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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

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

Sandra E. Adickes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M322
Abstract

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

Dates: 1964 - 1998

AM15-28, 1959; 1970; 2013-2014 , 1970, 2013 - 2014

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: 1959; 1970; 2013-2014 ; 1970; 2013 - 2014

AM18-064, June 22, 1935, August 5, 1935

 Accession
Form of Material

Two Citizen-Advertiser newspapers regarding lynchings in Mississippi.

Dates: June 22, 1935; August 5, 1935

AM20-035, circa 1940s-1987

 Accession
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1940s-1987

AM20-068, May 6, 1968

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: May 6, 1968

AM20-075, December 23, 1964

 Accession
Form of Material

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”

Dates: December 23, 1964

AM21-026, May 21, 1964

 Accession
Form of Material

Associated Press photograph of Ross Barnett on Civil Rights.

Dates: May 21, 1964

AM21-029, 1963, 1967, 1968

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: 1963, 1967, 1968

AM21-030, 1956, 1963, 1969

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: 1956; 1963; 1969

AM21-033, circa 1962-1968

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: circa 1962-1968

AM21-039, circa December 20, 1996

 Accession
Form of Material

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.

Dates: circa December 20, 1996

AM21-052, 1966

 Accession
Form of Material

Two photographs of Civil Rights demonstrations.

Dates: 1966

AM21-054, June 28, 1964

 Accession
Form of Material

AP photograph of Highway patrol officers and FBI dragging the Pearl River near Philadelphia looking for the bodies of missing Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.

Dates: June 28, 1964

AM21-071, November 23, 1963

 Accession
Form of Material

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

Dates: November 23, 1963

AM97-76, November 2, 1980

 Accession
Form of Material

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.

Dates: November 2, 1980

George William Chilcoat Freedom Summer Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M382
Abstract

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

Dates: 1994-1999

Civil Rights in the South Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M406
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1956-2014

Crawford Company Civil Rights Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M612
Abstract

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.

Dates: December 7, 1964

Emilye Crosby Civil Rights Collection (AM18-05)

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM18-05
Abstract

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.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1953-2011

Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M357
Abstract

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

Dates: 1963-2003

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

P. D. East Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M324
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1921 - 1992

Joseph and Nancy Ellin Freedom Summer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M323
Abstract

Correspondence and materials collected by these Freedom School teachers in Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer in 1964.

Dates: 1963-1988

Leesha Faulkner Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M398
Abstract

A group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement and primarily the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.

Dates: 1932-1995; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

Jinny Glass Mississippi Freedom Summer Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M257
Abstract

Diary of Freedom Summer 1964 volunteer in Palmer's Crossing Community Center and 1996 article on Freedom Summer.

Dates: August 7-25, 1964

Albert F. Gordon Freedom Rider Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M337
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1961 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1962

Anthony J. Harris Civil Rights Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: M369
Abstract

Memoir of his arrest as a child for picketing the Forrest County Courthouse during the Civil Rights Movement.

Dates: 1998

Hattiesburg Civil Rights Film

 Collection
Identifier: M588
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1964

IV. Various Photographs (M502-652 to M502-666) and Log

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1900s; 1940s–1950s; Majority of material found within 1960s–2010s; Undated