SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 5)

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Council of Federated Organizations

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This folder has an assortment of COFO documents. Among them are: COFO pamphlets: "The Mississippi Summer Project"; "Mississippi Freedom Summer"; "Freedom Registration (with blank Freedom Registration form)"; "Adopt a Freedom School [The "Freedom School Prospectus"]." COFO's December 1963 bylaws. Annell Ponder's brave and moving essay called "Citizenship Education in the 'Heart of the Iceberg'." A January 1965 appeal from John and Candie Carawan for freedom songs for a second volume of same. The familiar "Overview of the Freedom Schools" for freedom school teachers. The overview of COFO's political program. Part of the overview of COFO's community centers. Jesse Harris's October 1964 appeal to ex-volunteers for funds for a McComb community center. "Notes on Teaching in Mississippi." A blank official Mississippi voter registration form. "Sample Sections of the Mississippi Constitution" (presumably used in citizenship classes). Fascinating depositions taken in February 1965 about the thre

Format:

Pamphlets Meeting Minutes Memoranda Flyers Forms Handbills And Flyers Newspaper Clippings Correspondence Flyers And Handbills Reports &Amp; Surveys

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