Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1977 with the Honorable Horace Buckley at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Buckley was born on July 14, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Mississippi Valley...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Mrs. Geraldine (Gerry) Blessey was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 16, 1922. Mrs. Blessey is a member of the Biloxi Council of Garden Clubs, the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Symphony Guild, and the Maritime...
Oral history.; Discusses Clarence Magee's family, his responsibilities on the farm, and first memories of racism. Talks about the African American schools around Columbia, Mississippi. Describes his attempts to register to vote in Hattiesburg and...
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 de Grummond Children's Books collection. A prose adaptation of Charles Perrault's Les fées. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1886. Title, imprint, and series statements from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Paris by Laguionie & Cie., between 1915 and 1935. Title and imprint from cover. "Offert par les grands magasins du Printemps"--Front cover. Part of the Série écossaise series.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Paris, France, by Laguionie & Cie and in Epinal, France, by Imagerie d'Epinal, sometime between 1915 and 1935. Title and imprint from cover. "Offert par les grands magasins du...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a staff management meeting in the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Freedom House in Clarksdale, Mississippi. From...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of nine civil rights workers at a staff meeting in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A poster in a window in the background reads, "No...
From the Map Collection. Map of the western hemisphere, including North and South America. Map also shows a small portion of Western Europe and Africa. [Maps of the same name by Fer previously published or issued in 1699 and 1705.]
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Photographs of H.A. & Margret Rey with Hans Waldstein in French Foreign Legion uniform, Paris, negatives wound on sixth roll, photo 18 of 42; 4 x 6
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil...
