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Mississippi Freedom Summer Flier
The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) was a coalition of civil rights organizations that formed in Mississippi in 1962 to coordinate voter registration efforts and broader equal rights reforms. In 1964, COFO launched Freedom Summer, in [...]
Montgomery Improvement Association Advises on Integrated Bus Patronage
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended the Montgomery bus boycott introduced integrated public transportation to the city in December 1956. Anticipating mixed reactions to the boycott's success, the Montgomery Improvement Association distributed [...]
Teachers Lay Out a "Freedom Day" Curriculum
Freedom Day I, October 22, 1963, was one of several city-wide boycotts organized by the Coordinating Council of City Organizations to protest Chicago's segregated schools. Participating students instead attended one-day "freedom schools" organized [...]
Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers for International Boycott Day, May 10, 1969
In 1966, Mexican and Filipino grape pickers in California joined together to strike for better working conditions. Farm workers were excluded from federal laws passed during the 1930s that protected other kinds of workers. As the strike continued [...]
The American Indian Movement Organizes the Trail of Broken Treaties (1972)
In 1972, AIM (American Indian Movement) activists organized the Trail of Broken Treaties and Pan American Native Quest for Justice. In a symbolic reversal of the 19th century Trail of Tears, activists drove from California, Washington, and Oklahoma [...]
Card Outlining Steps to Take if Stopped by Police
As part of their activism, the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organization in the United States founded in 1950, attempted to inform LGBTQ+ individuals about their rights if they happened to be arrested. Mattachine Society members created [...]