From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Analysis of Senate bill 2988, the Internal Security Act of 1968, introduced to the Senate by Senator James Eastland. Thomas I. Emerson, professor at Yale University, deciphers the bill and its effects on all...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Document enumerating legal restrictions on federal district judges in the South. The document advocates supplementing with a special judgeship for civil rights cases only.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memorandum describing the legal basis of the Federal government's authority in dealing with civil rights issues, whether by court action or force.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report gives many accounts of bombings, shootings, and assaults perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan in Natchez between the years of 1963 and 1965. It also mentions a court injunction placed on...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the progress made in Sunflower County, Mississippi, with regard to the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
A two-page photocopied and typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents] dated July 3, [1964]. The letter describes preparations for the Freedom Schools and the compiling of a "Freedom Booklet." The Ellins talk of the area...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "S and D," [Susan and Diane] written on Wednesday, July 8, 1964. The letter speaks of the teaching experiences of the Ellins in the Freedom Schools in Hattiesburg and the neighboring...
A four-page typed letter to the Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette from Joe Ellin [?], dated August 1, 1964. The letter describes the public school system in Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Mississippi. Integration and segregation in the schools and...
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...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Thomas Brady, taken in 1954. Brady was one of the original members of the White Citizens councils and served on the Mississippi State Supreme Court under the...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Paul B. Johnson and Ross Barnett shaking hands in a court room.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Eureka High School Basketball Team. This team won the State Basketball Championship in 1941. The team is pictured in uniform on the basketball court. At that time, Eureka was an all...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Justice Reuben Vincent Anderson, taken in the 1980s. Anderson was the first African American to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Booklet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of a booklet containing excerpts from and interpretations of the following documents: the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, a speech...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Marion Palfi, who is doing a nationwide, photographic study on events since the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court, writes to Ed Hamlett seeking to interview and...
