Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Aaron Henry, taken in the 1980s.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Andrew (Andy) Young addressing a group of people.
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
Booklet from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Booklet distributed by the Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms in an effort to explain the origin and purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1963. The authors argue that the...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a burned-out vehicle taken during the riots at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 1962. Riots broke out in late September as a result of the integration of...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Byron de la Beckwith taken in July 1963. Beckwith was convicted in 1994 for the 1963 murder of NAACP field secretary and civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Charles Evers speaking into a microphone which he is holding in his hand. Evers' brother was Medgar Evers, field secretary for...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of an article addressed to the Scott County Times by Erle Johnston, Jr., also labeled as "Chapter 7, Reminiscing: How a Senator was Born." According to this document, James O. Eastland was appointed...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Dr. Gilbert Mason, taken in 1960. Mason was a physician in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Erle Johnston (left) accepting a framed certificate from Webb Burke (right), taken in 1968. Burke served as the director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Erle Johnston, Jr., age 33, upon his election as president of the Mississippi Press Association.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Frank Smith, taken in the 1950s. Smith served as Congressman from Mississippi in the 1950s, taking a moderate stance on civil rights issues.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of African-American civil rights activist Gilbert Mason, taken in the 1980s. A physician in Biloxi, Mississippi, Dr. Mason was a local leader in the civil rights...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, photographs, news clippings, campaign materials, scrapbooks, manuscripts, copies of published books, videocassettes, plaques and other personal items. For the full finding aid, see...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent to editors of northern newspapers in 1969. Johnston discusses the current climate in the state as a...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston to Rev. Frederick Fowler, dated April 1, 1965, in which Johnston defends the voter registration laws of Mississippi. According to Johnston, despite some discrimination...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Kenneth Dean to Robert Nash dated April 4, 1967, in which Dean voices his concerns about the continued racial violence and discrimination in Mississippi. Dean describes an incident...
