Civil Rights Movement Archive
Affidavits, Depositions, & Statements About
Repression, Retaliation, & Violence

Contents:

Affidavits by Date (rather than location)
 
Affidavits from Southwest Georgia, 1963
Affidavits from Ruleville & Sunflower Co. MS 1962-1964
Affidavits from McComb & Pike Co. MS, 1964
Affidavits from Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964
Affidavits from COFO v Rainey et al, 1964
Affidavits from Jackson MS Voting Rights Protests & Mass Arrests, June 1965
Affidavits published in Mississippi Black Paper 1964-1965
Additional Affidavits, 1958-1966

Affidavits from Southwest Georgia, 1963

1963 Affidavit of Thomas McGrady Witness, Americus GA. 9/10/63
1963 Affidavit of Lena Turner Arrest, Americus GA. 9/10/63
1963 Affidavit of Lena Turner Witness , Americus GA. 9/10/63
1963 Affidavit of Lorine Sanders re arrest & jailing in Americus, GA. 9/10/63
1963 James Williams re police brutality in Americus GA. 9/10/63
1963 Affidavit of Bobby Lee Jones, re arrests & jail conditions in Americus, GA. 9/13/63
1963 Affidavit of Eliza Thomas re conditions in Leesburg stockade (Americus, GA). 9/13/63
1963 Affidavit of Emma Jean Times re conditions in Leesburg stockade (Americus, GA). 9/13/63
1963 Affidavit of Henrietta Fuller re conditions in Leesburg stockade (Americus, GA). 9/13/63
1963 Affidavit of Lorena Barnum re conditions in Leesburg stockade (Americus, GA). 9/13/63
1963 Affidavit of Robertina Freeman re conditions in Leesburg stockade (Americus, GA). 9/13/63

Affidavits from Ruleville & Sunflower Co. MS (1962-1964)

1962 Statement of Dorothy Conrod, Mr. Lundgor and Edward Taylor, re Sisson home shooting
1964 Affidavit of Jerry Tecklin, re threats against Rabbi Levine
1964 Affidavit of Willieball Smith, re Fired for helping with voter registration
1964 Statement from Ruleville Teenagers, re Inequalities and Problems in Mississippi and in school, 1964
1964 Statement from Earline King, re School staff misconduct, 1964
1964 Statement from Irene Johnson, re School staff misconduct and slavery, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Robert Earl Beverly, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Eddie Childs, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Bettie Jean Doss, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Eva Mae Williams, re Black grade students forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Darnella West, re Black grade students forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of William Beverly, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Roy Childs, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Shirley Ford, re Black school kids forced into plantation labor
1964 Affidavit of Leona McClendon and Tommy Buckley, re fired for supporting civil rights workers
1964 Affidavit of Martha Connely and Mr. Connely , re blacklisted for housing white civil rights workers
1964 Affidavit of Leonard Davis, re blacklisted for housing white civil rights workers
1964 Affidavit of Juanita Brownlow, re Threats to civil rights supporters, 7/07/64
1964 Affidavit of Louis Day, re Officer pursuing 'white trash' civil rights workers, 7/07/64

