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Kennedy, Robert F., United States Attorney General, Senator (Robert Francis "Bobby"), 1925-1968

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert F. Kennedy Civil Rights Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M519
Scope and Contents

An unsigned, one-page letter to U.S. Attorney General Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It appears that a local white woman wrote the letter. The letter describes the Freedom Riders and other civil rights activists negatively and criticizes the federal government for interfering in the Southern way of life.

Dates: June 5, 1961

James O. Word Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M456
Abstract

The collection contains the correspondence of James O. Word, Business Agent of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Hattiesburg (Local Union No. 1575) in regards to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Dates: March-May 1963

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Subject
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century. 1
Civil rights. 1
Forrest County (Miss.) 1
Hattiesburg (Miss.). 1
Legislators -- United States. 1