Oral history.; An interview with Sara Hamilton conducted on June 19, 2007. A volunteer project manager, Ms. Hamilton relocated from Chicago to Biloxi after Hurricane Katrina to continue working on Gulf Coast relief efforts.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2008 with Rev. Lee J. Adams, Jr., a pastor at Little Rock Baptist Church in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Adams discusses the role of the church in recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Petition to the United States Senate from the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF). Discusses Senator Eastland's attacks on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and requests that the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Report detailing the responsibilities, finances, policies, recent activity, planned publications, and personnel of the SNCC photo department. Document is not complete.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Detailed outline of the programs developed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization of concerned and committed students working together to promote civil...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Proposal for allocation of funds to causes and projects of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and Mississippi Freedom Labor Union....
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Report by the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) staff that highlights the efforts of the SCEF. Provides information about the causes for which the organization works, including the work in the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Report of the Deep South Project to the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) Board, written by Dorothy "Dottie " Zellner. Discusses the progress made by the Deep South Project, which is based in...
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...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Newsletter for Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) staff, dated May 24, 1968. Includes activity updates by SCEF staff members and discusses the Deep South Project, Southern Mountain Project, and...
Report on the Committee on Finance: On the Bill (H. R. 92) To tax, fund, and limit the currency. By Mr. Semmes; Two hundred and fifty copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 25 January 1864.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A 1963 pamphlet designed to appeal to potential donors; briefly outlines SNCC's history, power structure, activities, present and past achievements.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Financial reports of SNCC's operating expenses, income, and contributions between January and October 1964. Dates and coverage periods on individual pages vary.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A strong man with long, shaggy hair is labeled "Trust fund deficits" across his chest. He stands between columns that are holding up a pediment labeled "Social Security." With a...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page typed sheet written by Hardy T. Frye and two pages of black-and-white photographs. Frye, with the Holly Springs COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) Project, solicits funds from...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Brochure designed by the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) to inform people of the economic problems in the South and to encourage poor whites to join forces with Blacks to work for economic and...
Booklet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers Booklet titled "To get that power" compiled by Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates to solicit funds to support the campaigns of African American candidates in the 1967 Mississippi...
