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Sam Bowers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M538
Abstract The Sam Bowers) Sam Papers include the correspondence and writings of Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard and convicted murderer, Samuel Holloway Bowers, Jr. Bowers’ correspondence contains information concerning the Ku Klux Klan, as well as Bowers’ personal religiosity and philosophy. The writings in the collection are on a variety of topics, including the Medgar Evers assassination and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The collection is of particular interest for researchers studying secret societies,...
Dates: 1968; circa 1986-2006
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Erle E. Johnston, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M319
Abstract

This collection is comprised mainly of materials that document Erle Johnston's personal life and professional activities from approximately 1922 through his death in 1995. The Erle Johnston Papers should be beneficial to any researcher interested in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, as well as the political history of Mississippi in the twentieth century. The collection also provides insight into the life and personality of an important Mississippian.

Dates: circa 1922-1999
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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  • Subject: Civil rights. X
  • Subject: Segregation. X
  • Names: De La Beckwith, Byron, Jr., 1920-2001 X

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African Americans -- Civil rights. 1
Albums (Books). 1
American Civil Liberties Union. 1
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Citizens' Councils of America. 1
Civil rights -- United States. 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 1
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). 1
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Barnett, Ross R., 53rd Governor of Mississippi (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 1
Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006 1
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 1
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Johnston, Erle E., 1917-1995 1
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Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Nix, Deavours 1
Stennis, John C., Senator (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 1
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 1
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. WKKKK (1964-) 1
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