Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of several armed men in uniform on the campus of the University of Mississippi, October 1, 1962. The men were part of the law enforcement effort to restore and maintain...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of dental hygiene is demonstrated for first and second graders in Hattiesburg by an unidentified Red Cross Nurse. Miss Kate Brown, the teacher, is on the extreme left in the back row; 7 x 5
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local people and Freedom Summer volunteers sit on a tractor at the fish fry given for the volunteers by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on the Dahmer property in the Kelly...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A local African American boy stands with his bicycle in front of a row of houses on Sixth Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a group of white and African-American civil rights demonstrators at the Woolworth's store in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1963. The sit-in was an attempt to...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A visiting minister with the Hattiesburg Ministers Project sits with his arms around a local African American child in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This small slip of paper advocates hate as a positive virtue and labels persons as fence straddlers if they will not commit to active involvement in hate groups. The paper instructs recipients of the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Victoria Jackson Gray, local civil rights leader and candidate for the U.S. Senate on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) ticket, at Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Tatum Court, the administration building of Mississippi Woman's College, was built in 1914; 8 x 10
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of guards from Camp Shelby posted at the railroad bridge over Leaf River to protect it from sabotage during WWI. Several young boys are in the foreground of the image; 5 x 7
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a large number of ladies standing around outdoor tables at Kamper Park. The Original Home and Garden Club was organized in 1927; 5 x 7
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the last professional bare-knuckle fight. John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds; 7 x 5
From the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company Photographs. Photograph of the mill pond and sawmill at the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company of Picayune, Mississippi. A corner of the mill pond with a close view of the log conveyor running into the sawmill...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Folk singers Roger Johnson and Pete Seeger lead the audience in the singing of "We Shall Overcome" at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, as part of Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs.Two African American students sit together at a desk in a room over the entrance to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. One student is using the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of young African Americans of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, stand and sing in front of the headquarters of local civil rights leader Victoria Jackson Gray's campaign for the U.S. Senate on...
