TOPICS My blog e-mail me | other personal autobiography political activities mississippi freedom summer (1964) Miscellaneous documents 1. Baseline documents 2. Harassment accounts Links on this page: COFO-distributed baseline documents Table of Contents Personal accounts by abused civil rights workers Introduction Mr. Lincoln Speaks Emancipation Proclamation 1876 speech on Miss. electoral practices Plessy v. Ferguson Brown v. Board of Education Ku Klux Klan principles Analysis of 1964 civil rights law Sections of the Miss. constitution 2nd page of 2-page report of unspecified abuse (Ruleville, Miss.; date unknown) Miss. police harassment of armed forces member (Mar. 26) Beating of CORE worker in Jackson (Mar. 30) Jailing of white student in Jackson (April 16) Back to Mississippi Freedom Summer page Back to Other personal autobiography page |
February, 2008 This page contains two documents, the first consisting of a collection of relevant documents (e.g., Emancipation Proclamation, KKK "principles"), the second of personal accounts by local civil rights workers who were abused (the first page of this 2nd document is missing). COFO prepared this collection.
The first page of text consists of a variety of apropos citations. Top of page [The Declaration of Independence and US Constitution were inserted at this point.] Top of page Top of page Top of page Top of page Top of page Top of page DETAILED ABUSES AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS (4 documents); I have lost the first page of this report. All incidents occurred before the summer project began. First report: Ruleville, Miss. Top of page Top of page Top of page |