Masters, Robert
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Masters Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0058
Abstract
Robert Masters graduated from Queens College in 1966; at age 20 he spent seven weeks in Greenwood, Mississippi as a volunteer in the Freedom Summer of 1964. The collection includes newspaper and magazine articles, color snapshots, letters in which Masters describes his work in Greenwood, and artifacts.
Dates:
1963-1967; Majority of material found in 1964 - 1964
Sweatshirt, circa 1970
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This series is comprised of two items. The first is a 1964 Mississippi automobile license plate from Leflore County, likely from the car of a SNCC organizer. The second is a sweatshirt circa 1970 which says FREEDOM NOW. Masters helped sell such sweatshirts to raise money for civil rights activities
Dates:
circa 1970
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Civil rights movement 1
- Mississippi Freedom Project 1
