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...
Oral history.; William G. (Bud) Gray was born in Beat Five, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, on December 27, 1914. He attended a consolidated school in Crawford, Lowndes County, and high school in Artesia, where he played football. He went to...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr. to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated September 22, 1964, in which Diggs commends Gray on her efforts as a member of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from "The FDP Congresswoman"(Victoria Gray) to Congressman William Fitts Ryan. Gray expresses appreciation on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) for...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to Congressman John J. Conyers, Jr. dated June 24, 1966, in which Gray solicits support for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Describes the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from John Doar to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) dated September 20, 1966. Doar (Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division) explains that the Department of Justice acted in...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Anne Braden to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated April 7, 1966, in which Braden requests permission to nominate Gray to the board of directors of the Southern Conference...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Carl Braden to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated April 19, 1966, informing Gray that she was elected to the board of directors of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF)....
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The papers consist primarily of material related to Gray's law enforcement career in Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m387.htm.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Invitation to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to attend a White House conference,"To Fulfill These Rights" on June 1-2, 1966.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Address written by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) for the National Conference for New Politics Convention, dated September 2, 1967, to gain support for African American voters in Mississippi. Adams requests...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Outline of a speech presented by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) to the Subcommittee on Elections of the House Administrative Committee in an appeal for the committee to allow her to run against Congressman...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Report in the form of a memo, titled "Mississippi Report of Citizenship Education Program" written by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams). Describes the activities of and challenges faced by the Citizenship...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Typewritten letter from Congressman Benjamin S. Rosenthal to Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams), dated February 3, 1967. Rosenthal assures Gray that the complaints of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers.; Photograph of Victoria Jackson Gray Adams holding the Distinguished Service Award that she received from Wilberforce University Alumni Association on October 27, 1989.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Resolution by Congressman Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi honoring Victoria Gray Adams for her lifelong dedication to and work in the areas of civil and human rights. Includes biographical information...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Papers and other materials generated and collected by a leader of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m345.htm.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Uncle Sam, labeled "Our affluent society," stands before a large mirror and looks at his reflection. He is shocked to see a horrifying figure with claws and fangs, labeled...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Certificate from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) acknowledging the attendance of Victoria J. Gray (Adams) at a Citizenship School Training Program, August 19-23, 1963.
