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Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers

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Capturing Life Within the Freedom Summer Movement

A selection of correspondences and black-and-white photographs documenting moments of activism as part of the Freedom Summer movement, including speeches and political signs.


  • Letter from Thomas Foner to his parents (Jack Donald and Liza Foner); 1964

  • Letter from Thomas Foner to Family; August 1964

  • Letter from Thomas Foner to his parents (Jack Donald and Liza Foner); August 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 3; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 9; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 15; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 16; 1964

  • Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers - Series 3 Photographs, Item 21; 1964