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

Form of Material An article titled "The Unsung Heroes of Mississippi", which provides historical information regarding Wayne Wellington Cox and his wife, Minnie M. Geddings Cox. Wayne Cox was an educator and businessman in Indianola, Mississippi. In 1904, he and his wife founded the Delta Penny Savings Bank in Indianola, which is believed to be the first African American bank in Mississippi. The Coxes also participated in organizing the Mississippi Beneficial Insurance Company in 1909. Minnie Cox was...

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Various civil rights article and articles and programs related to the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.

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Printouts of various civil rights articles.

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Two Citizen-Advertiser newspapers regarding lynchings in Mississippi.

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Personal papers, writings, photographs, published materials relating to Freedom Summer and continuing civil rights pursuits throughout her lifetime.

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Two photographs relating to the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.

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Associated Press photograph of Ross Barnett on Civil Rights.

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Three press photographs: Clyde Kennard (1963); Billy Roy Pitts (1967); Aaron Henry (1968).

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Three press photographs: Joe T. Patterson (1956); Gov. Barnett trial (1963); Wesley Liddell - mayor of Mound Bayou (1969).

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Two press photographs: Allen Dulles (1964); Billy Roy Pitts (1968).

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Two photographs of Civil Rights demonstrations.

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Weekly People Vol. 3, No. 34. Nov. 23, 1963. Cover story: "The ONLY Solution to the Problem, Racism In Mississippi And 49 Other States."

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The David Batzka Civil Rights Collection contains papers from before, during, and after Batzka’s time in Clarksdale, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964. This collection would be of interest to researchers studying the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi history, and Freedom Summer.

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Material from the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield, Mississippi, where B. Beckwith, Sr. was confined for observation in 1963, in connection with his trial for the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

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Materials pertaining to the life and work of Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami, who served at Temple B'Nai Israel in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1963 and 1964.

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

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The Blumenthal papers are a relatively small, but diverse collection of materials; the papers are divided into two series.

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Newspaper and magazine articles, journals, newspapers, bumper stickers, cartoons, etc. concerning anti-Semitism and Civil Rights.

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,...

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Family photographs and materials documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

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Literary manuscripts and office files of this Mississippi born author and Civil Rights activist.

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Scholarly articles about the Freedom Schools co-authored by Dr. Chilcoat.

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This collection is a compilation of various materials relating to the Civil Rights Movement in the South.

Scope and Contents The vast majority of the William M. Colmer Papers encompass his forty-year career as a United States Congressman from Mississippi (1933-1972). However, it also contains a significant amount of material regarding his activities prior to his election to Congress, and a limited amount of materials generated after his retirement in 1972. The original arrangement of the materials has been preserved as closely as possible. Inclusive dates are approximately 1906–1980. The collection divided...

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This collection should be of interest to students and researchers of the civil rights era circa 1960-1980; especially those interested in civil rights legal cases and the history of black legislators in Mississippi.

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Letter dated December 7, 1964 to Crawford & Co., Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin from The Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), soliciting contributions for SNCC's Mississippi Project.

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Primary and secondary research materials related to Claiborne County, Mississippi and its county seat, Port Gibson. Claiborne County was the center of a little-known but profound demonstration and struggle during the civil rights movement resulting in the United States Supreme Court Case NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Company.

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Correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, printed materials, political campaign and organizations' buttons, poster, and video tapes of this Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

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Letters written by a Civil Rights volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi from September 1964 to March 1965.