Affidavits from McComb & Pike Co. MS. 1964

1964? SNCC Memo: McComb civil action, Brown, Aronson, Greenberg, LDF. Undated
1964? Affidavit of Carolyn Breckenridge, re racist attacks. Undated
1964 Affidavit of James Baker, re racist attacks
1964 Affidavit of C.C. Bryant, re racist attacks
1964? Affidavit of Willie Haynes, re being arrested . Undated
1964 Affidavit of Earl Moses, re racist attacks
1964 Affidavit of Julia Woods, re threat of racist attack
1964 Affidavit of Wilbert Lewis, re racist violence June 19
1964 Affidavit of Roy Lee, re police repression July
1964 Affidavit of Dennis Sweeney, re house bombing July 8
1964 Affidavit of Lillie Warren, re bombing of COFO Freedom House July 9
1964 Affidavit of Louise Watson, re bomb found in Baptist church July 18
1964 Affidavit of General White, bomb found in Baptist church July 18
1964 Affidavit of M.L. Brown, re burning of Mount Vernon Church July 21
1964 Affidavit of Lula Jackson, re burning of Mount Vernon Church July 21
1964 Affidavit of Rev. H.L. McKnight, re burning of Mount Vernon Church July 21
1964 Affidavit of Nazaree Brumfield, re burning of Mount Canaan Church August 5
1964 Affidavit of Farley Pittman, burning of Mount Canaan Church and police brutality August 8
1964 Affidavit of Peter Lewis, burning of grocery store August 15
1964 Affidavit of Robert V. Stone, police repression against COFO August 24
1964 Affidavit of Willie Dillon, re explosion outside her house August 28
1964? Affidavit of John Lee, re police repression and brutality Undated
1964 Affidavit of Russell Bennett, re violence against civil rights workers September 2
1964 Affidavit of Robert Stone, re violence against civil rights workers September 2
1964 Affidavit of Aline Baker, re bombing of her residence September 9
1964 Affidavit of L.S. Allen, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Eddie Anderson, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Jerry Lee Hill, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Johnny Frank Nobles, re police repression September 20
1964 Affidavit of L.S. Anderson, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Alyene Quin, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Harold Ray Mallard , re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Ira Marsalis, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of James Willian Ard, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Roy L. Martin, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Willie Ray Knox, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Willie Ray Knox, re imprisonment and police brutality September 20
1964 Affidavit of Alyene Quin, re imprisonment of her daughter Carolyn October 20
1964 Affidavit of William Thomas, re bombing of Mrs. Quins's house September 20
1964 Affidavit of Ursula Junk, re police repression and brutality September 21
1964 Affidavit of Matthew Jackson, re bomb thrown in his front yard September 23
1964 Affidavit of Rev. Ned Taylor, re police repression and brutality September 23
1964 Affidavit of C.C. Bryant, re police repression and brutality September 23
1964 Affidavit of James Holmes, re police repression and brutality October 18
1964 Affidavit of Candy Brown, re arrest at Freedom House October 23
1964 Affidavit of J.D. Smith, re arrest at Freedom House October 23
1964 Affidavit of Alyene Quin, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Althea Spinks, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Delores Johnson, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Ernestine Bishop, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Evelyn Nelson, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Jesse Harris, re police repression at voter registration October 26
1964 Affidavit of Karen Pate, re police repression October 26
1964 Affidavit of Mattie Lean Dillon, re repression at voter registration October 26 1964
1964 Affidavit of Malcolm Campbell, re repression at voter registration October 27 1964
1964 Affidavit of Rev. D.J. Ross, re repression at voter registration October 26 1964
1964 Affidavit of Robert McGee, re repression at voter registration October 26 1964
1964 Affidavit of Rosa Bates, re repression at voter registration October 26 1964
1964 Affidavit of Richard Se. Sternberger, re police repression at voter registration October 26 1964
1964 Affidavit of Donald Blanchette, re police repression at voter registration October 27 1964
1964 Affidavit of Joe Martin, re police repression at voter registration October 27 1964
1964 Affidavit of Marshall Ganz, re police repression at voter registration October 27 1964
1964 Affidavit of Dewitt Coney, re police beating instead of assistance, McComb MS, 10/31/1964

