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| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A home canvassed by a civil rights volunteer. "One of the 'better' homes that was canvassed in Summit. This one could also represent many homes in Hattie... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A church photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Summit 2nd Sunday church. Rev. Shaw[?] minister. Because a nearby neighbor who was sitting up all nig... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A church building photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "The 4th Sunday church of Summit. Rev. Ned Taylor, pastor. After church, Rev. Taylor invited ... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Another picture of the Lodge Hall, Summit, the site of our first freedom meetings. [... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Front view of the Lodge Hall (Summit), site of two successful freedom meetings. Prio... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A rural schoolhouse photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "A Negro school located outside Gillsburg, Miss. Photographed on our trip to return two MFD... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Rear view of the home of Mrs. Thompson, who hosted civil rights volunteers in her house. "Back part of Mrs. Thompson's house. Large fan in the kitchen wi... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Image of a billboard near a road taken by a civil rights volunteer. A man stands in front of the billboard across the road. "'Martin Luther King at Comm... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | An African-American church building located near the African American school, as photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "Photographed on our trip to r... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Freedom School students photographed by a civil rights volunteer. "A free Coke for all - offered by the new superintendent of schools - helped to create ... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Teachers at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. The woman in the center is Liz Fusco, one of the coordinators of the Freedom School projec... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman speak at a podium in front of a mural at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Three people working on a community construction project. All three support a beam, while the man in the foreground hammers a nail into it. |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A group claps and sings at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A family poses for photographers documenting living conditions. Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. None of the houses in the neighborhood... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A small child is seated on a porch while a woman stands in the doorway. "Yards turn to mudd [sic] when it rains — children must play on broken and rotting ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of yard with a wood pile for fuel. In the background are roads, porches, and other dwellings. Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buil... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A family poses in front of their home. "This family has to stop using the back room to this house. What used to be a doorway is now part of a huge hole in ... |
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