Leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer: Date: ca.1964. Created by: Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962. Type: leaflets.
The object in the museum catalogue
A leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer made by the Council of Federated Organizations. The leaflet has black ink on white paper and includes text and illustrations. The leaflet has five sections with the headings: "Freedom Schools"; "Voter Registration"; "Community Centers"; "What You Can Do"; and "What Is COFO?"
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca.1964
- Created by: Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Type: leaflets
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (21.6 x 9.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Freedom
- Topic: Suffrage
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2011.109.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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