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 with the Honorable John Pearson of Rosedale, Mississippi. Judge Pearson discusses his life and the many years of public service he performed.
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from W.A. Bender to Gladys Noel Bates, dated January 23, 1948. Bender outlines the financial arrangements made to replace Bates' salary as a teacher, in the event she is discharged from...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from James A. Burns to A.J. Noel, dated December 22, 1948. Burns updates Noel on activities in the lawsuit filed on behalf of Gladys Noel Bates to gain equal pay for African American...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from A.L. Johnson, president of the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (MATCS), on association letterhead, to A.J. Noel, dated December 22, 1947. Johnson writes of the...
