Transcription of an interview conducted with Frank D. Barber. Barber became involved in politics when he was just ten years old going door-to-door hanging flyers for Paul B. Johnson Sr. This interest continued throughout his adult life alongside...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted in two parts with Jessie Bernice Franklin Williams of Greenville, Mississippi. Williams speaks of her experiences as a young African American woman growing up during the 40s and 50s in...
Letter.; Sillers reports that winter storms have kept him away from Jackson so he has little news to relate to Gore. He tells him that he has been asked to take a lead in fund raising for the States' Rights cause, and that he would like to arrange...
Letter.; Sillers writes to Witherspoon concerning a previous letter that most likely asked for an explanation of what happened at the National Democratic Party Convention in Philadelphia at which the Mississippi delegation walked out in protest.""...
Letter.; Sillers responds to a letter in which Baughn had asked about Sillers' position with regard to the upcoming Mississippi governor's race. Sillers refers him to an enclosed official statement, to newspaper articles, and to Ross Barnett's...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Fletcher Abrams of Carry, Mississippi. Abrams discusses agriculture and sharecropping plus the role of mechanized farm equipment.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Charles M. George. George discusses in particular his time spent working for the West Tallahatchie School District where he eventually became the first African American Superintendent.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Sylvester Matthews regarding the history of the Rosedale Negro Church. Matthews, born in 1887, discusses his family's history and various aspects of the history of the Rosedale area, in...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with the Honorable John Pearson of Rosedale, Mississippi. Judge Pearson discusses his life and the many years of public service he performed.
Telegram from Sanford H. Kadish, president, and Bertram H. Davis, general secretary, of the American Association of University Professors, to Dr. John A. Peoples Jr., president of Jackson State College. The telegram states that the AAUP has asked...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter on the letterhead of the Commission on Civil Rights, dated February 10, 1960, written by William H. Swan to Rev. Murray Cox. This letter corrects a misspelled word in the February 9 letter...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter from Murray Cox to Mrs. Wallis I. Schutt, dated January 13, 1960. Rev. Cox asked Mrs. Schutt to create a list of priorities, in advance of the February 17 meeting, for action and investigation...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten letter from A.D. Beittel to H. Power Hearn, dated April 27, 1962. Beittel writes about the upcoming meeting to reorganize the Mississippi Council on Human Relations on May 3. Beittel has sent an...
