A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Photograph of the Baptist Student Center during construction. Text on back of photo: "BSU Center construction is nearing completion. The building is being constructed on the original property purchased by the MS Baptist Convention early in the...
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; Batesville, MS staff joining hands outside. John Maurer writes, "We shall overcome." Left to right: Unidentified woman and man, Claude Weaver, Geoff Cowan, Kathie Amatniek (Sarachild), Luther...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a Boy Scout troop from Biloxi, MS at the Airey Lake campground on the Tuxachanie Trail of Desoto National Forest.
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Rights Collection. A group of African American civil rights workers standing on the street corner in Greenville, MS. The group is believed to be Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) members.
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
In this one-page letter, Jinny Glass writes to Zoya Zeman about her time in Mississippi working on the Mississippi Freedom Project. She explains that she has been working at a community center and has just attended a memorial service in Neshoba...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph taken of six Freedom Summer workers in a church in Clarksdale, Mississippi. From left to right: Rev. Rayford's son [first name unknown], an unidentified...
Photograph of Henry L. Whitfield. Mr. Whitfield was offered Presidency of Mississippi Normal College in 1910, but chose to remain at MS Industrial Institute and College, now Mississippi University for Women. This photo can also be found in Dearly...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil on canvas painting of a long, straight road extending to the horizon, in pastel colors, by Neil Rose.
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Photocopy of a one-page typed letter written on August 11 and 12, 1964 by Joe Ellin. It discusses the status of the Freedom Library and fund-raising efforts by Harry Belafonte to provide college education for African-Americans. The All-State...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter describing the purpose of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in Hattiesburg. Outlines the political environment in Mississippi, changes that are needed, as well as...
