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...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a native cow at the NcNeill Forest in Pearl River County.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Outline of the basis for the development of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" Describes why the MFDP broke away from the Mississippi Democratic Party, as well as the...
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...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) convention in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Aaron "Doc" Henry, a prominent...
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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Postcard photograph featuring the west side of Main Street, between Front and Pine Streets, circa 1907. Business establishments pictured are the Davidson Company, Conner Shoe Company, First National Bank...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a formal portrait of Captain J. P. Carter, former Lt. Governor of Mississippi and Second President of The National Bank of Commerce in Hattiesburg.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report on the convention challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) delegation at the Democratic National Convention of 1964. Discusses the delegation's refusal to...
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...
From the Theodore G. Bilbo Papers. The fifth column conspiracy in America authentic map and directory. A map of communist, Nazi, and Fascist headquarters in the United States, compiled and edited by Joseph P. Kamp and A. Cloyd Gill in 1941.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated October 30, 1964. Addresses the need for heightened investigation of illegal political practices against the MFDP...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; September-October issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 108 features an article about a round-the-clock silent vigil...
Fifteen-page typescript of a journal kept by Sandra Adickes during her stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. The journal is dated July 10 - August 20, 1964. Adickes discusses her work as...
Transcript of a speech given to teachers during training for the Mississippi Freedom Project in 1963. Describes some of the problems faced by African Americans, especially children, in the 1960s. Includes personal experiences and observations of...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated January 1958. The Mantinbands discuss their interest in race-related issues, particularly the Rabbi's continued service on the board...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
