Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Gilbert Mason, taken in the 1980s. A physician in Biloxi, Mississippi, Dr. Mason was a local leader in the civil rights...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a Boy Scout troop from Biloxi, MS at the Airey Lake campground on the Tuxachanie Trail of Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of the Biloxi Lighthouse; view from the Lighthouse Court Cottages porch.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of the boat "Popsie" in a harbor of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Edith Macy to Rabbi Ben-Ami is typed on National Urban League letterhead with the names and positions of staff members in the New York office in the left margin. Macy asks Rabbi Ben-Ami to...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Minutes from a combative meeting of COFO's fifth district. Deals with administrative issues, including a large dispute over the general chain of command in the state.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The unknown author recounts a conversation with a group of students from Biloxi High School about school desegregation.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. recounts a visit of two Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers with Mr. George, the Assistant Principal of Biloxi High School.
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Ray Gibbons, dated May 12, 1964, regarding the intentions of the Committee of Southern Churchmen in Mississippi. Campbell discusses the current...
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 document is p. [1] and p. 3 of a memo that describes the physical environment and atmosphere of the Mississippi Freedom Project office in Biloxi. The progress and routine of the Freedom...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Dr. Gilbert Mason, taken in 1960. Mason was a physician in Biloxi, Mississippi.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized...
From the Thompson (Ray M.) Papers; photograph of the foyer of the Pirate House, built in 1802 in Waveland, Mississippi. This photo was used in a newspaper column written by Ray M. Thompson, entitled "Know Your Coast." The column chronicled unusual...
