usm_coh_ohthompsonb ohthompsonb coh usm yes Oral history with Mayor Bennie G. Thompson Thompson, Bennie G., 1948- Tougaloo College Jackson State University National Association for the Advancement of Colored People African American mayors--Mississippi--Bolton Civil rights--Mississippi--Bolton State governments--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi Thompson, Bennie G., 1948- Oral history. Interview conducted on February 13, 1974 with Mayor Bennie G. Thompson at his office in Bolton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on January 28, 1948 in Bolton, Mississippi. He received a BA in political science from Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi in 1968. In 1972, Thompson received an MS in educational administration from Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. He taught in public schools from 1968-1970 and was elected mayor of Bolton, Mississippi, in 1973. Thompson has been honored among Outstanding Young Men of Mississippi by the NAACP, named among Outstanding Personalities of the South in 1971 and recognized as Politician of the Year by Jackson State University in 1973. 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 Morgan, Chester M. 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) 2002-03-11 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,7265 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 24-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 339, 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. 1974-02-13 Mississippi Bolton (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. 20110708 153921