Creator: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) - Civil Rights Digital Library Search Results

Use quotation marks to search as a phrase
Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included)
Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude
Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic
You can use parentheses in your complex expressions
Truncation and wildcards are not supported

This Search	Will Find
“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Civil rights related materials including correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs primarily from the 1950's through the 1960's.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1950/1969

Subject
Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
African Americans
Civil Rights
Mississippi Freedom Project
Civil rights demonstrations

Location
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034

Medium
documents (object genre)
images (object genre)

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
This collection largely focuses upon the ciliv rights movement in Mississippi. Primary source materials include correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics include Civil Rights, Freedom Schools, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and Voting Equality.

Metadata URL
https://www.digitalcollections.usm.edu/historical-manuscripts

Contributing Institution
University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

Rights

New Search Clear All

Creator Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)

1. Voice of the movement; February 1, 1965

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1965-02-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

2. Letter, COFO Hattiesburg staff to Friends; December 28, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-12-28
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

3. Rights worker beaten by police in Hattiesburg: officer threatens to kill him; 28 December 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-12-28
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

4. Cotton vote in Mississippi; December 31, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-12-11
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

5. Mississippi Student Union convention; December 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-12-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

6. COFO press release : freedom vote tallies; November 4, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-11-04
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

7. Letter, Jesse Morris to workers and friends of the Mississippi Freedom Project; September 14, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Morris, Jesse
Date of Original:: 1964-09-14
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

8. Voice of the movement; Vol. I, issue 13; 12 September 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-09-12
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

9. Materials needed by COFO; September 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-09-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

10. Voice of the movement; August 17, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-08-17
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

11. Voice of the movement; Vol. I, issue 10; 21 July 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-07-21
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

12. WATS line digest; July 2-5, 1964

Creator:: Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Date of Original:: 1964-07-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries