The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Labor History Teacher Fellows came from across the state for our mid-fall convening in Jackson. In just two short days, the fellows explored new lessons for the classroom, learned about opportunities for students to showcase their work, heard from inspiring guest speakers, wrote stories from their own classrooms, and planned the future of the fellowship. More here. 

One of the best sources for primary documents for teaching about the southern freedom movement is the CRMvet.org website. 

Beginning with this issue of the e-newsletter, we will feature a resource from CRMvet.org. Each month the site lists new documents and articles. 

This month we draw your attention to the Chronology of Violence and Intimidation in Mississippi Since 1961. This document was developed and used by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to expose the consistent human rights abuses against African Americans. The document countered the politicians' and the media descriptions of the violence as isolated cases.