usm_coh_ohripleym ohripleym coh usm yes Oral history with Mrs. Minnie Ripley Ripley, Minnie, 1900- African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hinds County Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Jackson Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hinds County Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Jackson Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hinds County Voter registration--Mississippi--Jackson Voter registration--Mississippi--Hinds County Ripley, Minnie, 1900- Oral history. Interview conducted on November 7, 1979 with Mrs. Minnie Ripley on the street named after her, Ripley Street, in Mayersville, Mississippi. Ripley was born on August 22, 1900 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She attended public schools in Mayersville, Mississippi and the Piney Woods Institution in Braxton, Mississippi. During the 1960's, Ripley participated in civil rights activities on a local, state and national level. She participated in the voter registration drives and civil rights marches in Jackson, Mississippi. While marching in Jackson, Ripley was jailed for eleven days with other civil rights marchers. 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 Pyle, R. Wayne, 1948- 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) 2002-03-13 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,8754 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 69-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 341, 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. 1979-11-07 Issaquena County (Miss.) Mayersville (Miss.) Jackson (Miss.) Hinds 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