From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Fund raising information sheet on the Mississippi Bail Loan Fund, explaining the need for bail funds for civil rights workers in Mississippi, who are subjected to repeated arrest and confinement...
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Reimbursement form to be filled in and signed by the recipient of money from the Mississippi Bail Loan Fund.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Assignment of bond form to be signed by the recipient of money from the Mississippi Bail Loan Fund.
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.
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.; Interview conducted on April 2, 1972 with Mr. R. Jess Brown in Jackson, Mississippi. Brown was born in Coffeeville, Kansas, on September 2, 1912, and was raised in Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois...
Caption: Paul's involvement with campus life includes fun moments, like "getting arrested" during a Jail Bail for charity. No word on who put up the money to spring him. Photograph featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 46, no. 2 (Fall 1993) on page...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Ruth Christian, who describes losing her home to Hurricane Katrina and the struggles that ensued after the storm on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 6, 1981 with Dr. W. J. Cunningham at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. William Jefferson Cunningham was born on December 23, 1905 in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1929, he graduated from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1999 with Dr. Sandra Adickes (born 1933). In 1963, Dr. Adickes taught African-Americans in freedom school efforts in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1964, she was recruited to teach in...
Oral history.; Born on October 20, 1939, in Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County, Alabama, Mr. Loyce Searight moved with his family to Biloxi, Mississippi, in March of 1947. He graduated from M.F. Nichols High School and went on to earn several other...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement released by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to publicize the fact that eight people were arrested in Belzoni, Mississippi, and remained in jail on charges...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A gangster-type man wearing a trench coat labeled "Crime issue" leans against a wall underneath a sign that reads, "Mayoral race." In the distance is the New Orleans skyline....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; The cartoon is divided into two panels. The top panel depicts a criminal dressed as a magician pointing at a hat on a table that reads, "Bail Bond System." He is saying, "Ain't...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. Richard Nixon stands in a motorboat that is being swamped by high waves. With one hand, he uses a pail to bail water. With the other hand, he pulls on the cord of the outboard...
A collection of ten 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...
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...
