usm_coh_ohcoopero ohcoopero coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Owen Cooper, president, Mississippi Chemical Corporation, retired. Cooper, Owen, 1908-1986 Businessmen--Mississippi Civil rights workers--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi Men, White--Mississippi College graduates--Mississippi Educators--Mississippi Teachers--Mississippi Graduate students--Mississippi Fund raising--Mississippi Arson--Mississippi Churches--Mississippi Violence--Mississippi Mississippi--Politics and government Mississippi Baptist Convention Mississippi Chemical Corporation Cooper, Owen, 1908-1986 Oral history. Interview conducted on December 11, 1972 with Mr. Owen Cooper at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Cooper was born on a farm near Vicksburg, Mississippi. He attended Culkin Academy in Vicksburg, and received a degree in Agriculture from Mississippi State College. Cooper then went on to teach school in Leland, Mississippi for five years. After serving as Alumni Secretary at Mississippi State, he went on to earn a Masters Degree in Economics and Political Science. In 1918, Cooper left his position as Assistant Director of the State Planning Commission and joined the Mississippi Farm Bureau. His new position led to the beginning of a successful career at Mississippi Chemical Company. Cooper was also very active in civil rights affairs in Mississippi. One of these activities, involved working with Dr. W.P. Davis and the Committee of Concern, which had the role of obtaining funds to repair churches burnt during the civil rights disturbances. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Hales, Graham Lee, Jr. 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) 2002-02-07 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,1351 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 51-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 57, 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. 1972-12-11 Mississippi Yazoo City (Miss.) Leland (Miss.) Yazoo County (Miss.) Washington County (Miss.) 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. 20110708 154313