Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
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 de Grummond Children's Books collection. Printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney in Coopesrtown, in 1829. The volume is "embellished with neat engravings." Half title: Cinderella and her little glass slipper. Cover shows publication date...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement written by Joseph Ellin in response to the appointment of former Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman to the United States Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; March-April issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 105, features an article about Freedom Day in Canton, Mississippi, held on...
Photograph of Dixie Darlings and former Dixie Darlings in London. In 2004, the Dixie Darling founding class of 1954 was inducted into The Pride Hall of Fame. More than 150 alumnae performed with the current Dixie Darlings at halftime during the...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of former baseball star, Dizzy Dean and Boyce Holleman at the Choctaw Restaurant in Hattiesburg, 1964. The Choctaw was Dean's favorite eatery. Reproduced in McCarty, page 177. Retouched:...
Photograph of Dr. Thomas Shoemaker, former Dean of Students and Director of Greek Life. Featured in the Talon, vol. 54, no. 4 (Spring 2001) on page 15.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Reg Manning. A man labeled "Egypt" wearing Arab dress rides a camel over a sand dune in the Sahara Desert. He is riding away from what had been an oasis but is now a dry area next to a drooping...
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...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Postcard for the political campaign of former Mississippi Governor Martin Sennett (Mike) Connor, send by O.D. Loper, the campaign manager. The postcard lists times of radio broadcasts featuring Mike Connor....
Photograph of University President Horace Fleming, Dr. John Edmond Gonzales, and former president Dr. Aubrey Lucas at the dedication of the Liberal Arts Building auditorium to Dr. Gonzales. Featured in the Talon, vol. 53, no. 4 (Spring 2000) on...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
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...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a formal portrait of Captain J. P. Carter, former Lt. Governor of Mississippi and Second President of The National Bank of Commerce in Hattiesburg.
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...
