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Victoria Gray Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M345
Abstract

Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.

Dates: circa 1938-2000
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Dr. John Calvin Berry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M536
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia relating to the life and career of Dr. John Calvin Berry, the first African American faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Dates: 1953-2013
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Black Lives Matter Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M623
Scope and Contents

Materials relating to the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Dates: circa 2020
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Vernon F. Dahmer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M250
Scope and Contents The Vernon F. Dahmer Collection consists of copies of newspaper clippings and programs dating from 1966 to 1998, and 24 photographs taken during the fifth trial of Sam Bowers. Most of the newspaper clippings were collected by the Dahmer family between 1966 and 1986, and follow events surrounding the bombing of their home, community support after the tragedy, and the trials of those men indicted for arson, murder, and conspiracy. Other articles in the collection were published in ...
Dates: 1966-1998
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Charles Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M377
Abstract

Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,

Dates: 1862-2004
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Daisy Harris Wade Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M334
Abstract

Materials documenting the work of 1960s Forrest County N.A.A.C.P. leaders J.C. Fairley and Daisy Harris.

Dates: circa 1939-2011
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Christopher Wilson Freedom Summer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M508
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal correspondence (1964) between Mr. Wilson and his parents. It also contains fundraising materials generated by Mr. Wilson’s parents, including correspondence from donors. Others materials include newspaper clippings, canvassing materials for SNCC and MFDP, and educational materials designed to overcome obstacles designed to prevent African Americans in Mississippi from voting in elections.Included in the collection are blank voter’s registration...
Dates: circa 1960–1965; circa 1983–1998
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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African Americans -- Civil rights. 5
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. 5
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Photographs. 5
Programs (Publications). 5
Records (Documents). 5
Periodicals. 4
Books. 3
Brochures. 3
Certificates. 3
Diplomas. 3
Essay. 3
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. 3
Mississippi Freedom Project. 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 3
Newsletters. 3
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Names
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 2
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006 1
Berry, John Calvin, Dr., 1925-2013 1
Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006 1
Davis, Charles L., 1943-2016 1
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Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Hattiesburg High School. 1
Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Shemper, David 1
Wade, Daisy Harris, 1931-2014 1
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