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Gold-colored card with black text. The text reads "TONY BENNET, OSSIE DAVIS, RUBY DEE, HERBIE MANN SEXTET, CHARLIE MINGUS AND THELONIOUS MONK and The Students' own FREEDOM SINGERS ----IN<br /><br />
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A SALUTE TO SOUTHERN STUDENTS.<br /><br />
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For their courageous, dedicated and persistent struggle for Human Dignity<br /><br />
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1963 - 8:00-11:30 P.M.<br /><br />
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CARNEGIE HALL, 7th Avenue and 57th Street<br /><br />
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THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC)<br /><br />
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Tickets $2, 2.50, 3.00, 3.30, 3.60, 4.00<br /><br />
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On the third anniversary of the Sit-Ins, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee an its New <br /><br />
York friends will present a program at Carnegie Hall to support students working in Georgia where<br /><br />
churches have been burned, and Mississippi, where students have been shot.<br /><br />
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SNCC, Room 1025, 5 Beekman Street, New York City ---- CO 7-5541"<br />

A Salute to Southern Students - Benefit concert for Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee

Advertising card for 1963 Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY featuring Tony…

Cover of a brochure published by the council of Federated organizations about their work-study project. In the top area there is a diagram of the state of Mississippi divided into five sections. The main picture of the brochure cover is a young African-American man with a hat reading the book the kings wish.

Brochure, Work-Study Project

Pamphlet with information about a work-study program coordinated by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Tougaloo College, whereby…

For release Wednesday, April 27:1949<br /><br />
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Congressional sidelights by congressman William M Colmer<br /><br />
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The south, a colored nation<br /><br />
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Students of Russian communism and its plans in operations have known for several years that the soviets planned a prominent part to be played by the Negro in its revolutionary conquest of the United States. But, it was only last week that some of these plans were disclosed, in the trial of some dozen communist leaders in this country, in detail<br /><br />
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A southern Georgia born Negro, William Nowell, now a federal government employee, testified in this trial, down and it’s fifth week in New York City, but as a member of the communist party, he was taught by party leaders, both in this country and in Russia, the technique to be employed with the revolution came in the United States. Further, he had other party agents were to propagandize The southern Negroes into believing that, with the victory of the revolution, the whole area of the south from Virginia to Mississippi was to be converted into a “Negro nation“. In other words, as a reward for their part in the communist revolution in this country, all Negroes in these United States would be given the opportunity of becoming communist and having that great section of the country down as the “deep south“ turned over to them. Under this plan “the bottom rail was to be placed on top“. The Negro was<br /><br />
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Congressional Sidelights, April 27, 1949

Brochure Cover for Congress of Racial Equality, Rules for Action.<br /><br />
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The left half of the brochure cover is orange which looks like it's been partially painted on. Speckles of orange intersect with the right side. The right side is white. There is a graphic of Ghandi's head in the upper left corner looking down toward the center graphic of a stylized sunburst in orange gray and white. Text across the starburst reads: "CORE Rules for ACTION. Text at the bottom reads, "Congress of Racial Equality 38 Park Row, New York 38, New York.

CORE Rules for Action - Congress of Racial Equality Brochure Cover

Cover of brochure for Council of Racial Equality, New York, NY - CORE Rules for Action

Brochure Front Cover. At the top is a graphic of the State of Mississippi with marked areas separating designating areas of the entire state by sections one through five. To the right of the graphic, the text reads "Council of Federated Organizations". Below that is a photograph of a black man in an agricultural field wearing a straw hat and a work shirt. He has a cigarette in his mouth and looks thoughtfully at the camera. Below him, the text reads, "MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER"

Council of Federated Organizations Mississippi Freedom Summer Brochure

Brochure for Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 explaining programs and activities.

