Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
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 March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 06-11-1981 with Mr. Wilson Evans II (born 1924). Evans began his long career as a union leader in Gulfport in 1950, later becoming president of the union. This interview covers topics as diverse as his service...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 14, 1972 with Mr. Percy Greene at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Greene was born on September 7, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi and died on April 16, 1977. He was very active in the civil rights...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Copies of newspaper clippings and programs collected by the Dahmer family in 1966, 1968-69, and 1986. Clippings focus on the death of Vernon F. Dahmer and the trials of those men arrested in the case. For...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, photographs, news clippings, campaign materials, scrapbooks, manuscripts, copies of published books, videocassettes, plaques and other personal items. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, photographs, newspapers and clippings, office files, campaign materials and artifacts, including State Sovereignty Commission records. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Essays, articles, Freedom Summer commemorative pamphlets and programs, news clippings documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m325.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Information concerning David Owen's involvement in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, including personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, a photograph, and information concerning various civil...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Lists of Freedom Riders, arrest records, investigative reports, correspodence, newspaper clippings. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m337.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials that document the life and career of Rabbi Dr. David Z. Ben-Ami; specifically, his stance against discrimination against African-Americans, his...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The James Earl Price Mississippi history collection is organized into six series: Alleged Slaughter at Camp Van Dorn; History and Struggles of the United Methodist Church in Mississippi; President Theodore...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists of 17 photocopied newspaper clippings and one photocopied letter regarding the civil rights movement of the 1960s. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists of materials generated and/or collected by child psychiatrist Dr. Josephine D. Martin, and includes correspondence, publications, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings and other...
Finding aid for manuscript collection.; Her journal and articles, photographs, correspondence, Freedom School students' work, and news clippings documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection.; Items relating to Wallace Roberts and his involvement in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. Collection includes manuscripts of articles and letters written by Roberts; scanned images of photographs;...
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
