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.
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
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...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial expenses of the Government for the month of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two." By Mr. Kenner, from Committee of Ways and Means; Referred to...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of L. E. Faulkner, a prominent Hattiesburg businessman for many years. He owned and operated Faulkner Concrete Pipe Company and was an executive with the Mississippi Central Railroad. 5.5" x 8"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Lyndon Johnson is sitting on top of a large hat. His legs are crossed, his arms are across his chest, and he wears a satisfied expression. The hat conceals many papers, parts of...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Leslie W. Dunbar to Rev. J. Martin England, dated September 23, 1963, in which Dunbar thanks Rev. England for his concern about the loss of ministers in the South. Many...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor in her place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop, at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across the street from COFO-Hattiesburg headquarters at 507 Mobile Street,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Close-up of James Forman, Executive Secretary of SNCC, addressing a meeting of COFO-Hattiesburg Project volunteers in an African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A meeting of COFO-Hattiesburg Project volunteers in an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. The meeting appears to be presided over by Sandy Leigh,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; James Forman, Executive Secretary of SNCC, addresses a meeting of COFO-Hattiesburg Project volunteers in an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. The...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor studying documents during Freedom Summer 1964. She is in Jean's Beauty Shop (her place of business) located at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Connor was...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Jim Forman (left), Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and a local person at a...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records the purpose, history, and goals of the Southern Student Organizing Committee. It provides details concerning the SSOC's first conference, second conference and first...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In the pamphlet, McCain contends that the United States is constantly losing freedoms due to the centralization of the federal government. He feels that Communism and Socialism are the greatest...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Form letters and a memo that would have been sent to applicants who were accepted as freedom school teachers for 1964, including some orientation and curriculum information. Also, a memo from...
