Clay, Rosa
Biography:
Rosa Clay was an active participant in the civil rights movement in her hometown of Canton, Mississippi and throughout the state. In 1964 Clay attended a training workshop for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio. The following year Clay attempted to desegregate a nurses training program at a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- CORE--Fund Raising (COFO, CORE) - Correspondence and memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 43) (Correspondence)
- CORE--Madison County programs (CORE, COFO, MFDP) - Memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 64) (Reports)
- CORE--Volunteers: Lists and applications, Summer 1964 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District Records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 95) (Reports)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Rosa Clay (center), Mrs. Robinson (right) and an unidentified African American woman during a training session for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio, 1964 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Rosa Clay (right), Mrs. Robinson (center) and an unidentified African American woman during a training session for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio, 1964 (Black-and-white photographs)