Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 21, 1972 with the Honorable Russell C. Davis in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Rockville, Maryland. After completing two years at the University of Maryland, Davis took employment...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Booklet prepared by the Mississippi Council on Human Relations outlining the organization's purpose and protocols for meetings, membership, and governance.
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 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 March 26, 1974 with Rabbi Julian B. Feibelman in his office at the Temple Sinai in New Orleans, Louisiana. Feibelman was born on March 23, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi. He remained in Jackson for the first...
Oral history.; Ms. Phyllis Hawkins Harper was born October 6, 1933, in Mooreville, Mississippi. She graduated from Mooreville High School and went on to Itawamba Junior College and the University of Mississippi. During the Depression, Ms. Harper...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 5, 1999 with Sheila Michaels (born 1939). She attended the College of William and Mary, but was suspended for her political and racial opinions while on the school's newspaper board. In 1961, she joined...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report reveals that Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) sought to develop more health and medical programs in the South, and sought to ensure medical aid for the civil rights workers...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The brochure, from the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR), explains the reason for its formation, seeks to recruit new members, and requests funds to keep the organization in existence.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Mike Miller, of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); expresses his vision of the role the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) should play in Mississippi and in California.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report on the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR)" Gives background information about the program and describes its goals, which include...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Beneath the ruins of a university campus, a quotation of H.G. Wells reads: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." One column of a ruined...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the background is the top of a circus tent, with a flag that reads, "Iranian circus." In the foreground is a large cannon, out of which flies Abulhassan Banisadr. A sign in...
cartoon by John Stampone; A man labeled "Congressional doves" holds a picket sign that reads,"Eliminate the draft" His tie bears a peace symbol. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird stands face to face with the man, gestures over his shoulder and...
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 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2006 with Victoria Cintra. Ms. Cintra discusses the problem of the exploitation of immigrant labor in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 19, 2009 with Dwight Gordon. A firefighter in Pass Christian, Mississippi, Mr. Gordon discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Charles Benvenutti, a CPA in Bay St. Louis, MS. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
