Oral history.; Mr. Mayo D. Wilson, a native of Cary, Mississippi, is a graduate of Tougaloo College and a veteran of the Korean War. Following a two-year service in the Army, Mr. Wilson returned to Mississippi where he taught math and science at...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 14, 1994 with Mr. Andrew R. Carr. Carr was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He attended the Naval Academy during World War II, and then enlisted in the Navy. After twelve years in the Navy, Carr...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Fundraising letter with accompanying television transcript dated April 24[?], 1967. The letter and transcript are about the legal difficulties of the Louisiana-based Southern Consumers' Education...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Bennie Gooden. As one of the founding members of the Southern Education Recreation Association (SERA), Mr. Gooden wrote the grant proposal to fund Coahoma County's first Head Start program...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This pamphlet describes the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with the Mississippi Freedom Project through voter registration, freedom schools, community centers,...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This pamphlet explains what the Mississippi Summer Project is and how supporters can help this cause. It details the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) plans for voter registration...
