Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
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...
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...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Robert Beech to Drew Pearson offers corrections and criticism concerning a column written by Pearson that appeared on Christmas Day 1964.
Copy of a typewritten letter from Rabbi Jacob K. Shankman to Mrs. Anna Mantinband dated October 17, 1974, in which Shankman offers sympathy at the death of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Shankman expresses his admiration for Mantinband for his...
Copy of a typewritten letter from Rabbi Saul J. Rubin dated August 14, 1974, in which Rubin offers sympathy to the Mantinband family upon the death of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Rubin expresses his admiration for Mantinband as an example of courage...
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...
Copy of a handwritten letter from Rabbi Philip M. Posner to the family of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Posner offers sympathy for the death of Mantinband and comments on the Rabbi's courage and dedication to civil rights.
Letter written from Natchez, Mississippi, on 11 December 1864, by Thomas C. Prescott, a member of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry, and one of the more than 4500 Federal troops occupying Natchez. The letter contains personal comments on living...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Due to his work with a parish, Rolland Kidder informs Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project, that he must cancel his plans to work in the Mississippi Freedom Project....
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) created to inform supporters of activities and intentions for the development of the Mississippi 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...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 26, 1965. Discusses plans to leave Mississippi and offers suggestions for spending time with his family upon his return to New York.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Detailed outline of the programs developed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization of concerned and committed students working together to promote civil...
