Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document by Reverend Bob Beech, director of the Hattiesburg Minister's Project. He provides an account of the activities and accomplishments of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg in 1964 with regard to voter...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on February 7 and 21, 1992 with Mr. Thomas Knight Sr. at the University of Southern Mississippi. Knight was born on July 9, 1920 near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1941, he began working at the Reliance...
Transcribed copy of a case study that examines the purpose and philosophies of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). It also examines the Pledge for Freedom Riders in Parchman Penitentiary,...
Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her family dated May 23, 1964, in which she writes about preparations for her summer participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project. She also asks for input from her family about her summer schedule...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
Transcribed copy of a memo describing three bombings that took place on June 22, 1964, in McComb, Mississippi. The homes of Fred Bates, C. C. Bryant, and Corline Andrews were bombed.
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Typewritten document describing the growth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the rural South, the importance of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the need for lobbying in Washington, D.C. for the MFDP...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 23, 1964. Discusses voter registration canvassing activities, other aspects of his work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 6, 1964. Zwerling updates his parents on his activities, including his efforts to set up contacts in Tunica, Mississippi, for SNCC (Student...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 18, 1996 with Zoya Zeman (born 1943). Ms. Zeman was a civil rights activist who worked on the Mississippi Summer Project in Clarksdale, where she worked at the community center, organizing classes and...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Transcribed copy of the diary of Dean Hay, a Presbyterian minister from Nebraska, in which he details his trip to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in February of 1964. The goal of this trip was to aid in the...
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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 14, 1972 and January 25, 1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television...
