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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 1, 1993 and January 6, 1995 with Ariel Barnes (born 1917). Mrs. Barnes was born in Forest, Mississippi, but moved to Hattiesburg shortly after. She attended Alcorn University, where she earned a...
Oral history.; Ms. Sarah Bernice Arnold was born January 25, 1913, in Saltillo, Mississippi. She lived through the Depression and the closing of the banks in the 1930s, at which time she went to work sewing in a factory in Tupelo. Her husband,...
A handwritten list of Freedom Summer volunteers and staff in Hattiesburg written by Joe Ellin. The list gives the volunteers' religion, race, approximate age, and their work site. There are tally marks for the statistics on the lower right corner....
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train wreck on the Illinois Central Railroad at Palmer's Crossing.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local residents and volunteers standing outside the community center established in Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The meeting was likely...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A large group of people enjoy refreshments outside the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the party celebrating the Center's opening on July 18, 1964. Volunteer...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A large group of people stand outside the Palmers Crossing Community Center during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. The meeting was probably a Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Freedom School student Larry Lee sings during Freedom Summer in Palmers Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964. Lee was probably singing during folksinger Pete Seeger's...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local residents and volunteers standing outside the community center established in Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The meeting was likely...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Freeman Lott (foreground) and an unidentified young African American male sitting on the floor at the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. SNCC staff member Marion Davidson serving hot dogs to local children during a party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 18,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local residents and volunteers standing outside the community center established in Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The meeting was likely...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Local African-American children (left to right) Henry Lee and Lawrence Dantzler enjoy hot dogs and cold drinks at the party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center...