Affidavits from Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964

1964 Multiple Unsigned Affidavits, (Regarding repression.)
1964 Affidavit of Lucille Brewer, re denied right to vote, 6/16/64. Columbus
1964 Statement by Matthew Swerling , re literacy test conditions during voting registration, 6/24/64. Clarksdale
1964 Affidavit of Charlie Cobb, re arrest of him and Stokely Carmichael, June 25, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Stokely Carmichael, Arrest of Stokely Carmichael and Charlie Cobb, June 25, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Charlie Cobb, re arrest of him and Stokely Carmichael, June 25, 1964
1964 Statement by Doris Lee Brown, re questioning on shoplifting conviction, 6/26/64. Clarksdale
1964 Statement by Charles Stewart, re witnessing harrasment of Black voter applicant, 6/29/64. Clarksdale
1964 Affidavit of Jimmy Lee Wilcox, Arrest of SNCC office worker-Jimmy Lee Wilcox, June 30, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Steven Fraser, re harassed by police and whites, 7/1964 (illegible)
1964 Affidavit of Elvira G., re firing of agitator, 7/1964 (illegible)
1964 Statement of Witnesses, re Activities of COFO at Grand Jury hearing, 7/1964. Moss Point
1964 Affidavit of Lewis Sitzer, re witnessed obstacles in registering to vote, 7/03/64. Clarksdale
1964 Statement of Charles Jackson, re witnessing shooting of girl, 7/06/64. Moss Point
1964 Statement of Lamar Turnipseed, re wrongful arrest after being shot at, 7/06/64. Moss Point.
1964 Statement of Edward Wiggins, re wrongful arrest after being shot at, 7/06/64. Pascagoula
1964 Statement by Joe E. Brown, re Arrested for having guns in car for self-protection 7/06/64
1964 Affidavit of Joan Drake, re discrimination in restaurant dining service, 7/07/64
1964 Affidavit of Joycelyn McKissick, re discrimination in restaurant dining service, 7/07/64
1964 Affidavit of Willie Neal Smith, re discrimination by theater ticket seller, 7/07/64
1964 Affidavit of Charles Stewart, re witness to strict limitations on voting registration of negroes, 7/07/64
1964 Affidavit of Odessa Brooks, re discrimination in entry of restaurant, 7/08/64
1964 Statement: violation of Civil Rights Act in Moss Point, 7/11/64
1964 Affidavit of C.B. Burton, re Retail outlets discrimination, 7/11/64
1964 Affidavit of L. J. Fairley, re bottle attack by two white men, 7/11/64
1964 Affidavit of Warren Galloway, re Injustice towards James Howard Jackson, 7/12/64
1964 Affidavit of John Suter, re purposeful obstacle towards negro registering to vote, 7/13/64
1964 Affidavit of Robert Campbell, re Firing threats for having civil rights meetings 7/16/64
1964 Statement by Various Witnesses, re: Affidavit re Summer incidences, 07/17/64
1964 Statement by C.B. Burton, re Discriminatory Practices at Ingalls Shipyard 7/17/64
1964 Affidavit of Johnny Lee McGreary, re Obstacles in registering to vote 7/17/64
1964 Affidavit of Robby Osman & Mario Savio, volunteers. July 22. Jackson
1964 Affidavit of James Jones, July 24. Jackson
1964 Statement by Hosie McCall, re harassed by whites and police, 7/28/64
1964 Affidavit of Matthew Zwerling, re withholding of voter registration form, 7/20/64
1964 Affidavit of Joseph Smith, re voting registration interference, 7/23/64
1964 Statement from Rabbi Allan Levine, re Police oppression and brutality, 7/30/64
1964 Affidavit of Mary Lee Dixon, re restaurant service discrimination, 7/29/64
1964 Affidavit of Erma Jean Miller, re restaurant service discrimination, 7/29/64
1964 Affidavit of Roy Bell Wright, re restaurant service discrimination and harassment, 7/29/64
1964 Affidavit of Eddie Laroy Johnson, re Black school children slave labor, 7/30/64
1964 Statement by R.B. Hood regarding police surveillance and intimidation in Stone Co. August 10, 1968
1964 Affidavit of Knights, Arsdale, Ellis, and Hall, re voting registration test failed due to error on forms, 8/1964. Clarksdale.
1964 Statment of COFO activists, re Obstacles in obtaining mass meeting permit, 8/03/64. Pascagoula.
1964 Affidavit of Rueben Brown, re arrest of COFO workers by police, 8/05/64. Ocean Springs
1964 Affidavit of Laurice Walker, re rejection of voter application, 8/10/64. Clarksdale
1964 Affidavit of Hattie Mae Williams, re voter registration refusal, 8/11/64. Clarksdale
1964 Three affidavits from people fired for trying to register to vote, July & August. Sunflower Co.
1964 Affidavit of Russell Allen, re harrassment, threats, and violence against voter registration worker, 8/15/64. Greenville
1964 Affidavit Alan Verson, re police harrassment in Ocean Springs. 8/31/64

