CORE--Harassment (economic, CORE association) - Statements and affidavits 1964 Jan.-Nov.; 1965 Jan.-March (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 46)
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Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
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This folder consists of affidavits attesting to the poisoning of ponds, arson incidents, evictions, firings from jobs, assault and battery, the removal of propane gas tanks from people's houses, shootings, being cut off public welfare, and other acts of intimidation against African Americans mostly trying to register to vote on Freedom Day in Canton, Mississippi. A couple of reports detail the discovery of bodies of young African American males. Several of the affidavits describe retaliation on parents for their children's attempts to integrate local schools. Also included in this folder are Parchman Penitentiary's list of rules governing mail and visitors.
Affidavits
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- Adams, Mary Louise
- Agriculture
- Aronson, Henry
- Arrest
- Arson
- Arthur, Jim
- Assault And Battery
- Bailey, M. W
- Banks, Henry
- Bass, Edward
- Bass, Edward, Mrs
- Bates, David
- Baty, Douglas
- Belson, Julius
- Bennett, James
- Berry, Fred
- Berry, Oranell
- Bessey, Earle
- Bombings
- Bouldin, Robert Lee
- Boycotts
- Braiterman, Marvin
- Brown, Barbara Jean
- Brown, James
- Brown, Mary
- Brown, Rosetta
- Brown, Susan
- Brown, Susie
- Brownson, Emmett
- Buckingham, Sue
- Buckley, Sears, Jr
- Cain, Pat
- Calma, Jacques Michael
- Carney, Wilfred I., Jr
- Carter, Annie
- Cauthen, Jack
- Chance, John
- Chapman, Lloyd
- Chevigny, Paul
- Chinn, C. O
- Chinn, Henry Lee
- Church Buildings
- Clergy
- Coleman, George
- Collier, James
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Courthouses
- Cunningham, Margaret
- Davis, Frank
- Davis, Percy
- De Vine, Annie
- Dean, Herman
- Dearon, Willie
- Devine, Anna Belle
- Durphy, John
- Eaven, Harvey
- Esco, Milton
- Evans, Finch
- Eviction
- Featherston, William P
- Ferguson, Joe
- Foner, Thomas
- Forsyth, William H
- Freedom Day
- Freedom Schools
- Garrett, Ivory
- Gibson, Walter
- Gilbert, Melcenia
- Gill, Catherine
- Green, Andrew Lee
- Griffin, Hal
- Griffin, J. D
- Gunn, Margaret
- Hailey, Ian
- Hamblin, Lucille
- Hamblin, Mc Kinley
- Harbison, Richard
- Harris, Charlie
- Harris, Dorothy
- Harris, Lillian C
- Hart, Jeffie
- Hart, Tobe
- Hawkins, Leroy
- Hawthorne, Grace
- Hill, Wilbert
- Hobson, Charles Lee
- Hobson, Gene
- Hochstedler, Eli
- Housing
- Howard, Houston James
- Hughes, Frank
- Intimidation
- Ivy, Sam
- Jail Experiences
- James, Herbert
- Jewett, Richard A
- Johnson, Albert
- Johnson, Alberta
- Johnson, George
- Jones, L. C
- Kaphan, Boardman
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925 1968
- King, Edwin H
- King, Jeannette
- Kiselbasch, Hamid
- Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.)
- Lee, Howard
- Lee, John
- Lee, Sammy
- Lee, Willie Henry
- Lepper, Mark
- Lewis, Ben Price
- Lewis, Dave
- Lucido, Catherine
- Luckett, Bobbie Nel
- Luckett, Robert
- Maby, Othero
- Maclin, Leon
- Maclin, Lucille
- Malm, Harry
- Mangold, L. T
- Manoff, Tom
- Matthews, L. Stanley
- Mc Cloud, W. M
- Mc Crary, Angelo
- Mc Crary, Tom
- Mc Gruder, James
- Mc Guire, Marie C
- Mc Morris, Arvit
- Mc Morris, Warren, Jr
- Mc Morris, Warren, Sr
- Milford, Richard
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Monnie, Bill
- Moody, Melvia
- Murphy, Lilly Mae
- Nash, Annie
- National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The United States Of America
- Newman, John
- Nicholas, Catherine
- Noble, Arthur
- Noble, Billy
- Oarsby, Herbert
- Oarsby, Ida
- Ohls, James
- Packer, Alvin
- Palmer, Hattie
- Pannella, George
- Parish, George
- Piore, Michael J
- Police
- Police Brutality
- Praetz, Peter
- Prickett, Charles
- Prickett, Milton
- Public Welfare
- Rainey, Lawrence A
- Ray, Walter
- Raymond, George
- Reid, Elwin
- Reid, George Washington
- Reid, Mae Ella
- Renfroe, Claude
- Rimmer, Steve
- Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942
- Robinson, Wilbert
- Ross, Leete
- Salter, John R
- Samstein, Mendy
- Sanders, James
- Sanders, Steven, Jr
- Sandidge, Milton H
- Saunders, James
- Schwartz, Richard
- Segregation
- Sharecroppers
- Shaw, E. B., Jr
- Shupenko, Mary Ann
- Sims, George
- Singleton, Abe
- Singleton, Sarah L
- Smith, Elizabethe
- Smith, Jerome
- Smith, Joe
- Smoot, Carrie
- Smoot, Willie
- Soloff, 1927
- Southern Conference Educational Fund
- Sperlock, Jeanne
- Stevenson, Clifton
- Steward, Ruth
- Stewart, Jim, Jr
- Stewart, Sam
- Stokes, Walter
- Stovall, Pinkie
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Sutton, Giles
- Sutton, James
- Taylor, Jim
- Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert)
- Thompson, Mary Katherine
- Threats
- Trumpauer, Joan
- Unemployment
- United States
- United States. Department Of Justice
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Vincent, Jake
- Vinson, Jake
- Voter Registration
- Ware, Henry
- Washington, George
- Watkins, Robert P
- Watts, Joseph Lee
- Watts, Ruby
- Watts, Sandra
- Weatherford, Glenn
- Weatherton, Richard
- Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907 1997
- Weinberger, Elaine
- Wheelwright, Farley
- White Citizens Councils
- Whitehead, Percy
- Wiggins, John
- Williams, Charles
- Williams, Charley
- Williams, Frank
- Williams, Joseph
- Williams, Mattie
- Williams, Melma
- Williams, Molly
- Williams, Otha
- Williams, R. D
- Wright, Esther
- Wright, Lester
- Wright, Martha