Included are minutes of meetings, literature and mailings, correspondence, press clippings, Mark Curtis’ FBI files, letters of support, videotapes produced for the Committee which include an interview with Curtis in prison, Curtis’ speech at a gathering to celebrate his release, financial reports, background information concerning brutality and racism in the Des Moines Police Department, charges, depositions, motions, trial transcript, verdict, state and federal appeals documents, files relating to Curtis’ federal civil rights suit against the police, and his challenge to prison lock-up. Photographs include images of his trial, the committee, and his release. Some documents appear in both English and Spanish. Videotapes document a prison interview with Curtis, and a speech he made after his release.