Affidavits from COFO v Rainey et al, Summer 1965

[Lawsuit filed by Atty. Arthur Kinoy on behalf of COFO against Neshoba County, Mississippi, law enforcement sheriffs and deputies, and the White Citizens Councils after the lynching of Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman. The suit charged conspiry against, and acts of terror against, Black citizens and Freedom Summer volunteers.]
1964 Affidavit of James Black, re arrest and police brutality in Starkville MS. 6/9/64. 2 pages.
1964 Affidavit of Sam Block, re police harassment, brutality & arrests of himself, Willie Peacock, Charles McLaurin, and James Jones in Oktibeha Co. MS. 6/11/64. 4 pages.
1964 Affidavit of Greene Brewer, re beating and violence by whites in Charleston MS. 5/24/64
1964 Affidavit of Ora Lee Bryant, re bombing and shooting in McComb MS. 7/28/64./td>
1964 Affidavit of Sherry Everett, re church burning in Pike Co. MS. 7/27/64
1964 Affidavit of Fannie Lou Hamer, re Atrocity in Winona MS. 5/24/64. 3 pages.
1964 Affidavit of Arthur Harris (child), re being beaten by police in Canton MS. 6/7/64
1964 Affidavit of Jesse Harris, re Jackson MS arrests, beatings, jailings, and prison farm. 6/1/64. 3 pages.
1964 Affidavit of Curtis Hayes (Curtis Muhammad), re terror bombing in McComb MS. 7/29/64.
1964 Notarized statement of Ed Hollander, CORE. Re arrest in Canton MS, detention by federal marshalls, beating by white prisoners in Hinds Co. Jail. 7/10/64. 3 pages.
1964 Affadavit of June Johnson , re Winona MS police brutality, June 1963. 7/28/64
1964 Affadavit of Bertie McGill, re police-enabled beating of student sit-ins, Laurel MS (after passage of the Civil Rights Act). 7/28/64
1964 Affadavit of Susan Patterson (freedom school teacher), re white-racist violence in Hattiesburg MS. 7/27/64
1964 Affidavit of Julius Samstein, re assault by white racist in McComb MS. 7/24/64
1964 Affadavit of Bessie Turner, re police brutality and abuse in Clarksdale MS. 5/24/64

Affidavits from Jackson MS Voting Rights Protests & Mass Arrests, June 1965

Affidavits published in Mississippi Black Paper, 1965

6/14/65  Affidavits of Robert Gahtan and Bernice Crosby, re mass arrests in Jackson MS, crowded jail conditions and police beatings, June 14, 1965
6/65 Affidavit of Mrs. Annie Mae King, mass arrests and police brutality in Jackson MS
6/65 Affidavit of Mrs. Maggie Gordon, mass arrests and police brutality in Jackson MS
6/65 Affidavit of Wayne Mercer, mass arrests and police malpractice
[In June of 1964, Neshoba County Mississippi Sheriff Lawrence Rainey, other law-enforcement officers, and the Ku Klux Klan conspired to lynch voting-rights activists James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman who were civil rights workers participating in Freedom Summer. The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) brought a civil-suit in federal court against Sheriff Rainey and law-enforcement officials throughout the state for an injunction against the use of "force, violence, or any terroristic act" by police and law-enforcement agencies aimed at preventing people "from exercising their rights, privileges, and immunities as citizens of the United States." In support of this suit, 257 sworn affidavits describing police brutality and misconduct were presented in evidence. This section contains samples of those affidavits.]
 
