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"The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in…

In 1945 an Egyptian peasant discovered a jar filled with ancient manuscripts. Painstakingly restored and translated, these fragments came to be known as the Nag Hammadi library. Included are gospels of Jesus's life that never made it into the modern…

Memorandum from Marvin Rich regarding projected expenses for 1965 and what it means for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

Letter from Marvin Rich thanking Harold Brown for sending him information about a potential demonstration at the San Diego Zoo.

Letter from Marvin Rich, Community Relations Director, relaying Mississippi's needs.

Letter from Attorney Mary Harvey to Attorney Robert Ward, Jr. asking him to represent Harold Brown because she will be in Mississippi at the time of his hearing.

Letter from Mary Hernandez, the Shop Steward of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), informing James McCain that the process of relieving Allan Hoffman from his duties has prompted a grievance.

"The myths and beliefs of the great Precolumbian civilizations of Mesoamerica have baffled and fascinated outsiders ever since the Spanish Conquest. Yet, until now, no single-volume introduction has existed to act as a guide to this labyrinthine…