A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted in the spring of 1995 with Eberta Spinks (born 1914). In 1964, Mrs. Spinks became active in the civil rights movement. She housed civil rights workers in her home, integrated the restaurant of the Pinehurst Hotel...
Oral history; Mrs. Ruth Evans Story was born on October 20, 1943, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She graduated from high school and attended Dillard University in New Orleans. On October 18, 1962, Ms. Ruth Evans married Almer L. Story in Gulfport....
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.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the Map Collection. Early map of southeastern North America showing the areas known then as Florida and Apalche. Shows areas from Texas in the west to Virginia; also shows part of Cuba.
From the Map Collection. Four maps on one sheet. Map A: parts of eastern Canada, including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Map B: New England, including New York, New Jersey, and part of Pennsylvania. Map C:...
From the Alexander Melvorne Jackson Papers. Photograph of Miguel Otero, Mary Blackwood Otero (Miguel Otero's wife), and an enslaved Black girl, photograph taken circa 1860s. The Oteros are sitting at a table with tea cups on it while a young Black...
From the Major-Sowers Saw Mill Photographs Collection. Photograph of three workers in the planing mill at the the Major-Sowers Sawmill Company, Tallahala site in Perry County.
From the Major-Sowers Saw Mill Photographs Collection. Photograph of eight workers in front of the boiler shed at the Major-Sowers Sawmill Company, Tallahala site in Perry County.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet reveals that Communism's ultimate goal is "Black Supremacy,"a Soviet South," and "then a Soviet America."
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Essay regarding the importance of education relevant to the needs and position of Black southerners.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet presents a defense of States' Rights, and argues the states have a legal right to continue the segregationist way of life.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A line of six white men dressed in suits and ties stand before John F. Kennedy. They are labeled "Responsible leaders of Southern communities," and Kennedy is pinning a medal on the...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Report prepared by the Southern Regional Council that provides a detailed account of civil rights-related activities and incidents that took place during 1963. The events are listed according to state and...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Confidential six-page newsletter by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) contains information about arrests, violence, and harassment experienced by civil rights workers and local...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Tentative schedule for a seminar titled "The student and the South in the 60s" to be held August 30-September 5, 1965. Suggested topics include southern industrialization, education, and...
