Funding for the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
provided by a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the
Institute for Museum and Library Services
File Description
| Alt ID: | ellin056 |
| Title: | Petition to President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Subject and Keywords: | Civil rights workers |
| Subject and Keywords: | Desegregation in education |
| Subject and Keywords: | Discrimination |
| Subject and Keywords: | Harassment |
| Subject and Keywords: | Mississippi Freedom Project |
| Description: | Petition to President Lyndon Baines Johnson requesting federal protection for Freedom Project workers. Mentions the harassment faced by voter registration workers, as well as the murders of eight African-American youths in the South. Includes references to laws that provide for the federal protection requested by the petition. |
| Publisher: | University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Other Contributors: | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. |
| Date: | (YYYY) 1964 (original) |
| Date: | (YYYY-MM-DD) 2003-01-29 (digital reproduction) |
| Resource Type: | Text |
| Format: | (Extent) Digital reproduction of 1-page document. |
| Source: | Box 1, Folder 10 |
| Relation: | IsPartOf M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection. |
| Relation: | IsPartOf the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Coverage: | (Time Period) 1963-1964 |
| Rights: | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |