Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Statement by four Harvard Law School students calling for effective federal intervention in southern civil rights conflicts, primarily through the executive branch.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page biographical sketch of James Forman, SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) executive secretary during Freedom Summer 1964.
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; 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 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 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; Typewritten letter from Garry Oniki, Executive Coordinator of the Committee for Racial Justice Now, to Will D. Campbell, stamped May 20, 1964. The writer requests that Campbell write a letter to the Federal...
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 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...
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 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,...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
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...
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
A collection of six interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
