usm_coh_ohrash ohrash coh usm yes Oral history with Reverend Sammie Rash Rash, Sammie, 1942- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Civil rights--Mississippi School integration--Mississippi Voter registration--Mississippi Clergy--Mississippi Henry, Aaron, 1922- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 Rash, Sammie, 1942- Oral history. Interview conducted on 03-30-1977 with the Reverend Sammie Rash (born 1942). Reverend Rash, the son of sharecroppers, has been very active in both civil rights activities and Mississippi politics, in addition to being a minister since graduation from high school in 1963. 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 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) Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,8419 Mississippi oral history program of the University of Southern MS, vol. 640, 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. 1977-03-30 1977-03-30 Sunflower County (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Bolivar County (Miss.) Tallahatchie County (Miss.) Issaquena County (Miss.) Delta (Miss. : Region) Cleveland (Miss.) Washington County (Miss.) Greenville (Miss.) Mound Bayou (Miss.) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20090817 151132