From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet discusses the influence the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has on U. S. Congressional legislation, and provides a scoreboard of how the U. S. 84th...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlet alleges that the people who direct and subsidize the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have records of affinity for, affiliation with, and particpation in...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The bulk of the collection consists of NAACP materials from the early 1970s to 2001. Other records document Charles Davis' social justice activities from 1958 to the present. This collection should be of...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; NAACP correspondence and other materials documenting the contributions of this Hattiesburg, Mississippi civil rights leader. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m340.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Materials documenting the work of the 1960s Forrest County, Miss. NAACP leaders J.C. Fairley and Daisy Harris. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m334.htm.
Photograph of a step show in front of the R.C. Cook University Union. The caption reads, "During the NAACP's March Unity Rally, representatives from the National Pan-Hellenic Council entertained the crowds with a step show." This photo is featured...
From the Adickes (Sandra E.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Sandra Adickes to Ella Baker, dated April 2, 1971. Adickes discusses the outcome of a lawsuit she filed against S.H. Kress and Company, and her desire to give her portion of the...
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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This memorandum on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) letterhead from John Morsell to the presidents of branches, youth councils, college chapters and state...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document by Reverend Bob Beech, director of the Hattiesburg Minister's Project. He provides an account of the activities and accomplishments of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg in 1964 with regard to voter...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of nine bills signed into law by Mississippi Governor J. P. Coleman. The list was compiled to show Coleman's support of racist policies as demonstrated by his passage of bills...
Flyer advertising a workshop on March 31, [1965?] in Mt. Beulah, Mississippi, and to include speakers from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Delta Ministry, CORE, SNCC, NAACP, and several other civil rights organizations.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from Adda Dilts to Nancy Ellin, dated July 21, 1964. Discusses contributions of textbooks to freedom schools in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, including some that were given to the...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 23, 1964. Discusses voter registration canvassing activities, other aspects of his work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as...
Transcribed copy of a memo describing three bombings that took place on June 22, 1964, in McComb, Mississippi. The homes of Fred Bates, C. C. Bryant, and Corline Andrews were bombed.
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. SNCC Field Secretary Sandy Leigh, Director of the COFO-Hattiesburg Project, meets with three men in the Green Door Cafe, located at 318 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, near...
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.
