A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Image of a bumper sticker for the Gulf Coast campus of the University of Southern Mississippi . Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 43, no. 1 (Summer 1990), p. 32.
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...
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 United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a structure with a pier-type foundation recommended to avoid damage from high water that accompanies wind. This type of building was recommended...
The dining hall record contains daily entries listing the food served at each meal during the day - breakfast, dinner, and supper. Most entries also include a brief note of daily activities, including reunions, deaths, visits, and other events. The...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
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.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Oral history.; Mr. Boyce Holleman was born on February 26, 1924, in Wiggins, Mississippi. Mr. Holleman enrolled at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the fall of 1940, but transferred to the University of Mississippi to study law. In...
Oral history.; Discusses Clarence Magee's family, his responsibilities on the farm, and first memories of racism. Talks about the African American schools around Columbia, Mississippi. Describes his attempts to register to vote in Hattiesburg and...
Oral history.; Mr. Donald Evans grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and attended Arkansas A and M College on a football scholarship. In the late 1960s, he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. In 1968, Mr. Evans married Hiawatha Williams and...
