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...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A girl of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, possibly a Freedom School student, claps her hands and sings in Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer, 1964. Many folk singers visited the various Freedom Summer...
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 Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Application from a free black named Charles Harris for a license to remain in Natchez, signed by various Natchez citizens and dated 30 July 1856.
Booklet from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Booklet distributed by the Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms in an effort to explain the origin and purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1963. The authors argue that the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. An ill President Jimmy Carter sits on the edge of a bed dressed in a bathrobe with his feet soaking in hot water. On the bedside table are various medications. Zbigniew Brzezinski...
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) inviting college students, clergymen, laypersons, and businessmen to participate in various summer projects sponsored...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Copy of a typewritten document distributed by the New York office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Document outlines the status of various legislative proposals in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Palmers Crossing Declaration of Independence emphasizes parts of the United States Constitution that pertain to human and civil rights. Also gives a general list of grievances from...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; A four version sequence of Portuguese and English editions of H.A. Rey's Elizabite: The Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant (1942), showing the various illustrations of a maid. First page is 8.5" x 13."...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Hattiesburg residents Hettie Marsh and Geraldine Shaw listen to a traveling folk singer play his guitar in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. Many folk singers visited the...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Essay written by Frederick B. Routh, dated January 29, 1956, which provides a commentary of the changing political and social climates of the South at the time. Stresses the concept of desegregation as supported...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the progress of Freedom Schools in various locations in Mississippi, such as McComb, Hattiesburg, and the Delta region. Discusses the planned performances of the play...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Pencil sketch (24 x 45 cm.) "Girls on the Cliffs Twilight" 11 girls of various ages standing in a field of flowers. Contains pencil notations by KG. Purchased from Kenneth W. Rendell. Illustration not used in a...
From the Don Freeman Papers.; Early ink sketch of the main character and the various ways the author attempted to spell his name from Don Freeman's Inspector Peckit (1972). 8.5" x 11"
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Company. One aisle contains various kitchen supplies. A woman and a man are near the end of the aisle.
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 May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
