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Title	SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 7)
Author/Creator	Council of Federated Organizations
Folder Description	This folder provides some insight into the establishment of the various Freedom Summer projects, reveals the resistance they faced within Mississippi, and gives a glimpse into internal trouble that inevitably resulted from attempting such a massive undertaking. Highlights include the ""First Draft Report on the Mississippi Voter Registration Project"" ""Progress and Problems of the COFO Community Centers"" and the ""Staff Meeting on the Closing of the Jackson Office.""
State	Mississippi; New York; Georgia; District of Columbia; Ohio; Alabama; New Jersey
Place	Clarksdale; Jackson; Laurel; Meridian; Hattiesburg; Jefferson Davis County; Jasper County; Kemper County; Greenville; Natchez; McComb; Franklin County; Wilkinson County; Leflore County; Bolivar County; Hinds County; Ruleville; Cleveland; Tallahatchie County; Greenwood; Jefferson County; Amite County; Pike County; Carroll County; Holmes County; Sunflower County; Warren County; New York; Atlanta; Washington; Quitman County; Vicksburg; Grenada Lake; Philadelphia; Fayette; Brandon; Moss Point; Hollandale; Drew; Canton; Collins; Itta Bena; Durant; Clinton; Holly Springs; Belzoni; Batesville; Doddsbille; Biloxi; Tchula; Oakland; Gulfport; Harmony; Soso; Tougaloo; Laurel; Raleigh; Shaw; Yazoo City; Oxford; Sardis; Mayersville; Forrest County; Tupelo; Indianola; Columbus; Aberdeen; Oceans Springs; Green Cod; Lowndes County; Marks; Pascagoula; Curtis; Ripley; Iuka; Glendora; Oak Ridge; Marigold; Winona County; Atlantic City
Subject	Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); voter registration; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); volunteers; civil rights workers; economic conditions; unemployment; housing; SCLC; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Freedom Day; Freedom Registration; Freedom Vote; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); Democratic Party (Miss.); arson; bombings; police; police brutality; jails; jail experiences; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; murder; violence; freedom rides; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; White Citizens councils; community centers; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; education; nonviolence; freedom schools; Ku Klux Klan; libraries; Mississippi Student Union; Democratic Party (Miss.). State Convention (1964); United States Commission on Civil Rights; Farmers' League; Medicare
Personal Name	Henry, Aaron E.; Hall, Carsie A.; Moses, Robert; Braden, Carl; Braden, Anne; Green, George; Bond, Julian; Cobb, Charlie; Gray, Victoria Jackson; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Houston, James M.; Cameron, John; Hoover, J. Edgar; Bates, Fred; Kirschenbaum, Howard; Ridenour, Ronald; Moore, Phil; McGee, Silas; Davis, Linda; Eastland, James O.; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Kennedy, John F.; Byrd, Robert; Baldwin, James; Falk, Gail; Morris, Jesse; Schwerner, Michael; Goodman, Andrew; Chaney, James; Carr, James; Schwerner, Nathan H.; Humphrey, Hubert; Devine, Annie; Adams, Jane; Gregonis, Peter; Fusco, Liz; Forman, James; Lewis, John; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Wilkins, Roy; Tillinghast, Muriel; Allen, Robinson, Jr.; Chaffee, Lois; Sayer, Mike; Evars, Medgar
Year	1962-1965
Language	English
Source	Social Action Vertical File, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16 Folder 7; WIHVS3310-A
Format	correspondence; reports and surveys; memoranda; form; newsletters; meeting minutes; pamphlets
Publisher-Electronic	Wisconsin Historical Society
Publication Date-Electronic	2016
Rights	Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.
