The records have been arranged in three groups, a chronological file of general
correspondence and related material, administrative files, and a subject file. The
administrative files include minutes of meetings, which provide detailed information on the
organization of the FFM, CORE press releases, and newsclippings documenting FFM activities
and community reprisals. Field reports, written by David Whatley and sent to the CORE
Southern Regional Office in New Orleans, report the current situation in Concordia Parish.
The subject file, arranged alphabetically, contains material created and collected by the
FFM on various relevant topics, including boycotts and picketing, discrimination, harassment
and intimidation, school desegregation and voter registration. General information regarding
the towns of Shreveport and Tallulah, for use in voter registration drives, is also included
in this section. The types of records in the subject file consist of correspondence,
reports, petitions and lists, and printed material.