Affidavit of Anonymous (Regarding police brutality in Sharkey County, July 24 1964.)
Elizabeth Allen (Regarding assasination of Louis Allen, January 1964.)
James Charles Black (Regarding police repression in Lowndes County MS on June 8 1964.)
Ora Lee Bryant (Regarding racist violence in Pike County, July 1964.)
James A. Campbell (Regarding police brutality in Coahoma County, July 12 1964.)
MacArthur Cotton (Regarding police suppression of voting rights, June 1963.)
Lorne Cress (Regarding police repression in Forrest County, July 1 1964)
George Greene (Regarding car chase & shooting, November 1963.)
Fannie Lou Hamer (Regarding Winona MS police brutality, June 1963)
Jesse Harris (Regarding Freedom Ride arrest, courtroom segregation, police and prison brutality, 1961-1962.)
Edward Hollander (Regarding police repression in Madison County, May 29 1964.)
Richard A. Jewett (Regarding police beating.)
June Johnson (Regarding Winona MS police brutality, June 1963.)
Robert Mandel (Regarding police repression in Coahoma County, July 1964.)
Affidavit of Bertie McGill (Regarding police brutality in Jones County, July 11 1964.)
Jesse T. Morris (Regarding police repression in Hinds County MS on February 3 1964.)
Eric Morton (Regarding police repression in Hinds and Madison Counties, July 15 1964.)
Annell Ponder (Regarding Winona MS police brutality, June 1963.)
David Riley (Regarding police misconduct in Warren County, July 7 1964.)
Rita Schwerner (Regarding lynching of Chaney, Schwerner, Goodman, June 1964)
Lewis Sitzer (Regarding police repression in Coahoma County, June 22 1964.)
Geoffry R.W. Smith (Regarding threat of violence in Jones County, July 1964.)
Michael F. Starr (Regarding disappearance of Chaney, Schwerner, Goodman, June 1964)
E.W. Steptoe (Regarding police and KKK intimidation, 1954-1964.)
Peter Stoner (Regarding police & prison brutality, February-May 1964.)
Lafayette Surney (Regarding police & prison brutality, August 1963.)
Jimmy Travis (Regarding shooting by white racists, February 1963.)
Peter Werner (Regarding racist violence in Forrest County, July 1964.)

Additional Affidavits 1958-1965:

1958 Affidavit of Willie Woodson, re FBI hostility to NAACP in Mound Bayou, March 16, 1958
1962 Statement of Dorothy Conrod, Mr. Lundgor and Edward Taylor, re Sisson home shooting, 1962
1962 John Salter Deposition, re disqualification of federal judge William H. Cox. December 1962.
1963 Affidavit of John B. Amos regarding white violence. Undated, location unknown
1963 Affidavit of Saundra Lee Hill, re police and intimidation. (MS) October 1963
1963 Statement by Emma Irving re arrest of her husband in Itta Bena MS, Undated
1964 Affidavit of Henry of Lee Chinn, Canton MS. (regarding police) February 17
1964 Beating of CORE Worker by Jackson police, affidavit of Richard Jewett. March 30, 1964 ( HTML version)
1964 Soldier insulted, hit, and jailed in Jackson, affidavit of 1st Lt. Emanuael Schriber, U.S. Army. April 1, 1964
1964 Denial of the Right to Vote in Greenwood MS, affidavits of several citizens. April 1, 1964
1964 John Mathews, affidavit regarding false arrest of SCLC citzenship teacher
1964 Firing of Voter Registration Applicant, affidavit of Willis Wright. April 10, 1964
1964 Jail Treatment of White Student in Jackson MS, affidavit of Eli Hochstedler. April 16, 1964
1964 Beating of Negro Voter Registration Worker in Southwest MS, affidavit of Archie Curtis. April 23, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Larry Rubin, Arrests of COFO workers on suspicion of burglary, May 14, 1964
1964 Affidavit of Benjamin Small, re police harassement for attending freedom Rally, in Madison Co. MS. May 23, 1964
1964 Affidavit of John Bacon, re police harassement for attending freedom Rally, in Madison Co. MS. May 23, 1964
1964 Affidavit of James Bennett re police harassement for attending freedom Rally, in Madison Co. MS. May 24, 1964
1964 Statement by Mrs. Bessie McMurtry concerning her son in jail, Canton MS. June 1
1964 Multiple Affidavits, re Arrests and beatings of James Jones, James Black, Charles McLaurin, Wazir Peacock, and Sam Block in Columbus MS, June 8 1964
1964 Affidavit of Sam Block, re Mississippi police repression. June 11
1965 Affidavit of Rev. J.D. Rayford, re police harassment of voter registration efforts in Coahoma Co. MS. 1965
1965 Public testimony: Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, Victoria Gray (Regarding Congressional Challenge.)
1965 Affidavit of Walter Gilbert, re Carthage MS church burning, October 15 1965 (handwritten)
1965 Affadavit of Asa Slaughter, re discriminatory jury selection in Madison Co. MS. 1/9/65
1965 Affidavit of Lynn Hollander, re Carthage MS church burning, October 15 1965 (handwritten)

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