usm_coh_ohhughesb ohhughesb coh usm yes Oral history with Lt. Col. Billie Hughes Hughes, Billie Police--Mississippi Traffic police--Mississippi Law enforcement--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi Mississippi--Race relations Civil rights movements--Mississippi Men--Mississippi Railroads Race relations Mississippi Highway Patrol Hughes, Billie Oral history. Interview conducted on July 7, 1993 with Lt. Col. Billie Hughes of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. Hughes was born in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He grew up in Pike County, Mississippi. After working for the railroad industry, Hughes became a Mississippi highway patrolman in 1964. He served as a trooper during the height of racial tensions in Mississippi during the sixties. 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 Derr, Reid 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) 2002-02-18 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,3566 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 22-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 451, 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. 1993-07-07 Mississippi Pike 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. 20090817 151132