Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 3, 1993 with Mr. George Saxon, formerly of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol as an investigator, at his home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Saxon was born on March 30, 1927 in Waynesboro, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This update on the Mississippi Summer Project informs Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff of arrests and other obstacles encountered by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This internal newsletter for Council of Federated Organization (COFO) staff members covers false arrests connected with civil rights activities, new legislation in Mississippi, and upcoming...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter from the Holly Springs Freedom House to friends and former workers. Included are accounts of recent arrests, cross burnings, school integration attempts, and other news. Also includes...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter from the Holly Springs Freedom House; covers a peaceful demonstration and march held in Holly Springs, a boycott in Benton County, hirings and firings, arrests, personnel and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Document listing portions of Title 18 of the United States Code that provide for Federal prosecution in civil rights matters. Provisions listed include "FBI Arrests," "Interference with...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Confidential, internal newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes descriptions of arrests of civil rights workers, harassment, and beatings by police and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo regarding Mississippi Bail Loan Fund paperwork and the importance of careful record keeping in regard to arrests and bail loans.
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. Report for or by the Atlanta office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The report includes information about the economic impact of negative public perceptions of the state...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes the inadequate conditions of Beasley School, an African American elementary school in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1965. It gives details of the boycott of the school, which...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This issue of the Southern Student Organizing Committee Newsletter (Volume II, no. 4: May 1965) contains articles on civil rights movement projects, fundraising, and arrests as well as a student...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes the inadequate conditions of Beasley School, an African American elementary school in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1965. It gives details of the boycott of the school, which...
Carbon copy of a 1 1/2-page typed letter, dated July 9, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to an anonymous person(s). The document describes Freedom Schools (curriculum, enrollment, etc.) and the opinions of teachers and students. It also details the local...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Summary of acts of violence and intimidation against African Americans and civil rights workers that occurred in Mississippi in October 1964. Includes the date, location, and brief...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to Mississippi Summer Project participants, no date given. The letter informs participants of the 1st orientation session...
