Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 12, 2008 with Rev. S.V. and Virginia Adolph of Gulfport, MS. Mr. Adolph is a pastor at First Missionary Baptist Church in Gulfport and they discuss the church's role in recovery after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 30, 2007 with Cheryl Ann Blain, an engineer and oceanographer at Stennis Space Center. Dr. Blain describes her personal struggles with Hurricane Katrina as well as many of the environmental and...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Paul B. Johnson and Ross Barnett shaking hands in a court room.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Paul B. Johnson, Jr., putting his ballot in a box during an election.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Discusses the philosophy of nonviolence and the tactic of nonviolent resistance. The paper profiles three nonviolent resisters: Jesus Christ, Mohandas (Mahatma) K. Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Photograph of Gov. Ross Barnett, flanked by Pres. McCain and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr., signing legislation making USM a university in 1962. Standing left to right: Alumni President Ralph McDaniels, Representative Stone D. Barefield, MSC...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; The Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party outlines the purpose, goals, and requests of the organization. Explains the discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi, especially with...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Report of the planned programs for Freedom Summer of 1964. Beginning with a quote from James Silver's book Mississippi: The Closed Society, the prospectus discusses issues such as goals of the Mississippi...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The selected readings about nonviolent protests include quotes from Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, jr., James Farmer, Henry David Thoreau, Tom Kahn, Howard Zinn, and Lillian Smith.
Report of Charles C. Jones, Jr., Mayor of the City of Savannah, for the year ending September 30th, 1861. To which is added the Treasurer's Annual Report.
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Document labeled "Restricted," concerning the instruction of Poll Watchers in Jackson, Mississippi, and support for or against the political views of civil rights activist Lawrence Guyot. Also includes...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Document labeled "Restricted," concerning the attempts of Alfred Rhodes to convince the assistants of Lawrence Guyot to sway his political endorsement of Reubel Phillips for Governor of Mississippi.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Justice Reuben Vincent Anderson, taken in the 1980s. Anderson was the first African American to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the dedication of Johnson Science Tower. Pictured (left to right) are: Aubrey Lucas (?), Governor Bill Waller, William D. McCain, Mrs. McCain (?), former Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., and two...
