Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 13, 1993 with Mr. Kenneth O. Williams at the new state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. Williams was born on January 18, 1924 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He received a BA in political science...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document outlines the events related to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge that occurred January 4, 1965. It describes the future steps through which...
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the stages of the challenge. It also gives voter registration statistics for Mississippi. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Voter registration statistics of African Americans and whites in five congressional districts in Mississippi, 1961. A letter to groups supporting the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Record of the proceedings and debates of the 89th Congress, the major topic of which is the Congressional Challenge brought by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in response...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) that discusses the decision of the party to challenge the seating of five Congressional representatives from Mississippi. The...
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.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on March 29 and April 13, 1977 with Mr. Amzie Moore at his home in Cleveland, Mississippi. Moore was born on September 23, 1911 in rural Mississippi, on the county line of Carroll and Grenada Counties. In...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 8 and 13, 1982 with Mr. E. Hammond Smith at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Smith was born on December 17, 1894 in Bladen Springs, Alabama. His family moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This memorandum on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) letterhead from John Morsell to the presidents of branches, youth councils, college chapters and state...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The calendar explains the steps of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the dates or time frame of each step.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Congressional record of testimony regarding Freedom Summer and the threat to civil rights workers; testimony provided by COFO representatives, including Robert Moses and Lawrence Guyot.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document discusses the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Congressional Challenge and the Voting Rights Act of 1965." It explains that if the act passes, but the election challenge...
