Oral history.; Reverend Sammie Rash was born in Sunflower County, Mississippi, on July 31, 1942. His parents were sharecroppers, and in 1949 they moved the family to the McGann plantation in Bolivar County, where Reverend Rash grew up. In 1963...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 30, 1977 with the Reverend Sammie Rash (born 1942). Reverend Rash, the son of sharecroppers, has been very active in both civil rights activities and Mississippi politics, in addition to being a minister...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Outline or proposal for a Rural Economic Opportunity Council. Organization chiefly designed to help educate farm families and to provide financial and legal services to the rural community....
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Three-page typewritten sermon authored by Rev. James N. Porter, pastor of Woodmere Methodist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Rev. Porter's sermon relates the experiences of the African...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; With statistical tables that depict and support the view that poverty is a disturbing reality in Mississippi, the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson proposes a systematic training and redevelopment...
