Glenda Funchess Civil Rights Collection

Folder 1 contains a pamphlet entitled "Turning Point: The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer," published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which details the situation in Mississippi during 1964, as well as the efforts and goals of the Summer Project (1994)

Folder 2 contains two articles about freedom schools, one about Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, and another by Dr. Sandra Adickes, a former Palmer's Crossing freedom school teacher (1993 - ca. 1994)

Folder 3 contains two essays by Funchess entitled "Thirty Years After Brown v. Board of Education" and "Freedom Summer," which describe growing up during the Civil Rights Movement (1984 - ca. 1994)

Folder 4 contains a pamphlet entitled "Mississippi Homecoming 1994: Freedom Summer 1964 Revisited," published by the Mississippi Community Foundation, which lists names and addresses of participants in the 1964 Summer Project (June 1994)

Folder 5 contains several articles about the 1994 Freedom Summer reunion (June - September 1994)

Folder 6 contains materials related to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including news clippings, a letter from Yolanda King to Carolyn Funchess, and a skit written by Glenda Funchess about Dr. King's visit to Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1968 (December 1968 - April 1993; undated)

Folder 7 contains programs from commemorative services held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 1997 - January 1999)

Folder 8 contains items related to slain Hattiesburg civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer, including news clippings, correspondence, documentation from the court case, and a program from memorial services held for Dahmer in March 1998 (March 1994 - March 1998)

Folder 9 contains the program from a "roast" in honor of Father Peter Quinn, who was pastor and advisor of the Catholic Youth Organization at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hattiesburg from 1966 to 1976 (June 1998)