usm_coh_ohross ohross coh usm yes Oral history with the Honorable Harvey Ross Ross, Harvey T., 1920- States' Rights Democratic Party Southern Educational Recreation Association White Citizens councils University of Mississippi United States. Navy Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Coahoma Opportunities Head Start programs--Mississippi--Coahoma County Head Start programs--Mississippi--Clarksdale Civil rights--Mississippi--Coahoma County Civil rights--Mississippi--Clarksdale Veterans--Mississippi--Clarkesdale Veterans--Mississippi--Coahoma County Judges--Mississippi--Coahoma County Ross, Harvey T., 1920- Henry, Aaron, 1922- McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1905- Oral history. Interview conducted on 12-01-1994 with Judge Harvey T. Ross (born 1920). In the mid-1960's, Judge Ross was active in laying the groundwork for Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), a community action agency designed to improve the economic position of Coahoma County Mississippi. 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 Hill, Homer 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,8941 Mississippi oral history program of the University of Southern MS, vol. 663, 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. 1994-12-01 Mississippi Clarksdale (Miss.) Coahoma County (Miss.) Jackson (Miss.) Hinds County (Miss.) Washington (D.C.) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20090817 151132