QUEENS COLLEGE/CUNY: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ARCHIVE “Preserving and sharing the story” MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER 1964 - 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Photos by Mark Levy - Queens College Civil Rights Archive Documents in our Archive identify and honor the following Queens College students and faculty who played roles in Mississippi’s movement:

• Aiding and participating in the 1960s Mississippi struggle for voting rights, justice, and freedom: Dorothy Mill- er Zellner, Nancy Cooper Samstein, Rita Levant Schwerner Bender, Lucy Komisar, Barbara Jones Omolade, Mario Savio, Betty Bollinger Levy, Mark Levy, Joseph Liesner, Robert Masters, Andrew Goodman, Anthony O’Brien, Belle Gayle Chevigny, Steven Schwerner, Rachel Weddington, Barbara Williams Emerson; • Leading a July 4th weekend “Freedom Fast” in Queens to help turn the national spotlight on Mississippi: Michael Wenger, Erick Rosenthal, Charles Simmons, Gary Ackerman, Howard Schwartz, Steve Brooks, Ronald Pollack; • Rebuilding churches in Mississippi in 1965 burned by the KKK: Arthur Gatti, Walter Jarsky, Robert Madden, Robert Masters, Gus Peros, Sidney B. Simon, Jonathan Alexander, Lou Fein, Bob Morrissey, Marc Hellman, Ron- ald Pollack; • Graduates of Queens College, Mississippi civil rights leaders/activists: Isaac Foster and Frankye Adams-Johnson. Announcing recent additions to the Queens College Civil Rights Archive: • Hortense Powdermaker’s original 1932-34 field notes of research in Indianola, Mississippi; • 1964 COFO “Running Summary of Incidents” and documents related to the search for missing civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. Gift of Susan Nichols. • Statewide Freedom School Convention original sign-in registration sheets and handwritten notes from the August 1964 meeting in Meridian, MS. Gift of Elizabeth (Fusco) Aaronsohn.

For information, contact: Queens College Civil Rights Archive: http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/