usm_coh_mus-ohnix mus-ohnix coh usm yes Oral history with James Nix Nix, James, 1937- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights--Mississippi--Forrest County Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Forrest County Boycotts--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Boycotts--Mississippi--Forrest County Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Forrest County African American veterans--Mississippi--Laurel African American veterans--Mississippi--Jones County Bodyguards--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Bodyguards--Mississippi--Forrest County Nix, James, 1937- Oral history. Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil rights leaders. This interview is part of the Civil Rights Documentation Project, funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Rowe, Sarah 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) 2000-05-05 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,5977 Digital reproduction of 22-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 443, 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. 1993-03-07 1993-03-07 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Laurel (Miss.) Jones County (Miss.) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural HeritageNo unauthorized reproduction or publication 20090817 151132