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In this small collection of documents relating to Holly Springs, Mississippi, Frank Smith reports that he's researching connections among Holly Springs' aldermen that perpetuate discrimination. Carl Y…

This filmstrip frame shows an outline of the state of Mississippi and the words: 'Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party'. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was an alternative, integrated…

This folder contains early key COFO and CORE internal documents relating to Freedom Summer, including COFO by-laws (December 1963); "What is COFO? Mississippi: Structure of the Movement and Present Op…

Susan Stanford interviews 'Mrs. B.,' a Mississippian, with whom she stayed during the summer of 1964. 'Mrs. B' discusses her life in Mississippi and reaction to the kidnapping and death of Michael Sch…

Milwaukee civil rights demonstrators marched to protest police actions in Selma, Alabama that took place on March 7, 1965. The protest in Milwaukee was organized on March 13, 1965. About 2, 500 people…

This file contains clippings that cover the search for Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney, the discovery of their bodies, the aftermath of the discovery including the funerals for the three slain civil ri…

James Groppi and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and following the protestors. Grayscale

This poster was created during the civil rights era to promote the boycott of Milwaukee Public Schools and encourage attendance at temporary, alternative schools known as freedom schools. The boycott…

One of four cards that imply anti-suffrage. Heavy-set woman with fist up while men laugh as her bloomers fall down. The caption reads, "I say down with ‘em! Down with 'em." Domestic Comics, Bamforth C…

When escaping slave Joshua Glover was freed from the Milwaukee jail by a mob on March 12, 1854, and spirited away via the underground railroad, the Republican and abolitionist press celebrated it as a…

Miriam Feingold interviews Robert Hicks, treasurer of the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League during the summer of 1966. Hicks discusses the history of the League and its work in Bogalusa, La. Duration:…

This folder primarily contains WATS line and incident reports from March to December of 1965. WATS Reports from March 10 - 14 deal primarily with the Selma to Montgomery Marches and country-wide react…

"Keep yer lamps skinned I'm on me way."

A group of letters and clippings sent to mail that opposes her fair housing work with Father Groppi

This folder opens with a report from the Washington D.C. office on the opening round of the MFDP's congressional challenge, including a list of people from Canton to contact about testifying. There's…

There are a few documents here from 1964--including a March 1964 fundraising appeal from Martin Luther King--but the bulk of the material is from 1965-1966. These letters show the beginnings of a shif…

Written in 1966, this report for the Community Welfare Council of the Madison National Urban League was intended to describe the needs and living conditions city's African American population. Particu…

One of four cards that imply anti-suffrage. Postcard reads, "Those who are the first to demand the right of free speech ought often, in justice to themselves, to be the last." Bull Shots. S.M. Salke.…

Theochrom Series 1309. Printed in the U.S. (2 copies). United States Publishing House, Chicago. Card reads, "If you are a girlie and born in [April], you will become an ardent suffragette. You'll marr…