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...
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; Notes regarding a telephone conversation between Roy Reed of the Atlanta Bureau of the New York Times and Bill Minor of the New Orleans Times Picayune, dated June 21, 1966. Briefly discusses mob violence at...
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 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...
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...
