From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local African-American youths on the front porch of a house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. One sign reading "MFDP" (for Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local African American youths on the front porch of a house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Two signs reading "MFDP" (for Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
Oral history.; Bishop Joseph Howze was born August 30, 1923, in Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama. He attended all-black, segregated schools, and he graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama. Bishop Howze was a teacher in public and Catholic...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones was born on July 19, 1909, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her mother's family were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, of Creole heritage; her grandmother, Olivia Lewis, spoke only in French. Her father Lamar...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
