From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten news release from the Mississippi Council on Human Relations following the Council's May 20, 1963, meeting. The Council expresses concern that the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, refuses to...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Black & white photograph of A.D. Beittel and eight unidentified people. The original photograph includes these words on the back: Rockefeller Brothers Theological.
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. This legal document contains an answer to a complaint filed by the city of Jackson against John R. Salter, Medgar Evers, Willie Ludden, the NAACP, and the Trustees of Tougaloo College in regard to the Jackson...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Mrs. Bertha Tollbert Love to Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates, dated March 19, 1951. Mrs. Love writes to thank Mrs. Bates for the work she was engaged in to better the educational status of...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This open letter, addressed to "Friend," describes the Jackson Movement's boycott of selected white-owned and operated Jackson area businesses because of their discriminatory practices in hiring and...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This open letter, addressed to "Friend," describes the ongoing African American boycott of selected businesses in Jackson, Mississippi that had discriminatory practices. The letter describes the arrest...
From the General Civil Rights Collection. This typewritten draft of a report to the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) outlines a strategy for registering African American voters in Mississippi. The report also recommends that the...
From the General Civil Rights Collection.; This handbill, addressed to “Negro shoppers and friends,†advocates boycotting selected merchants in Jackson, Miss. that have discriminatory policies toward African Americans. ...
From the General Civil Rights Collection.; This brief, submitted by six attorneys representing the Loyal Democrats of Mississippi, outlines the history of discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi with regard to voting rights and...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Dr. Beittel replies to earlier letters from Mrs. Ezelle on the subject of race relations and the civil rights movement. He challenges her statements about Africans Americans as an "immature race" and asserts...
From the George A. Owens Papers. In this reply to a letter from Allan Knight Chalmers, A.D. Beittel discusses the progress of various civil rights activities in Jackson, Miss., including the boycott of white-owned businesses, attempted...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle replies to Dr. Beittel's letter of May 23, 1963, in which he challenged her views of an incident that took place on the campus of Millsaps College. She states that the incident was originated by...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle responds to Dr. Owens' letter of Nov. 26, 1965, in which he urged her to meet and pray individually with people on both sides of the issue of the integration of Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson,...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Mrs. Ezelle, in a handwritten note, refers to a discussion with Dr. Owens that took place that same day with regard to the attempted integration of Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson, Miss. Attached is a...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This newsletter discusses black liberation, civil rights, and black participation in the Vietnam War. Also included is a poem by Langston Hughes.
From the George A. Owens Papers. This document is the agenda of a one-day conference held at Tougaloo College, featuring speakers from national associations and sponsored by the Delta Ministry and NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Topics covered...
From the George A. Owens Papers. In this letter, Clarice Campbell discusses treatment of African Americans at the University of Mississippi, saying that the situation has improved considerably since the first black students enrolled. She also...
From the George A. Owens Papers. The extensive list of resolutions includes condemnation of continuing practices of discrimination in Mississippi; encouraging African Americans to press for full implementation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.; a...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This pamphlet gives a history of the citizens' councils and their activities and warns against the dangers of integration.
