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• Photograph of Queens College CORE at the March on Washington

  This photograph shows the Queens College chapter of CORE at the March on Washington in 1963.

• Lila Waterhouse

  Lila Waterhouse, a local leader in the Negro high school group, at the Meridian Freedom School holding a QC notebook.

• Photograph of Queens College CORE at the March on Washington

  This photograph shows the Queens College chapter of CORE at the March on Washington in 1963.

• How CORE Views the Fair: Symbol of American Hypocrisy

  This flier describes CORE's view of the 1964 World's Fair in Queens, NY.

• COFO Mississippi Freedom Summer Flyer

  This 2-page flyer describes COFO's plan for the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. The intended audience appears to be Mississippi blacks.

• COFO Mississippi Freedom Summer Flyer

  This 2-page flyer describes COFO's plan for the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. The intended audience appears to be Mississippi blacks.

• Mark and Betty Levy Photograph

  This B&W photograph shows Mark and Betty Levy at the Meridian Freedom School in Meridian, MS, with some of their students.

• Irving Rudd Letter to Mark and Betty Levy

  This letter from Irving Rudd to Mark and Betty Levy expresses the author's appreciation of their efforts in Mississippi, and promises to send money once the season is over.

• Photograph of Stan Shaw, Mike Wenger, and Belema Reiner

  This photograph shows Stan Shaw and Mike Wenger receiving the B'Nai Brith Human Relation Award from Belema Reiner.

• COFO Freedom Meeting Flier

  This flier advertises for a COFO meeting at the Little Hope Baptist Church on July 27, 1964.

• Photograph of Pete Seeger

  This photograph shows folksinger Pete Seeger playing guitar and singing at a meeting during the Mississippi Freedom Summer project.

About This Website The web presence of the Queens College Civil Rights Archive showcases digitized items and from our collections and online exhibits built by Special Collections fellows and staff. The website is constantly growing, but only represents a small sample of the materials held in the archive.

 

Queens College Civil Rights Archive The Queens College Civil Rights Archive collects published and unpublished works relating to civil rights activities such as personal papers, community materials, organizational records, non-print materials, and artifacts. It also conducts oral histories to supplement its collections. The archive is particularly strong in documenting the civil rights work by Queens College students during the early 1960s. The Civil Rights Archive is an active participant in its communities, working with students and alumni of Queens College, local schools, and the city at large.

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