A collection of ten 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...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1977 with the Honorable Horace Buckley at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Buckley was born on July 14, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Mississippi Valley...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 31, 1981 with Mr. Cecil Shelton at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Shelton was born on September 1, 1945 in Gore Springs, Mississippi. After graduating high school in...
Oral history.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Galley marked "1st corrections" of Rumpelstiltskin illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1941) Little color classics #889, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Galley with corrections from "Mr. Wood" of Rumpelstiltskin illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1941) Little color classics #889, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
From the Harold Courlander Papers.; A typescript page (p. 1), with corrections, from "Anansi Plays Dead," which appears in Harold Courlander's The Hat-Shaking Dance and Other Tales from the Gold Coast (1957); 8 x 11
From the Harold Courlander Papers.; A proof page with corrections (p. 3), from "How Poverty was Revealed to the King of Adja," which appears in Harold Courlander's The King's Drum and Other African Stories (1962); 8 x 12 1/2
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Robert Beech to Drew Pearson offers corrections and criticism concerning a column written by Pearson that appeared on Christmas Day 1964.
From the Andrew E. Svenson Papers.; A typescript page with corrections (p. 4) from Andrew Svenson's The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Golden Witch; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is an early draft of one of Michael Miller's letters to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, which explains the national press's misinterpretation of the phrase "Black power" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon is an office desk with a blotter and name plate that reads, "Job of Angola warden." A sign tacked to the front of the desk reads, "Help wanted:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" grimaces at the sight of a huge Jack-in-the-box towering over him. It appears in the form of a gangster and is labeled, "Growing problems of crime."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The scene is a crowded office full of desks, chairs, files, and people. Overhead is a large sign that reads, "(Limit of 20) State departments." Two men share one desk, with...
From the Franklyn Branley Papers.; A typescript page (p. 4) with corrections/editor's notes from Franklyn Branley's The Beginning of the Earth (1988) from the Franklyn Branley Papers; 8 1/2 x 11
