usm_coh_ohwroten ohwroten coh usm yes Oral history with Joseph E. Wroten Wroten, Joseph E., 1925- Civil rights--Mississippi Racism--Political aspects Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Mississippi Freedom Project Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Mississippi--Politics and government--1951- Politicians--Mississippi Mississippi--Race reltions Legislators--Mississippi--Interviews Legislators--Mississippi--Washington County--Interviews Wroten, Joseph E., 1925- Carter, Hodding, 1907-1972 Meredith, James, 1933- Wiesenburg, Karl Oral history.Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Katagiri, Yasuhiro 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) 2000-05-04 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,7986 Digital reproduction of print document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 476, 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. 1993-11-04 Mississippi Oxford (Miss.) Lafayette County (Miss.) Sunflower County (Miss.) Washington County (Miss.) Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20090817 151133