usm_coh_ohwatkins ohwatkins coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Hollis Watkins Watkins, Hollis, 1941- Citizenship Education Program Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Rides McComb (Mississippi) High School Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Mississippi Freedom Schools Pike County Nonviolent Direct Action Committee Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Civil rights--Mississippi--McComb Civil rights--Mississippi--Pike County Voter registration--Mississippi--McComb Voter registration--Mississippi--Pike County Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--McComb Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Pike County Watkins, Hollis, 1941- Oral history. Three interviews conducted on 10-23-1996, 10-29-1996, and 10-30-1996 with Hollis Watkins (born 1941), the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Mr. Watkins was jailed for participating in the Woolsworth's lunch counter sit-in in McComb and a walk-out at the McComb high school. He also worked with Vernon Dahmer for voter registration and later started the Holmes County Project. He was president of Southern Echo at the time of the interview. 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 Rachal, John 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,7570 Mississippi oral history program of the University of Southern MS, vol. 670, 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. 1996-10-23 1996-10-29 1996-10-30 McComb (Miss.) Pike County (Miss.) Amite County (Miss.) Holmes County (Miss.) Lincoln County (Miss.) Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Bond (Neshoba County, Miss.) Canton (Miss.) Greenwood (Miss.) McLain (Miss.) Mileston (Miss.) Tchula (Miss.) Wiggins (Stone County, Miss.) Georgia Monteagle (Tenn.) Grundy County (Tenn.) Atlantic City (N.J.) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20110607 112333