A collection of eight 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A female soldier sits on her bed in a military bunkhouse. She appears sad and is holding a letter in one hand. The torn open envelope is on the floor. Two other female soldiers...
A collection of eight 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...
Oral history.; Charles C. Jacobs Jr. was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on January 13, 1921. Mr. Jacobs attended the University of Mississippi and returned to its law school after serving as a Marine during World War II. During his career, he was...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 1, 1995 with Joe Martin (born 1943). Mr. Martin became inspired by Medgar Evers after hearing him in elementary school. Martin and his Burgland High football friends formed an NAACP youth group. Mr....
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.; Mr. Augustus (Gus) Ashby Sr. was born in 1924, in Washington, D.C. and moved to Tupelo where he became active in the local church. After high school, he attended college in Holly Springs and Okolona, Mississippi. He was a member of...
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...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A local African American female resident picks up a leaflet while a Caucasian female volunteer checks a card file at a table in the front entrance of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg,...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Ceramic large unglazed two-faced standing female figure holding bowl on head, used as planter. Designed by H.A. and created by Margret Rey (1973). 6" x 9" x 6"
