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...
Oral history.;Mr. F.W. Bishop was born on December 11, 1897, near Shaw, Mississippi. His family farmed in the Skene community before moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1911. Mr. Bishop began his education in a one-room schoolhouse in Skene and...
Oral history.; Mr. Jack Raymond Reed was born on May 19, 1924, in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1941, Mr. Reed graduated from Tupelo High School and he then entered the military and World War II as part of the Signal Intelligence Service, U.S. Army of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 6, 1983 with Mr. William Raspberry in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Raspberry was born on October 12, 1935 in Okolona, Mississippi. He graduated in 1958 with a BS in history from Indian Central College....
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 3: Rap! rap! Dan has a pan. Ann had a pan. Dan has Nat's hat. Lesson XXII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 22: Come with me, Sue, to the pond, and see the swans. We will toss them some cake. Yes, I will go with you. Lesson III is on the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Complaint letter with accompanying instructions and cautions, for use to report civil rights violations pursuant to Title III of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. Letters are to be sent to the U.S....
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 Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section XIII on 10 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section IX on 5 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III on 3 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section XIII on 9 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section X on 5 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section XI on 8 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue...
Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
Memo from Virginia Steele, co-coordinator of the Mississippi Summer Project libraries, to librarians, dated July 28, 1964. Discusses improvements to the library collections, services offered, and various projects within the libraries.
Transcribed copy of a case study that examines the purpose and philosophies of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). It also examines the Pledge for Freedom Riders in Parchman Penitentiary,...
