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From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized effort to help register poor whites to vote and to educate them on racial and social inequalities in the South. Maxwell describes the significance of the program, the Biloxi WFP, and the need for more programs in Mississippi.

From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Bruce Maxwell, in his letter to Ed [Hamlett], expresses his reservations and aspirations for poor whites, African-Americans, and the Freedom Democratic Party in Mississippi.

3 June 1964

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