Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued) (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1)

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Assorted SNCC press releases mostly on Freedom Summer activities in Ruleville, Mississippi, open this folder and follow with a number of other documents related to Freedom Summer. The SNCC press releases are on blacks' repeated attempts to register to vote in Ruleville in spite of numerous threats and intimidating incidents; the murder of a mentally ill black man by a police officer; the firing of a black worker for providing housing to civil rights volunteers; SNCC workers' meeting with members of the Association of Tenth Amendment Conservatives; a visit by four U.S. congressmen; the opening of the freedom school; the arrest of a local white man who talked with SNCC workers; police harassment during a clothing drive; the bombing of a black church; the eviction from the courthouse of a SNCC worker; church burnings; SNCC workers being barred from the Indianola Public Library; on McComb, Mississippi, bombings; and on the need for federal protection in McComb. There's also a July 1964 r

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Press Releases Essays Reports And Surveys Newsletters Clippings Maps Correspondence Legal Documents Flyers And Handbills

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Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued) (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1)

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