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From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Draft, with editorial marks and instructions, of a speech or monologue by Robert Moses. Moses discusses many topics, including Mississippi civil rights activism in the early 1960s, current national politics, the Freedom Democratic Party and the Summer Project.

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from Council of Federated Organization leaders to national civil rights leaders and notable figures, including Martin Luther King, Harry Belafonte, Ossie Davis, Marlon Brando, and others. The memo updates the recipients on planned activities in Washington D.C., including a hearing, demonstration, and requested meeting with President Lyndon Johnson, and requests that the recipients attend these events.

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Memo to people who would interview applicants for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides guidance and pointers for determining if an applicant is suitable to work with the Mississippi Freedom Project.

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Letter from Dick [last name unknown] to Miller discussing planning phases of COFO's Mississippi Freedom Summer. Emphasis is put on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the challenge planned for the Democratic convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Author also discusses trip to visit Miller and plans to do fund raising.

From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Description of the goals and objectives of the church for the upcoming Mississippi Summer Project of 1964. Provides details of the major projects that were planned and mentions how volunteers could participate.

News release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), calling for a final effort to unseat the Mississippi congressional delegation. There is also a request for leaders and organizations to participate in the "One Man One Vote Legislation."

From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the political and economic situation in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Includes a summary of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in 1966 regarding municipal elections in Sunflower County, as well as a description of the MFDP plan to run candidates for local offices. A brief section is dedicated to the Sunflower County poverty program.

From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a forest road at the Harrison Experimental Forest.

From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a forest road at the Harrison Experimental Forest.

From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of the entrance sign and road to the Harrison Experimental Forest.

From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The letter from Charles Smith to Ed [Hamlett] bears a stamp from the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter at The University of Texas at Austin. Smith writes that he has applied to the Jackson office of Council of Federated Organizations and that he wants to learn about community organizing activities by working as a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer. He also asks whether, if he cannot raise funds to be self-sufficient, SNCC can subsidize his work for them. He writes about SDS activities at UT Austin, including a recent meeting at which Mark Lane spoke about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the investigation of Oswald. Smith makes a case for increased cooperation among three civil rights-oriented groups: SDS, SNCC, and the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC).

From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. <br>Describes the political campaigns of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in 1964. It introduces the freedom registration and provides biographical sketches and platforms for the four Freedom Candidates: Fannie Lou Hamer, James Monroe Houston, Rev. John E. Cameron, and Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams).

Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her family dated April 26, 1964. Zeman began writing this letter on April 26 after attending a conference at Stanford University, and then finished it on May 23, 1964. Zeman explains that the main purpose of the conference was to outline the civil rights summer projects being organized throughout the United States, with emphasis on the Mississippi Summer Project.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. On the globe, people are drawn as groups in the shape of the continents. Some people are shown having fallen off the planet. A banner reads "Scientists claim Earth's population to double in 35 years." Runtz's signature cat is in the bottom right corner of the cartoon with two books. One is open and is titled "Works of William Shakespeare." The cat, holding a pair of glasses, looks up from reading the book and says, "All the worlds's a stage."

From the Citizens' Council / Civil Rights Collection. An official publication of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi regarding President Lyndon B. Johnson after he spoke out againt the Ku Klux Klan. The publication denounces the civil rights movement and communism while praising the Klan as righteous Christians.