Oral history.; Miss Oseola McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Wayne County, Mississippi. McCarty attended Eureka Elementary School until the sixth grade when she dropped out to care for an aunt who was ill. While still in school, McCarty began...
Oral history.; An interview with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Sandra Adickes (center) teaches one of her Freedom School classes at Priest Missionary Baptist Church in Palmers Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. ...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2008 with Mark Currier, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; Ms. Vonciel Harris was born November 19, 1912, in Thomaston, Alabama. Her parents were Jim and Rachel Tims. She attended nursing school in Montgomery, Alabama. After finishing nursing school, she married Mr. Jimmy Harris and moved...
Oral history.; Viola Brown Sanders was born in Sidon, Mississippi, on February 21, 1921. After Miss Sanders finished her education, she taught school for two years in Glen Allan, Mississippi. In 1943, Miss Sanders joined the United States Navy...
