Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
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.;Mr. F.W. Bishop was born on December 11, 1897, near Shaw, Mississippi. His family farmed in the Skene community before moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1911. Mr. Bishop began his education in a one-room schoolhouse in Skene and...
Oral history.; Mr. Jack Raymond Reed was born on May 19, 1924, in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1941, Mr. Reed graduated from Tupelo High School and he then entered the military and World War II as part of the Signal Intelligence Service, U.S. Army of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 17, 1995 with Mr. Roger Barnhill. He was born on November 12, 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Barnhill was recruited into the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in his senior year at...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. List of required and optional items for freedom school teachers to bring to Mississippi; memo originated at COFO headquarters.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 17: Rose has a bird in a cage. She can hear him sing. Rose! let him sing a sweet song to me. Lesson VIII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 3: Rap! rap! Dan has a pan. Ann had a pan. Dan has Nat's hat. Lesson XXII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 18: Mary is with Dan by the pond. She will not go too near. See! Dan has my boat. Lesson VII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 12: Look at Bun. Is he not fat? See! he has a nut. Bun will crack it. He has a nest in the old tree on the hill. Lesson XIII is on the...
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 7: Ned is on his nag. See the nag trot! Don is Ned's dog. He is a good dog. Lesson XVIII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 22: Come with me, Sue, to the pond, and see the swans. We will toss them some cake. Yes, I will go with you. Lesson III is on the...
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 5: Ann sees a frog. It is on a log. Hop, frog! See! it hops. Lesson XX is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 8: I see a pig. The pig ran from a dog. Is this a fat pig? It is a fat pig. Lesson XVII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 13: An old man sits down on the shore. He looks at the sea and is glad. Nell looks up at him. Lesson XII is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 20: The cat is on the wall. Puss sees a bird; it is in the tree. She can not catch the bird; it is too high. Lesson V is on the reverse...
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 9: See Ned's old hen! The nest has ten eggs in it. Nell will get the eggs. Lesson XVI is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 16: See the boys on their sled! It is fun to slide down hill. Ann and Nell can not get on the sled. Lesson IX is on the reverse side.
From the Ellzey (Wesley James) Papers. A teaching certificate issued by the Pike County (Miss.) Superintendent of Education, T.E. Tate, recognizing that Wesley James Ellzey was certified to teach for a year, starting in June 1875.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Ross's address uses Christian scriptural quotes to support racial segregation. He denies that race prejudice exists in Mississippi and alleges that the South has done African Americans a favor by...
