From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. This legal document contains an answer to a complaint filed by the city of Jackson against John R. Salter, Medgar Evers, Willie Ludden, the NAACP, and the Trustees of Tougaloo College in regard to the Jackson...
From the General Civil Rights Collection.; This brief, submitted by six attorneys representing the Loyal Democrats of Mississippi, outlines the history of discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi with regard to voting rights and...
From the McRee (James F.) Papers. This document, on CDGM letterhead, details the structure and activities of the group and justifies requests for future funding. It includes six parts: basic data, who works for CDGM, training, opportunities for...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This typewritten draft of a report to the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) outlines a strategy for registering African American voters in Mississippi. The report also recommends that the...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers; Printed poster encouraging Black citizens of Coahoma County, Mississippi, to join in civil rights actions to work for improved circumstances in their own lives. The poster gives reasons for a boycott of...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This open letter, addressed to "Friend," describes the Jackson Movement's boycott of selected white-owned and operated Jackson area businesses because of their discriminatory practices in hiring and...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This open letter, addressed to "Friend," describes the ongoing African American boycott of selected businesses in Jackson, Mississippi that had discriminatory practices. The letter describes the arrest...
From the General Civil Rights Collection.; This handbill, addressed to “Negro shoppers and friends,†advocates boycotting selected merchants in Jackson, Miss. that have discriminatory policies toward African Americans. ...
From the George A. Owens Papers. In this reply to a letter from Allan Knight Chalmers, A.D. Beittel discusses the progress of various civil rights activities in Jackson, Miss., including the boycott of white-owned businesses, attempted...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Dr. Beittel replies to earlier letters from Mrs. Ezelle on the subject of race relations and the civil rights movement. He challenges her statements about Africans Americans as an "immature race" and asserts...
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Two-page handwritten letter signed Annie [Rankin] to Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Stewart dated March 20, 1968. Rankin writes about her work in Wilkinson and Franklin counties, Mississippi, to educate voting age people...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Mrs. Bertha Tollbert Love to Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates, dated March 19, 1951. Mrs. Love writes to thank Mrs. Bates for the work she was engaged in to better the educational status of...
From the George A. Owens Papers. In this letter, Clarice Campbell discusses treatment of African Americans at the University of Mississippi, saying that the situation has improved considerably since the first black students enrolled. She also...
Letter signed by 36 students calling themselves Concerned Black Students of Cuyahoga Commity College, Cleveland, Ohio, to parents, family, friends, and community at Jackson State College. The letter expresses the students' frustration at the May...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle replies to Dr. Beittel's letter of May 23, 1963, in which he challenged her views of an incident that took place on the campus of Millsaps College. She states that the incident was originated by...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle responds to Dr. Owens' letter of Nov. 26, 1965, in which he urged her to meet and pray individually with people on both sides of the issue of the integration of Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson,...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle, in a handwritten note, refers to a discussion with Dr. Owens that took place that same day with regard to the attempted integration of Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson, Miss. Attached is a...
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Four-page handwritten letter signed Mr. and Mrs. Judge Rankin to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart dated June 5, 1967. Rankin writes of her continuing work in civil rights and of her opposition to African Americans...
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Two-page typed letter signed Mr. and Mrs. Judge Rankin to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart dated September 29, 1967. Rankin writes about a hearing on her husband's welfare claim in Washington, D.C. She also writes of a...
From the McRee (James F.) Papers. The letter was sent with Taylor's report of project activities during two weeks dating from July 25 to August 8, 1966. Tougaloo collection does not have the report. In the letter, Taylor emphasized it was not...
