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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.
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Keywords

  1. Adams, Mary Louise
  2. Agriculture
  3. Aronson, Henry
  4. Arrest
  5. Arson
  6. Arthur, Jim
  7. Assault And Battery
  8. Bailey, M. W
  9. Banks, Henry
  10. Bass, Edward
  11. Bass, Edward, Mrs
  12. Bates, David
  13. Baty, Douglas
  14. Belson, Julius
  15. Bennett, James
  16. Berry, Fred
  17. Berry, Oranell
  18. Bessey, Earle
  19. Bombings
  20. Bouldin, Robert Lee
  21. Boycotts
  22. Braiterman, Marvin
  23. Brown, Barbara Jean
  24. Brown, James
  25. Brown, Mary
  26. Brown, Rosetta
  27. Brown, Susan
  28. Brown, Susie
  29. Brownson, Emmett
  30. Buckingham, Sue
  31. Buckley, Sears, Jr
  32. Cain, Pat
  33. Calma, Jacques Michael
  34. Carney, Wilfred I., Jr
  35. Carter, Annie
  36. Cauthen, Jack
  37. Chance, John
  38. Chapman, Lloyd
  39. Chevigny, Paul
  40. Chinn, C. O
  41. Chinn, Henry Lee
  42. Church Buildings
  43. Clergy
  44. Coleman, George
  45. Collier, James
  46. Congress Of Racial Equality
  47. Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
  48. Courthouses
  49. Cunningham, Margaret
  50. Davis, Frank
  51. Davis, Percy
  52. De Vine, Annie
  53. Dean, Herman
  54. Dearon, Willie
  55. Devine, Anna Belle
  56. Durphy, John
  57. Eaven, Harvey
  58. Esco, Milton
  59. Evans, Finch
  60. Eviction
  61. Featherston, William P
  62. Ferguson, Joe
  63. Foner, Thomas
  64. Forsyth, William H
  65. Freedom Day
  66. Freedom Schools
  67. Garrett, Ivory
  68. Gibson, Walter
  69. Gilbert, Melcenia
  70. Gill, Catherine
  71. Green, Andrew Lee
  72. Griffin, Hal
  73. Griffin, J. D
  74. Gunn, Margaret
  75. Hailey, Ian
  76. Hamblin, Lucille
  77. Hamblin, Mc Kinley
  78. Harbison, Richard
  79. Harris, Charlie
  80. Harris, Dorothy
  81. Harris, Lillian C
  82. Hart, Jeffie
  83. Hart, Tobe
  84. Hawkins, Leroy
  85. Hawthorne, Grace
  86. Hill, Wilbert
  87. Hobson, Charles Lee
  88. Hobson, Gene
  89. Hochstedler, Eli
  90. Housing
  91. Howard, Houston James
  92. Hughes, Frank
  93. Intimidation
  94. Ivy, Sam
  95. Jail Experiences
  96. James, Herbert
  97. Jewett, Richard A
  98. Johnson, Albert
  99. Johnson, Alberta
  100. Johnson, George
  101. Jones, L. C
  102. Kaphan, Boardman
  103. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925 1968
  104. King, Edwin H
  105. King, Jeannette
  106. Kiselbasch, Hamid
  107. Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.)
  108. Lee, Howard
  109. Lee, John
  110. Lee, Sammy
  111. Lee, Willie Henry
  112. Lepper, Mark
  113. Lewis, Ben Price
  114. Lewis, Dave
  115. Lucido, Catherine
  116. Luckett, Bobbie Nel
  117. Luckett, Robert
  118. Maby, Othero
  119. Maclin, Leon
  120. Maclin, Lucille
  121. Malm, Harry
  122. Mangold, L. T
  123. Manoff, Tom
  124. Matthews, L. Stanley
  125. Mc Cloud, W. M
  126. Mc Crary, Angelo
  127. Mc Crary, Tom
  128. Mc Gruder, James
  129. Mc Guire, Marie C
  130. Mc Morris, Arvit
  131. Mc Morris, Warren, Jr
  132. Mc Morris, Warren, Sr
  133. Milford, Richard
  134. Mississippi State Penitentiary
  135. Monnie, Bill
  136. Moody, Melvia
  137. Murphy, Lilly Mae
  138. Nash, Annie
  139. National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The United States Of America
  140. Newman, John
  141. Nicholas, Catherine
  142. Noble, Arthur
  143. Noble, Billy
  144. Oarsby, Herbert
  145. Oarsby, Ida
  146. Ohls, James
  147. Packer, Alvin
  148. Palmer, Hattie
  149. Pannella, George
  150. Parish, George
  151. Piore, Michael J
  152. Police
  153. Police Brutality
  154. Praetz, Peter
  155. Prickett, Charles
  156. Prickett, Milton
  157. Public Welfare
  158. Rainey, Lawrence A
  159. Ray, Walter
  160. Raymond, George
  161. Reid, Elwin
  162. Reid, George Washington
  163. Reid, Mae Ella
  164. Renfroe, Claude
  165. Rimmer, Steve
  166. Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942
  167. Robinson, Wilbert
  168. Ross, Leete
  169. Salter, John R
  170. Samstein, Mendy
  171. Sanders, James
  172. Sanders, Steven, Jr
  173. Sandidge, Milton H
  174. Saunders, James
  175. Schwartz, Richard
  176. Segregation
  177. Sharecroppers
  178. Shaw, E. B., Jr
  179. Shupenko, Mary Ann
  180. Sims, George
  181. Singleton, Abe
  182. Singleton, Sarah L
  183. Smith, Elizabethe
  184. Smith, Jerome
  185. Smith, Joe
  186. Smoot, Carrie
  187. Smoot, Willie
  188. Soloff, 1927
  189. Southern Conference Educational Fund
  190. Sperlock, Jeanne
  191. Stevenson, Clifton
  192. Steward, Ruth
  193. Stewart, Jim, Jr
  194. Stewart, Sam
  195. Stokes, Walter
  196. Stovall, Pinkie
  197. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  198. Sutton, Giles
  199. Sutton, James
  200. Taylor, Jim
  201. Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert)
  202. Thompson, Mary Katherine
  203. Threats
  204. Trumpauer, Joan
  205. Unemployment
  206. United States
  207. United States. Department Of Justice
  208. United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
  209. Vincent, Jake
  210. Vinson, Jake
  211. Voter Registration
  212. Ware, Henry
  213. Washington, George
  214. Watkins, Robert P
  215. Watts, Joseph Lee
  216. Watts, Ruby
  217. Watts, Sandra
  218. Weatherford, Glenn
  219. Weatherton, Richard
  220. Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907 1997
  221. Weinberger, Elaine
  222. Wheelwright, Farley
  223. White Citizens Councils
  224. Whitehead, Percy
  225. Wiggins, John
  226. Williams, Charles
  227. Williams, Charley
  228. Williams, Frank
  229. Williams, Joseph
  230. Williams, Mattie
  231. Williams, Melma
  232. Williams, Molly
  233. Williams, Otha
  234. Williams, R. D
  235. Wright, Esther
  236. Wright, Lester
  237. Wright, Martha