Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Rubin and Frances Smith of Cleveland, Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their involvement in the various Civil Rights activities in their area as well as the beginning of the...
From the Birdsong PW Collection. Photocopy. A copy of a report entitled "Report of Visit to Prisoner of War Camp Shelby, Mississippi," dated May 16, 1945. The report lists some administrative data such as numbers of men, officers in charge, and...
Copy of a newspaper article entitled "War Prisoners Aid Uncle Sam," from the "Laurel Leader-Call" dated August 18, 1945. Article contains five images of PW soldiers from various camps (including sites such as Fort Benjamin Harrison and Glennan...
Letter.; Sillers writes to congratulate Strom Thurmond on his re-election to the United States Senate. He notes that he is glad to have such a strong States' Rights advocate in the Senate.
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Sullens on a speech he made to a Chamber of Commerce audience. In the speech, Sullens warned of the necessity of selecting the right sort of men and women for positions of leadership. Sillers concurs and emphasizes...
Letter.; Sillers relates news from Senator Jim Eastland about the plan of Trumanite Democrats to elect a new Democratic Executive Committee and platform for Mississippi in an upcoming meeting. They hope to hold a special election in November of...
Letter.; Sillers refers to a speech by Federal Security Agency head Paul V. McNutt that was criticized in a column in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Sillers criticizes New Deal officials who are fanning the flames of racial and class unrest,...
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 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 Iva Brown of Charleston, Mississippi. Mrs. Brown discusses her experience first growing up as a student and finally as a school teacher in Charleston beginning in 1926.
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.
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...
Black marriages of Tate County, Mississippi : 1873-1900, compiled by Louise Cox Fox in 1997, lists African American marriages that took place in Tate County, Mississippi, between 1873 and 1900. The information is based on records from the Tate...
Letter from the Jamaica Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), signed by co-chairmen Claire Foster, John Mazella, and Juliette Hansen, to President Richard M. Nixon. The letter asks the president to use...
Health Hazard Evaluation of Police Officers and Firefighters After Hurricane Katrina --- New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17--28 and November 30--December 5, 2005 4 pages (PDF version).
