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...telephone at 1017 Lynch St., Jackson, Mississippi, receives calls 24 hours a day. Here the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) keeps in touch with its "freedom workers" throughout the state. Daily event summaries are mimeo'd in the office and sent out to all project members. Arrests, bombings, and beatings which are not printed by the local and national press are thus reported to those who are, COFO says, "on the front-lines...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: A Typical Week in Mississippi: COFO Hears of Many Incidents | 10/7/1964 | See Source »

Gulfport: Sandy Leigh, Gulfport COFO director charged with "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" and released on $250 bond. Later arrested for "drunken driving" and "driving without a license...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: A Typical Week in Mississippi: COFO Hears of Many Incidents | 10/7/1964 | See Source »

Columbus: COFO volunteer Clifford Trice fined $50 in court today, plus costs...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: A Typical Week in Mississippi: COFO Hears of Many Incidents | 10/7/1964 | See Source »

Three week ago, McComb COFO director Jesse Harris wrote a detailed letter to Burke Marshall, Assistant Attorney General for civil rights...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: Three Arrested For Miss. Bombings; Others Suspected Says Police Chief | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

Robert, Coles, Research Psychiatrist to the University Health Services, was in McComb working for COFO during this period. Coles, who was often harassed by city police and once chased by a car at night, recounts one incident...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: Voting Drive Starts Despite Violence | 10/1/1964 | See Source »

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