A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 1, 2006 with Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mayor Johnny DuPree. Mayor DuPree discusses preparations made before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, as well as his experiences during and after the storm.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 2007 with Margaret Alfonso, the Senior Chancery Court Judge for Hancock, Harrison, and Stone counties. She discusses her experience with Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; Interview conducted December 13, 1995 with Mississippi civil rights activist Mrs. Pinkey Hall, a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She attended the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Oral history.; Mrs. Boyd O'Neal Keith was born on July 17, 1918. In childhood, she worked on her family's 328 acre homestead and attended Daisy Vestry High School. Mrs. Keith worked at a wool mill in Hurley, Mississippi, while also farming and...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
Photograph of the East stadium dormitory, also known as "The Rock," featured in the 1954 Southerner yearbook on page 16 and in the April 6, 1982, Student Printz.
Photograph of Sophomore relay runner, Laticely Tucker speeding down a lane. Tucker is also a sprinter and hurdler. Also found in the 1995 Southerner yearbook on page 107.
Photograph of Willie Heidelberg, wearing the No. 1 jersey, rushing in a football game. Also found on page 123 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987, and in the 1972 Southerner yearbook on page 159.
Photograph of Southern Arena Theatre, also known as Hartwig Theater, a fixture on campus since 1946. The building was replaced with a parking lot when the new Theatre and Dance Building opened. Photograph also found in the 1999 Southerner yearbook...
Photograph of an R.O.T.C. Battalion formation featured in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 75. Also found in RG002 PC6908 and the 1952 Southerner yearbook on page 43; 11 x 5
Photograph of students featured in the 1967 Southerner yearbook on page 19. Also found in RG002 PC6918, and Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 127; 5 x 7
Yearbook page featuring Rev. J.N. McMillin, to whom the 1925 Neka Camon was dedicated. This photo was featured in the 1925 Neka Camon on page 4. Also found in RG002 PC3962, and Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 173; 8 x 10
Photograph of university President Aubrey Lucas, M. M. Roberts, and Governor Cliff Finch, taken at the dedication of M. M. Roberts Stadium. This photo can also be found in the September 28, 1976, Student Printz and in Chester M. Morgan's book,...
Photograph of an exterior view of the laundry building. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 56, and in the 1920 Neka Camon yearbook, insert page.
Photograph of the manual training room. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 22, and in the 1921 Neka Camon yearbook on page 37; 6 1/2 x 4
Photograph of the 1922 Dramatic Club. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 29, and in the 1922 Neka Camon yearbook on page 93; 6 1/2 x 3
Photograph of President Claude Bennett. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 46, and in the 1930 Neka Camon yearbook on page 10; 5 x 7
