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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

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

J.C. Fairley Civil Rights Collection

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Identifier: M340
Abstract

NAACP correspondence and materials documenting the contributions of this Hattiesburg Civil Rights leader.

Dates: circa 1960-1990
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Jill Wakeman Goodman Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M328
Abstract

Materials relating to her activities with the Delta Ministry in Mississippi.

Dates: 1964-1968
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Ira Grupper and Bob Beech Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M555
Abstract

The Ira Grupper and Bob Beech Civil Rights Collection contains a Klan recruitment poster as well as information on Grupper’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying the Civil Rights Movement, the Ku Klux Klan, Vernon Dahmer, and Mississippi history.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960s; 2002
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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Civil rights. 5
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 5
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. 4
Letter. 4
Race relations. 4
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Hattiesburg (Miss.). 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 3
Programs (Publications). 3
Records (Documents). 3
African Americans. 2
Essay. 2
Financial documents. 2
Fliers (Ephemera). 2
Manuscript. 2
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. 2
Photographs. 2
Posters. 2
Speech. 2
African Americans -- Civil rights. 1
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Names
Bowers, Samuel Holloway, 1924-2006 2
Beech, Bob, Reverend (Robert L.), -2008 1
Carmichael, Stokely (Stokely Standiford Churchill), 1941-1998 1
Davis, Charles L., 1943-2016 1
De La Beckwith, Byron, Jr., 1920-2001 1
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Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Fairley, J. C. (Jimmy Carter), 1921- 1
Goodman, Jill Wakeman 1
Grupper, Ira 1
Hattiesburg High School. 1
Nix, Deavours 1
Shemper, David 1
The Hattiesburg American (Miss.) (1897-) 1
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. WKKKK (1964-) 1
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