A broadside with the Attention in bold bubble letters at the top of the sheet. The item reads<br /><br />
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Attention citizens of Greenwood and surrounding area<br /><br />
The revolutionary forces at work in this area have begun a boycott of certain business establishments in the city of Greenwood.<br /><br />
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This useless troublemaking agitation is being sponsored by a group of draft card burning disloyal pro communist riffraff known as the Mississippi freedom Democratic Party it’s local prime mover is a nigger preacher who runs a shoe repair business on Johnson Street. JD Collins has prospered in Greenwood and he is repaying this town for its goodness to him by trying to destroy it<br /><br />
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We have the manpower and the willpower to remove the scum from the streets but we do not wish to bring this type of trouble to the good name of our fair city. We will not stoop to the level of the trash who seek to promote chaos in our city.<br /><br />
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There are several things which we ask all good citizens both white and colored to do to counteract these troublemakers.<br /><br />
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They picked the time of the year when business is generally slow so as to impress their gullible followers with the success of their efforts. We should all make a special effort to be on the streets of downtown Greenwood as much as possible so as to put the lie to their claims of success. Law-enforcement officials and responsible private citizens will be on hand to see to it that everyone is protected on our city streets.<br /><br />
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The primary object of this so-called boycott is the liberty cash grocery owned by Mr. Sam Killebrew. Mr. Killebrew has been more tolerant with the colored element of his trade and almost any other businessman in town and some of them are rewarding him by trying to destroy his business. Neither he nor in any other businessman can meet the impossible demands of this nefarious group. We should all make a special effort to do some of our grocery buying at the store.<br /><br />
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Any effort at intimidation by this sorry element against any citizen white or colored should be reported to the law or to any responsible citizen and appropriate action will be taken.<br /><br />
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This is communism in action the end justifies the means and they only succeed where ignorance and timidity prevail.<br /><br />
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We worn this group who is not only our enemy but the enemy of all good citizens of this area not to misinterpret our intentions. We are and will remain equipped and ready for any eventuality.<br /><br />
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You can help bust the boycott written printed distributed by a local Civic group

Flyer, Attention Citizens of Greenwood and Surrounding Area

Flyer accusing Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party of communist behavior.

Civil Rights Songbook<br /><br />
Blue and white cover of Civil Righs songbook with contemporary graphics depicting a sun, a house, people dancing, and shapes. The text reads "IT COULD BE A WONDER-FUL WORLD<br /><br />
songs of peace and freedom".

It Could Be A Wonderful World: Songs of Peace and Freedom

Blue and white pamphlet sized songbook cover

John Lewis Speech Draft

Draft of John Lewis Speech with edits by Sheila Michaels. Title says "March on Washington 1963", but the speech was written after the assassination…

Marion Barry

Photograph of Marion Barry in 1965 at Assembly of Unrepresented People, Washington, D.C.

Letter from Earl Johnston Junior to Honorable Herman Glazier, July 23, 1964, on Mississippi state sovereignty commission letterhead.<br /><br />
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The letterhead reads Mississippi state sovereignty commission, new capital building, Jackson, Mississippi governor Paul B. Johnson, chairman<br /><br />
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July 23, 1964<br /><br />
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Memorandum<br /><br />
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To: Honorable Herman Glazier, administrative assistant, office of the governor<br /><br />
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From: director, sovereignty commission<br /><br />
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Subject: communism and race agitators<br /><br />
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We worked several days with mayor W. O. Williford of Drew helping him acting like accumulate information to be aired at a police court hearing. Mayor Willifordwas accumulating reports from Los Angeles and senator Eastlands office as well as the sovereignty commission.<br /><br />
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Tuesday afternoon, over the phone, he advised he was ready and the case would be heard at 10 AM, Wednesday, July 22. We told him we would be responsible for getting press coverage. We called the commercial appeal and the Clarion ledger and told them of the impending hearing and asked that they send reporters. The news that came out of Drew, Thursday morning, perfectly timed with Senator Eastland‘s speech in Senate, dealt and effective blow against those racial agitators with communist backgrounds or associations.<br /><br />
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We would like to recommend again, even more particularly at this time, that Governor Johnson consider making the statement that the FBI should grow with the prestige and reputation of that office in exposing the names of all racial agitators know through FBI files to be associated directly or indirectly with communist organizations. Communism charges are now being heard in New York and Washington, as well as Mississippi. In a sense we would be putting the FBI on a serious spot. They cannot deny the existence of such files because of director who verse earlier statement that can communist have infiltrated the racial movement. If the FBI chooses to remain silent, it could be well consider that the Lyndon Johnson administration is muzzling FBI on purpose to avoid any further proof public proof that the racists Are being led by communist.<br /><br />
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We believe such a statement would be far more effective if issued by the governor; however, if the governor thinks otherwise, the sovereignty commission could issue a statement if he grants permission.<br /><br />
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Signed Earl Johnston, Junior.

Memo, Erle Johnston, Jr. to Herman Glazier, July 23, 1964

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