan, Polly, 1913-1976
Wilson, Doris, 1920-
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Illinois, 40.00032, -89.25037
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
Medium
letters (correspondence)
articles
black-and-white photographs
pamphlets
reports
online exhibitions
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Wednesdays in Missisisppi is an online exhibit documenting the 1964 and 1965 program which brought Northern women into Mississippi to work with Freedom Summer and the Freedom Schools. Interracial and interfaith teams traveled to Mississippi on Tuesdays and returned on Thursdays. The program was organized by Dorothy Height and Polly Cowan under the umbrella of the National Council of Negro Women with the assistance of Susie Goodwillie and Doris Wilson. The exhibit includes newspaper articles, black-and-white photographs, pamphlets, biographies, interviews, letters, and a summary of experiences written by Polly Cowan after the first summer. The exhibit also includes a glossary listing and defining individuals, places, organziations, and terms used in the exhibit. In addition to describing and documenting race relations in the Northern states of New York and Illinois during the 1960s., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
University of Houston
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