Oral history.; Mr. Jack Raymond Reed was born on May 19, 1924, in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1941, Mr. Reed graduated from Tupelo High School and he then entered the military and World War II as part of the Signal Intelligence Service, U.S. Army of...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Promotional flyer distributed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to advertise the Poor People's Campaign to be held in Washington, D.C., Spring 1968. The gathering in Washington was to...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Pamphlet that describes the purpose of the Poor People's Campaign of 1968. A project of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), this campaign was part of an effort to end poverty in America...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Discusses the history and mission of the Citizenship Education Program, an organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded in South Carolina by Septima P. Clark and Esau...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Details of a March 26, 1968, meeting for the staff of the Poor People's Campaign, including the names of those in attendance, minutes of the meeting, and the strategy for march planned during April for...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Report by the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) staff that highlights the efforts of the SCEF. Provides information about the causes for which the organization works, including the work in the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Newsletter for Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) staff, dated May 24, 1968. Includes activity updates by SCEF staff members and discusses the Deep South Project, Southern Mountain Project, and...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Chronological outline of the involvement of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the civil rights movement from 1955-1968.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Application form for a training session at the Dorchester Community Center in McIntosh, Georgia, for teachers to participate in the Citizenship Education Program of the Southern Christian Leadership...
Commemorative bumper sticker in gold and black with "Metro" and "1991 champs Southern Mississippi." The bumper sticker also has a drawing of an arm dropping a basketball through a hoop.
Photograph of Marcus Dupree and his mother at the press conference as he announces that he will plan football for the University of Southern Mississippi. Photo featured in the 1984 Southerner yearbook on page 57.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Rising crime problem" sits on one corner of a large "Suggestion box" that is placed next to a wall under a sign that reads, "Southern Governors Conference." A...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen sits at his desk with tape over his mouth. Reporters stand across from the desk asking him questions. Behind Treen on the wall are two signs that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson and Leonid Brezhnev are in drag strip cars shaped like nuclear missiles. Each car has the atomic symbol near the nose of the rocket shape. The cars are side by...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three pyramids are shown in this cartoon, set in Egypt, one in the foreground and two in the distance. The near pyramid is flattened on top and on it is a powder keg for a table...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; A bear labeled "Russia" is sitting on the ground. From a bee hive in the background, a scent wafts toward the bear. The scent is labeled "New Geneva Conference".
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 29, 1991 with Mr. Richard Boyd and on September 29, 1992 with Mrs. Earline Boyd. Mr. Boyd was born on July 21, 1916 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated from Eureka High School in 1935. ...
