Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 10, 2006 with Zondra Anderson. Miss Anderson was a case manager for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Fairfax County at the Northern Virginia Family Services Headquarters in Oakton, Virginia.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 7, 2006 with George Dale (born 1940). Former Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Mississippi, Mr. Dale now serves as Public Policy Advisor for the law offices of Baker, Donelson. Dale discusses...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
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...
From the Mantinband (Rabbi Charles) Papers, Article by Rabbi Charles Mantinband and published by the Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith in the May 1962 issue of the ADL Bulletin. Discusses his experiences as a rabbi living in Mississippi,...
Photograph of Ray "Two-Bits" Crawford at a football game. Crawford is a 1966 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi who began leading the crowds at football games in the "two-bits" cheer. Photograph also found in the 1988 Southerner...
Newspaper article about the 8th annual Football Run to Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, sponsored by the Army ROTC Golden Eagle Brigade and various Greek organizations.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Pamphlet reprint of an article published in The Nation. Zinn writes about Mississippi Freedom Schools Jackson and elsewhere.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In an article for The Southern Patriot, Anne Braden notes the confusion of the community and the media over the meaning of the phrase "black power." She clarifies the meaning and usage of the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Draft of an article about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) published in the Southern Patriot. Discusses MFDP's trip to the Democratic National Convention in 1964, as well as future plans.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Draft of an article with editorial notes. The content relates to education, standard English, and social and political ramifications.
The front page of this version of the Student Printz on 20 March 1964 does not include the article "Frazier's attempt to matriculate is unsuccessful." This is the version that was distributed.
Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated November 11, 1963. The front-page article covers the recent Freedom Vote, in which over 70,000 African-American voters in Mississippi cast ballots. Other articles include...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Vol. 5, no. 13. Covers political events in Mississippi in 1964 and activities of the Mississippi Freedom Project. Includes an...
