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"Integration voter, Jan and Feb 1964." Freedom Day, January 22, 1964, Hattiesburg (Miss.). White male in center, Oscar Chase, Yale Law School graduate working with SNCC. According to a May 18, 1964, article by Howard Zinn in The Nation, Chase was arrested by Hattiesburg police on Freedom Day and "beaten bloody and unconscious by a fellow prisoner while the police looked on."

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  • Creator(s): Moncrief, Winfred
  • Date: 1964-01-22
  • Item: 12
  • Corresponding Print Number(s): 12
  • Description: "Integration voter, Jan and Feb 1964." Freedom Day, January 22, 1964, Hattiesburg (Miss.). White male in center, Oscar Chase, Yale Law School graduate working with SNCC. According to a May 18, 1964, article by Howard Zinn in The Nation, Chase was arrested by Hattiesburg police on Freedom Day and "beaten bloody and unconscious by a fellow prisoner while the police looked on."
  • City/State: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
  • County: Forrest County
  • Call Number: PI/1994.0005
  • Filename: 71408-0012-photo.tif

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