Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Bennie Gooden. As one of the founding members of the Southern Education Recreation Association (SERA), Mr. Gooden wrote the grant proposal to fund Coahoma County's first Head Start program...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 19, 1994 with Ms. Vernon J. Keys (born 1926). Beginning in 1965, Ms. Keys worked with the Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), a community action agency designed to improve the economic position of the poor...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 14, 1994 with Mr. Andrew R. Carr. Carr was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He attended the Naval Academy during World War II, and then enlisted in the Navy. After twelve years in the Navy, Carr...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; SNCC research on Coahoma County, Mississippi; compiled for the use and support of field offices in Mississippi. Includes extensive economic data, as well as demographic, political, and legal...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of the Coahoma County Hospital (now the Northwest Regional Medical Center) in Clarksdale, Mississippi, taken in September 1964. It shows a large multi-level building with numerous cars...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of the courthouse in Clarksdale, Mississippi, taken in September 1964, showing the building from the street. There are several trees around the building and there are cars parked out...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 16, 1985 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
From the Shonholtz (Raymond) Freedom Summer Collection. Framed license plate purchased by Raymond Shonholtz in Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1964, as a condition of being released from jail. He handwrote a description of how he acquired the license...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 24, 1964. Discusses the success of recent precinct meetings as well as work for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Zwerling also...
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 May 1, 1972 with Dr. Aaron Henry in his drugstore in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Henry was born on July 2, 1922 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he went to Xavier College (now Xavier...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 26, 1993 with Pete Johnson, nephew of Paul B. Johnson Jr., at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Pete Johnson was born on May 12, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He received his B.S. degree in business...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
Oral history.; Mr. Mayo D. Wilson, a native of Cary, Mississippi, is a graduate of Tougaloo College and a veteran of the Korean War. Following a two-year service in the Army, Mr. Wilson returned to Mississippi where he taught math and science at...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated September 2, 1964. Burke assures Zwerling of the support of the United States Department of...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Six handwritten note cards outlining the Community Center at Clarksdale; Community centers were organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) as part of Mississippi Freedom...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer announcing a Clarksdale youth meeting to be held at Mount Moriah Church on Thursday, August 13 [1964?]. Teenagers and young adults are invited to attend.
