Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of several armed men in uniform on the campus of the University of Mississippi, October 1, 1962. The men were part of the law enforcement effort to restore and maintain...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a group of white and African-American civil rights demonstrators at the Woolworth's store in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1963. The sit-in was an attempt to...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Jim Forman (left), Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and a local person at a...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Noelle Michael Henry, wife of Dr. Aaron Henry. The photograph was presumably taken inside Dr. Henry's pharmacy in...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Aaron Henry, taken in the 1980s.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of William J. Simmons, taken in the 1950s. Simmons was the long-time leader of the White Citizens council in Mississippi and a staunch segregationist.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of two unidentified African-American teenage girls exercising in the community center in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Paul B. Johnson and Ross Barnett shaking hands in a court room.
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a local African-American youth standing behind paper "freedom chains" draped from benches at a carnival in Clarksdale,...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Dr. Aaron Henry, presumably inside the doctor's pharmacy in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Dr. Henry was a prominent...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Margie (Margaret) Hazelton with several African-American youths at the community center in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Frank Cieciorka standing by two unidentified policemen during an arrest for defacing the Marshall County jail in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Rust College, an African-American Methodist College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Freedom Summer volunteers assigned to Holly Springs, including Kathleen Dahl,...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a community meeting held in a church in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Participants hold hands as they sing "We Shall...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of three Freedom Summer volunteers in Clarksdale, Mississippi. From left to right: David Batzka, Martha Davis and Margie...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Freedom School students and volunteers standing on the porch of Freedom House. Frank Cieciorka (wearing glasses) and Kathleen Dahl (far right, only partially visible)...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph of the back of an injured man's head in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The injured man, possibly named Mark Fast, was an attorney from Boston, Massachusetts. ...
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...