Papers, 1959-1965.

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Papers, 1959-1965.

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Papers of an executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, consisting of reports, newsletters, memoranda, clippings, a summary of incidents in the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, and other items dealing with voter registration, political organization, and legal and extra-legal reactions of southern segregationists, including frequent information on other civil rights organizations.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Baker, Ella, 1903-1986

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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