Documents From Freedom Summer
June-August, 1964

See also:

Freedom Summer Articles
Mississippi ~ Into the Storm (articles 1955-1963)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) (articles)
Mississippi Movement web links
Mississippi Movement for books.

Mississippi Freedom Summer Map, showing counties and types of projects.
Mississippi Freedom Summer Map, showing the major projects.

Freedom Summer Planning Documents

Prospectus for the Mississippi Freedom Summer.

Mississippi: Structure of the Movement, Present Operations, and Prospectus for This Summer, COFO, Spring 1964. Detailed 8-page description of COFO on the eve of Freedom Summer.

COFO Letter to Roy Wilkins re Freedom Summer Plans, Bob Moses, March 1, 1964

Freedom Summer Recruitment Documents

Mississippi Summer Project. Freedom Summer recruitment and fundraising brochure.

Information Sheet — Project Mississippi. Five-page Freedom Summer fact sheet prepared at Stanford University and distributed to West Coast students interested in participating in the project.

Mississippi Freedom Project. A second Freedom Summer brochure mostly used for fundraising and explaining the project to supporters, press, and worried parents.

Volunteer Application Form
Andrew Goodman's Freedom Summer Application, April 15, 1964.
Andrew Goodman's Freedom Summer Registration Form, June 15, 1964.

Memo to Freedom Centers
Guidelines for Interviewing Volunteers
Volunteer Acceptance Letter
Volunteer Rejection Letter
Memo #1 to Accepted Applicants,
Memo #2 to Accepted Applicants,
Memo #3 to Accepted Applicants,
Pre-Orientation Letter to Volunteers
Letter to Voter Registration Volunteers

Freedom Summer Training Documents

Freedom Summer Orientation Briefing, Dr. Vincent Harding.
Overview of the Political Program, COFO.
Overview of the Freedom Schools -II, COFO.
Overview of the Community Centers, COFO.
Security Handbook, COFO.

Freedom Summer Voter Registration & Organizing Documents

Mississippi Freedom Summer, COFO. Brochure. Primarily used in Black communities to explain and solicit support for the Mississippi Summer Project.

MFDP Voter Registration Report. From court cases & Federal reports.

Freedom Registration Form (Mississippi). Used during Freedom Summer to register people for the freedom vote and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

MS Freedom Primer #1 The Convention Challenge & the Freedom Vote.
MS Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote.
MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote & the Congressional Challenge.
Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (white-paper)
COFO Memo to Volunteers, August, 1964.
Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony at Democratic Convention
Seat the MFDP, flyer passed out at Democratic Convention, August, Atlantic City, NJ.

See also COFO/MFDP Documents for documents outside the Freedom Summer June-August 1964 timeframe.

Freedom School Documents

Prospectus for a Summer Freedom School Program in Mississippi, Charlie Cobb, 1963.
Memorandum to Freedom School Teachers, COFO.
First letter to Freedom School teachers, COFO.
Second letter to Freedom School teachers , COFO.
Notes on Teaching in Mississippi, (Many organizers).
The House of Liberty, Joyce Brown. (Poem by Freedom School student)
Seeds of Freedom, Medgar Evers play written & performed by Holly Springs Freedom School students.
Behind the Cotton Curtain, Charles Remberg. (Freedom School curriculum resource document)
Platform: Mississippi Freedom School Convention, Student Delegates.
Mississippi Student Union brochure.
Mississippi Student Union brochure.
Profiles of Typical Freedom Schools, COFO.
Report Mainly on Ruleville Freedom School, Kirsty Powell.
Freedom Schools in Mississippi 1964, Liz Fusco, Freedom School Coordinator.
Freedom Schools Concept & Organization, Staughton Lynd, 1965
Report From Moss Point-Pascagoula, MS, author & date unknown.

Freedom Summer Miscellaneous Documents

SNCC/COFO Daily WATS Reports

Mississippi Summer Project: Running Summary of Incidents, June 16 — August 26, 1964. SNCC.
Letter to Parents of Freedom Summer Volunteers, Bob Moses, COFO.
Memo re Disappearance of Chaney, Schwerner, Goodman, June 22, 1964.
The Philadelphia, Mississippi Case: Chronology of Contacts With Agents of the Federal Government, COFO.
Report on Summer Community Centers, Annell Ponder & Lois Chafee, July 10, 1964

Personal Memories of Freedom Summer

1964 Freedom Summer Project (Wisconsin Historical Society)


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