Civil rights ephemera collection, 1960-1971

Summary

Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1960-1971
Extent:
1 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Civil rights ephemera collection, ms 4099. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of newsletters, brochures, pamphlets and flyers from the civil rights era. Brochures included are from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Poor People's Campaign of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Mississippi Freedom Project, Delta Ministry, and Emergency Fund for Freedom. Two reports included are Mississippi Report by Edward McNulty, and a report titled Violence in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, by George Robbins, which includes asking for support for the Mississippi Democratic Party. Also included is a pamphlet published by the Division of Church and Race to justify the Church's legal aid grant to the defense of Angela Davis; mailer from the Delta Ministry concerning Mt. Beulah; one issue of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party newsletter; and one issue of Freedom Flame, issued by the Shaw Mississippi Student Union.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Civil rights ephemera collection, ms 4099. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.