usm_coh_mus-ohcohen mus-ohcohen coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. James Cohen Cohen, James, 1920- African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--Interviews Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Petal High School (Petal, Miss.)--race relations School integration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Mississippi--Race relations Hattiesburg (Miss.)--Race relations Cohen, James, 1920- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 Oral history. Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950's to the time of this interview in 1976. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Garvey, Mike Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) Mississippi Oral History Program Collection (Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive) 2000-05-19 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,1025 Digital reproduction of 20-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 705, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1976-02-02 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Mississippi Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20100707 142351