Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...panel of spokesmen from the civil rights groups will describe their organizations' policies at the opening session of the convention on the evening of Saturday, April 23. "They are genuinely interested in convincing students that community development and neighborhood education projects among Northern Negroes are as important as Mississippi Freedom Schools," Mumma said...
Each of the civil rights organizations is emphasizing a different facet of civil rights activity this summer, Mamma said. CORE will continue voter registration projects in the South. SNCC volunteers will concentrate on lobbying for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in Washington...
...plans are to print five weekly newspapers," said Cummings, "one for which of the states that we will cover, days, on Monday, we might print 25,000 series of the Mississippi edition; on 10,000 copies of the Louisiana , and so forth...
...newspaper will have a staff of 20, students who have had journalize experience. Three reporters and one photographer will be assigned to cover of five states--Alabama, Arkausas, Louisians, and Mississippi...
Cummings and Miss Lake spent just ever in Mississippi as volunteers for the Council of Federated Organizations, observing the way that the local often distorts or omits news coning racial problems," Cummings said, he decided to try to set up our own newspaper...