From the Birdsong PW Collection. Picture of twelve men together in three rows of four. There are several men in the far left of the photo watching the group of twelve. The men are standing on wooden bleachers in some type of outdoor amphitheater...
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 Albert Day. Day grew up in Gunnison, Mississippi. During his childhood, his father was a general manager of the Delta Cooperative Farm Project in Hillsdale, Mississippi. Day discusses the...
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 Gladys Goodman of Cleveland, Mississippi. Mrs. Goodman discusses various aspects of her life including family, farming and slavery.
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.
Black-and-white photograph of a student vigil in front of Alexander Hall on the campus of Jackson State College. Students held the vigil to protest the May 15, 1970, shooting of Jackson State student demonstrators by Mississippi law enforcement...
Black-and-white photograph of workmen examining the bullet-riddled doors and windows of Alexander Hall, a building on the campus of Jackson State College that was damaged during a confrontation between student protesters and Mississippi law...
Black-and-white photograph of African American high school students participating in a march through downtown Jackson, Mississippi, to protest the May 15, 1970, shootings at Jackson State College. During a confrontation between student protesters...
Resolution written by the Jackson-Hinds chapter of the Jackson State College Alumni Association condemning the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State College by Mississippi law enforcement officials. The shootings resulted in...
Black-and-white photograph of Da Geecha X, a student leader at Jackson State College, speaking at a memorial gathering for James Earl Green, one of two students killed during the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State by...
Black-and-white photograph of Warner Buxton, president of the Jackson State College Student Government Association, speaking through a megaphone, explaining that students holding a vigil have agreed to disperse so that the Mississippi State...
Telefax sent to Dr. John A. Peoples, president of Jackson State College, from faculty and staff at Kent State University, expressing sympathy following the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State College by Mississippi law...
Telefax from Harris L. Dante, Chairman of the Faculty Center at Kent State University, to Dr. John A. Peoples Jr., president of Jackson State College, expressing sympathy following the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State...
Letter from United States Senator Birch Bayh to Dean Estus Smith of Jackson State College following Bayh's visit to the campus to investigate the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State by Mississippi law enforcement officers....
Program for a mass meeting held in Jackson, Mississippi, following the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State College by Mississippi law enforcement officers. The shootings resulted in the wounding of twelve students and the...
Black-and-white photograph of students marching in front of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, to protest the May 15, 1970, shootings at Jackson State College. In a confrontation between Mississippi law enforcement officers and Jackson...
Black-and-white photograph of flowers and a sign reading "If I die two shall take my place" at the entrance to Alexander Hall on the campus of Jackson State College. Alexander Hall was the location of the May 15, 1970, shooting of Jackson State...
Black-and-white photograph of students from Millsaps College marching on Capitol Street toward the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, to protest the May 15, 1970, shootings at Jackson State College. In a confrontation between Mississippi...
Resolution of the Jackson State College National Alumni Association, Inc., condemning the May 15, 1970, shooting of student protesters at Jackson State College by Mississippi law enforcement officials. The shootings resulted in the wounding of...
