From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In this memo, lawyers for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party present and address questions that were raised regarding the legality of the 1964 Congressional Challenge. The authors cite...
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...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Broadway Mart Shopping Center opening in 1958. Mayor R.T. Carlisle and Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin are among those present for the opening of one of Hattiesburg's first shopping centers.
From the Map Collection. A map showing the West Florida coast from Mobile to islands at St. Martin [present day Suwanee area?]. Longitude in degrees west from Paris. At top right: "Tome I, No. 41."
From the Map Collection. A map of present day eastern United States. The top left has an enlarged view of the coast from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle. In addition to rivers, cities and settlements being identified, the map is littered with...
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...
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...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial clothing stands holding a large book with "Story of Louisiana" on its cover. He is facing away, looking at a large factory with a large sign on its...
Field report of the Second Brigade, Second Division, commanded by Confederate Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, prepared on 3 August 1862, listing by rank and command the number of men present for duty in August 1862 in the area of the Comite River...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A crying, emaciated child labeled "Biafran children" sits Indian style on the ground and holds an empty bowl toward the Grim Reaper who is labeled "Starvation" The Reaper stands, scythe in hand, and motions for the child to...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph showing an aerial view of the Highway 49 cloverleaf under construction, circa 1940s, near the present site of Cloverleaf Mall in Hattiesburg.
A Bill: Making further regulations for the taxation of banks and bank notes, and for the confiscation of such notes held by alien enemies. By Mr. Lyon, form Committee of Ways and Means; Read first and second times, made continuing special order...
Resolutions: Expressive of the determination of Georgia to prosecute the present war with the utmost vigor and energy. Presented by the Chair; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 11...
House Resolutions: Respecting the present war, and the causes leading thereto. By Mr. Foster; Read first and second times, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 20 January 1863.
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...
