Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 7, 1976 with Dr. W. B. Thompson at his office at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on November 5, 1920 in Columbus, Mississippi. After returning from service in World War...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report explains the reasoning and merits of the labor movement in 1965. It discusses the need for radical leadership and more union organization in the South. It also mentions students'...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Three local African American children stand in the exhibit area of the Palmers Crossing Community Center where Freedom School students' art work is on exhibit. The large sign with handprints...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. African American Freedom School students take part in class discussion sitting at a table in the basement room of an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer,...
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...
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...
Finding aid for manuscript collection.; Her journal and articles, photographs, correspondence, Freedom School students' work, and news clippings documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection contains a typed copy of a diary kept by Jinny Glass from August 7 through August 25, 1964. It records her experiences as a volunteer during Mississippi Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg. The...