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Digital Identifier	fsSAVFB16F7000
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Page Text	Dr» Aaron E« Henry, Pros© Rwo R^S»c1-« SraiVh^ C>9a Clarksdale^ Mlss„ jfa^kson, Ml3Sa Atty<> Carsie Aa Hall, Sac. Jackson, Miss, THE COUNCIL OP FEDERATED ORGANIZATIONS 538\| N. Parish st Jackson,, Miss* Feb* 5C 1962 Dear officers and memberst We anticipate the launching of a South«wide voter registration project* beginning this Springe Funds will be available from National Foundations for use In local communities for voter registration programs* To participate most effectively in this project, we will have to present a unified plan of voter regis** tratlon for the entire state to Mr. Wiley Brandon, Project Director* This program should be in his hands no later than March 1st* We are calling a meeting of representatives from all interested organizations to discuss the aims, scope and strategy of such a plan. This meeting will be held In the Masonic Temple, 1072 Lynch st», Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday, at 1100 A.M.., February 18th, We are asking that you send a representative from your organization prepared with the following information: 1. If possible, a report, in writing, of the status of voting and registration In your area. &# An outline indicating how the plan may best be implemented in your area. 3 A detailed financial budget, including such items as office maintenence, radio and T.V. spot time, Newspaper advertisements, local full and part-time workers, necessary materials. The major Civil Rights organizations will be working In conjunction with the Council. Wo feel it will take our combined efforts to Initiate and sustain a successful program of voter registration in Mississippi. It is urgent that your organization be represented at the meeting on February l©bh* Yours for freedom now, Carsle Ae Hall Secretary. (I
Language	English
Source	Social Action Vertical File, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16 Folder 7
Publisher-Electronic	Wisconsin Historical Society
Publication Date-Electronic	2016
Rights	Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.
Digital Format	JPEG2000
Digital Identifier	fsSAVFB16F7001

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SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers...

Announcement of a Southern Voter Registration Project; Feburary 5, 1962
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First Draft Report on the Mississippi Voter Registration Project; Feburary 18, 1962
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The General Condition of the Mississippi Negro; October 1963
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Notes on COFO Welfare and Relief Committee Meeting; January 24, 1964
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Things That Have to be Done for the COFO Convention; January 30, 1964
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Upcoming COFO Meeting on the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and Other Political Programs; April, 1964
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Freedom School Community Registration Form; April, 1964
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A Talk To Teachers; 1964
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Hear Victoria Gray and Fannie Lou Hamer Speak For Freedom
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Mississippi Summer Project: Running Summary of Incidents; June 16 - July 16, 1964
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Letters Regarding Volunteer Orientation in Oxford, Ohio; June 16, 1964
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Three Bombings in McComb, Mississippi; June 23, 1964
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Report from Moss Point; June 24, 1964
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Running Summary of Incidents; June 24, 1964
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Report by Phil Moore on the Conditions in Mississippi; July 11, 1964
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Running Summary of Incidents; July 25 - July 27, 1964
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Assistance Needed for Summer Project Volunteers; July 1964
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Newsletter from the South; July 1964
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Newsletters from the South III; July 1964
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Newsletters from the South; August 1964
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Newsletters from the South?; August 1964
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Progress and Problems of the COFO Community Centers; Summer, 1964
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Teaching in the Freedom Schools in Meridian, Mississippi; Summer, 1964
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Cover Sheet for the Report on the Progress of the Mississippi Freedom Project; September 14, 1964
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Daily Memo to All Projects; September 21, 1964
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Running Summary of Incidents; September 25 - October 1, 1964
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Materials Needed by COFO; September, 1964
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One Year Later-- A Message from Nathan Schwerner
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Volunteer's Letter on Her Experiences in Mississippi; September, 1964
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Running Summary of Incidents During the "Freedom Vote" Campaign; October 18 - November 2, 1964
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Freedom Vote Handbill; 1964
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Staff Meeting on the Closing of the Jackson Office; November 23, 1964
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Christmas Day 1964
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COFO Program (Winter 1964 - Spring 1965)
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Mississippi Summer Project: Running Summary of Incidents; June 16 - August 26, 1964
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The Mississippi Democratic Conference is a Fraud
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Special Report - Federal Programs Project
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Special Report - Medical Committee for Human Rights
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Freedom Registration Pamphlet
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Situation Deteriorating in McComb, Mississippi
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Some Provisions for Federal Prosecution in Civil Rights
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Freedom School Class Schedule
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Freedom Schools in Mississippi, 1964
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Freedom Registration Form
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Practice Missississippi Voter Registration Form
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Template for Legal Notices of Freedom Democratic Party Precinct Meetings
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Proposal for an Employment and Training Division of COFO
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Formal Announcement of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
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Mississippi Freedom Registration to Vote
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Mississippi Freedom Summer Handbill
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Medical Situation in Issaquena County
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Memorandum to Everybody Interested in or Working in the Community Center Program
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COFO Federal Programs Statement
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Evaluation of the Local Successes of the Freedom Summer Project
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Duties of Local Welfare & Relief Committee
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Special Report - Free Southern Theater
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Concerning Mayor's Races in Mississippi
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Questions about the Mississippi Summer Project
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Summary of the Freedom School Curriculum
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Mississipi Freedom Schools - New Houses of Liberty
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Notes Taken ath the Freedom Democratic Party Depositions
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The Struggle
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