The Society owns one of the nation's richest collections of Civil Rights movement records, including more than 100 manuscript collections on Freedom Summer |
Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
Do you want to see if anyone from your state or community participated in the 1964 Freedom Summer Project? Search over 1,600 names. |
A comprehensive guide of the most important primary sources for teachers, students and researchers wanting to study Freedom Summer. |
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Help students learn about the civil rights era with resources designed for teaching about Freedom Summer. Access original source documents, images, video |
Introduce students to Freedom Summer with this overview of key events. Each slide contains images of original documents and notes to help guide discussion |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ... |
Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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Description: | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege... |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
Date: | 04 30 1961 |
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Description: | Pictured left to right are James Dombrowski, Carl and Anne Braden, Frank Wilkinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta King at a reception in Atlanta, Geo... |
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Description: | Advertisement picturing a white woman and an African American man with the title "The Real Criminals Are Those Who Preach Racial Integration." |
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Description: | Ho-Chunk Indian chasing white spectators from pow wow. Copy negative by Charles Van Schaick, cartoon by David Goodvillage. |
Date: | 05 04 1962 |
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Description: | Student Leadership Conference, May 4-6, including Ella Baker (front row, far left), Carl Braden (second row, hands clasped around knees), Anne Braden (seco... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi with his fist in the air at the Wisconsin State Capitol during welfare demonstrations.He is surrounded by other protesters. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber. |
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