Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 5, 1998 with Judge Fred L. Banks, Jr. (born 1942). In the late 1960s, Judge Banks began his law career by serving for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He was elected three times to the House of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 18, 1997 with Reuben Anderson. He was the first African-American to graduate from Ole Miss Law School. His professional experience includes the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 1967-75;...
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
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 document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making Confederate Notes a legal tender and to prevent and punish extortion." By Mr. Foster; Read first and second times, referred to Judiciary Committee and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to provide for holding elections for representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States, in States occupied by the forces of the enemy." By Mr. Heiskell, from the Judiciary Committee.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to prevent trading with the enemy or with persons resident in the United States." By Mr. Foote; Read first and second time, referred to Judiciary Committee, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to provide payment for slaves impressed under State laws, and lost in the public service." By Mr. Baldwin; Read first and second times, and referred to Committee on the Judiciary. January 18 - Reported back, placed...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act supplemental to, and amendatory of, the several acts for the sequestration of the estates, property and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States, and persons aiding the same...
A Bill: To prevent trading with the enemy. By Mr. Heiskell, from Judiciary Committee; Read first and second times and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 22 December 1863.
A Bill: To prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy. By Mr. Heiskell, from Committee on Judiciary; Read first and second times and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 22 December 1863
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act supplemental to the several acts relating to military courts." By Mr. Gray, from the Judiciary Committee; Read first and second times, laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...