Finding aid for a manuscript collection located at the University of Mississippi. Printed material and manuscripts that document race relations, civil rights, Black power, white supremacist groups, and multiculturalism in the United States,...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten memorandum of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations outlining a plan to form grassroots organizations in each congressional district to promote meaningful and respectful dialogue for all...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten letter inviting participation at a reorganization meeting of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations on May 3, 1962, at Tougaloo Southern Christian College. The letter is accompanied by a...
Letter from Richard "Dick" Johnson, president of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, to friends of the council, calling for a special meeting to address the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State College by...
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. Typewritten minutes of the June 11, 1962, meeting of the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, held at the home of A.D. Beittel. Organizational, administrative, personnel, and...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Notes on the reactivation of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations. The notes list the pro tem officers and express gratitude to individuals who assisted with the reorganization; also included are...
From the General Civil Rights Collection.; This summary of Council activities and programs covers January and February, 1965. Among the events announced are the organizational meeting of a Jackson chapter; a panel discussion of news coverage; a...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten letter from A.D. Beittel on the letterhead of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, dated June 22, 1963. The letter is informational to potential members; attachments are the constitution...
From the Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten letter from A.D. Beittel to Charles Mantinband, dated May 9, 1962. Beittel reviews briefly the meetings he attended in Washington at the United States Civil Rights Commission, including the...
Letter.; In this letter, Sillers asks Lawrence to send a particular article on race relations and a book he calls ""The South Says Never"" to Hugh Clayton.
Letter.; Sillers compliments General Edmonds' radio news program, and gives him praise for a particularly moving speech he made in which he stated that the women working in factories during the war must be patriotic and remain at their posts until...
Letter.; Sillers sends Ward a clipping from the Jackson Advocate (July 22, 1961 issue)"" The newspaper contains an article on a race-related police incident in Chicago. Sillers suggests that Ward write an article that compares the current press...
Letter.; Sillers writes to Eckles at the request of the Rosedale Colored School Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees of Rosedale brought their need for more classrooms to Sillers attention, and they hope Sillers will persuade Eckles to come...
Letter from Ruth Van Horn Zuckerman and her husband, Jerome Zukerman, of Mankato, Minnesota, to Dr. John A. Peoples, president of Jackson State College, expressing sympathy following the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protestors at Jackson State...
Finding aid for a manuscript collection located at the University of Mississippi.
Newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, programs, posters, and other printed material documenting race relations and civil rights activism in Mississippi from...
Finding aid for a manuscript collection located at the University of Mississippi. Newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, programs, posters, and other printed material documenting race relations and civil rights activism in Mississippi from...
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 Adam Daniel Beittel Papers. Typewritten letter from A.D. Beittel to Rabbi Charles Mantinband, dated September 13, 1962. Beittel writes to acknowledge Mantinband's letter and phone call. He writes that Hodding Carter III will speak at...
