Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Victoria Gray Adams Papers
Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.
Sandra E. Adickes Papers
Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.
AM15-28, 1959; 1970; 2013-2014 , 1970, 2013 - 2014
Various civil rights article and articles and programs related to the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer.
AM18-064, June 22, 1935, August 5, 1935
Two Citizen-Advertiser newspapers regarding lynchings in Mississippi.
AM20-035, circa 1940s-1987
Personal papers, writings, photographs, published materials relating to Freedom Summer and continuing civil rights pursuits throughout her lifetime.
AM20-068, May 6, 1968
Two photographs relating to the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.
AM20-075, December 23, 1964
10” x 8” black & white photograph: “(JX1) JACKSON MISS., DEC. 23 – TURKEY LIFT – Negro comedian Dick Gregory of Chicago removes the first of thousands of pounds of turkeys flown into Mississippi for needy Negroes and whites. The turkeys were bought with funds raised by Gregory, Sammy Davis Jr. and Drew Pearson. (AP WIREPHOTO) (DL143Ocs) 1964 See AP Wirestory”
AM21-026, May 21, 1964
Associated Press photograph of Ross Barnett on Civil Rights.
AM21-029, 1963, 1967, 1968
Three press photographs: Clyde Kennard (1963); Billy Roy Pitts (1967); Aaron Henry (1968).
AM21-030, 1956, 1963, 1969
Three press photographs: Joe T. Patterson (1956); Gov. Barnett trial (1963); Wesley Liddell - mayor of Mound Bayou (1969).
AM21-033, circa 1962-1968
Two press photographs: Allen Dulles (1964); Billy Roy Pitts (1968).
AM21-039, circa December 20, 1996
Press packet for feature film Ghosts of Mississippi. Includes photographs of filming, production information, cast list, crew list, reproductions of Medgar Evers & family, and contextual essay by Myrlie Evers.
AM21-052, 1966
Two photographs of Civil Rights demonstrations.
AM21-054, June 28, 1964
AP photograph of Highway patrol officers and FBI dragging the Pearl River near Philadelphia looking for the bodies of missing Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
AM21-071, November 23, 1963
Weekly People Vol. 3, No. 34. Nov. 23, 1963. Cover story: "The ONLY Solution to the Problem, Racism In Mississippi And 49 Other States."
AM97-76, November 2, 1980
Mrs. Myrtis Rue was an African American native of Hattiesburg and a teacher in the public schools. She was the first person to donate civil rights materials to the USM Archives during the solicitation effort, which began in September 1997. Her gift was this full-page article entitled "Hattiesburg's Beginnings: A Black Perspective" from the Hattiesburg American of November 2, 1980. She died August 3, 2000.
George William Chilcoat Freedom Summer Research Collection
Scholarly articles about the Freedom Schools co-authored by Dr. Chilcoat.
Civil Rights in the South Collection
This collection is a compilation of various materials relating to the Civil Rights Movement in the South.
Crawford Company Civil Rights Letter
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.
Emilye Crosby Civil Rights Collection (AM18-05)
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.
Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection
Correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, printed materials, political campaign and organizations' buttons, poster, and video tapes of this Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Vernon F. Dahmer Collection
P. D. East Collection
This collection contains materials related to the life and activities of P.D. East. Materials include personal papers, photographs, issues of East's The Petal Paper, a speech, and letters. This collection should be of interest to anyone researching the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
Joseph and Nancy Ellin Freedom Summer Collection
Correspondence and materials collected by these Freedom School teachers in Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer in 1964.
Leesha Faulkner Civil Rights Collection
A group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement and primarily the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.
Jinny Glass Mississippi Freedom Summer Diary
Diary of Freedom Summer 1964 volunteer in Palmer's Crossing Community Center and 1996 article on Freedom Summer.
Albert F. Gordon Freedom Rider Collection
Lists of Freedom Riders, arrest records, investigative reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc.
This collection should be of value to researchers interested in the Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Anthony J. Harris Civil Rights Memoir
Memoir of his arrest as a child for picketing the Forrest County Courthouse during the Civil Rights Movement.
Hattiesburg Civil Rights Film
This collection consists of one video of what appears to be the Freedom Day protests of January 22, 1964 that occurred for voter registration outside of the courthouse in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Hattiesburg Civil Rights Film is of particular interest to researchers studying the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi, and Hattiesburg.
IV. Various Photographs (M502-652 to M502-666) and Log
The Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection is a fascinating group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement, specifically in Holmes County Mississippi.