usm_coh_ohbarber97 ohbarber97 coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Rims Barber Barber, Rims, 1936- Voter registration--Mississippi--Canton Voter registration--Mississippi--Madison County School integration--Mississippi--Canton School integration--Mississippi--Madison County Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Canton Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Madison County Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Canton Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Madison County Civil rights--Mississippi Clergy--Mississippi--Canton Clergy--Mississippi--Madison County Clergy--Iowa--Davenport Presbyterians--Mississippi--Canton Presbyterians--Mississippi--Madison County Presbyterians--Iowa--Davenport Political activists--Mississippi Mississippi Freedom Project Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Delta Ministry National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Barber, Rims, 1936- Oral history. Interview conducted on 08-21-1997 with Rims Barber (born 1936). In 1964, he participated in Mississippi Freedom Summer with the National Council of Churches and returned to Mississippi with the Delta Ministry in 1965 to work in Canton. He became their Education Director in 1966 and moved to Greenville. Later, he helped establish a Jackson office to assist Representative Robert Clark and work on statewide agendas. In 1977, he went to work for the Children's Defense Fund as the Director of the Mississippi Project until they closed the Mississippi office in 1989. He founded the Mississippi Human Services Agenda to carry on the work of research and advocacy with an emphasis on welfare, education, and health. 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. University of Southern Mississippi. Oral History Program Bolton, Charles C. 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) Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,9262 Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 690, 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. 1997-08-21 Jackson (Miss.) Hinds County (Miss.) Oxford (Miss.) Lafayette County (Miss.) Canton (Miss.) Madison County (Miss.) Greenville (Miss.) Washington County (Miss.) Holmes County (Miss.) Humphreys County (Miss.) Delta (Miss. : Region) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20090817 151132