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Cobb, Charles E., Jr.

Biography:

Civil rights worker and journalist. From 1962 to 1967, he served as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi. He began his journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for WHUR Radio in Washington, D.C. In 1976 he joined the staff of National Public Radio as a foreign affairs reporter, bringing to that network its first regular coverage of Africa. From 1985 to 1997, Cobb was a National Geographic staff member.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Hosea Williams speaking from the steps of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Orange and James Bevel with other marchers on U.S. Highway 80 in either Dallas or Lowndes County during the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
  • --May be a little complicated but it sure makes it easy around here! / Baldy, [ca. 1970]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • The modern Gandhi / Baldy, 1962 July 26 (Editorial cartoons)
  • Oh, fiddle-de-dee, I'll put that off 'till tomorrow! / Baldy, [1954 May 18]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • --Oh yeah, I'm a natural born demonstrator myself! / Baldy, [1981 July 23] (Editorial cartoons)
  • --Old Dick can sure get a lot out of a nag! / Baldy, 1964 [i.e., 1963 July 7]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • --T-h-e-r-e--! Something for everybody!-- / Baldy, [1978 June 30] (Editorial cartoons)
• Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
  • Where is the Country Politically? (Speeches (documents))
• Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections (Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)
  • Mary Bell interview audio clip 18 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Sal Bonner interview audio clip 25 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California Libraries)
  • John Kinloch in front of the California Eagle offices, circa 1941, Los Angeles (Photographs)
• Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
  • Print, Photographic (Photographs)
  • Print, Photographic (Photographs)
• Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • The Citizen, April 1978 (Journals (periodicals))
• Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
  • Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-09-16 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Joyanne Marcus to Mr. Meredith (30 September 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Joyce Cortland to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Joyce Heard to Mr. J.H. Meredith (28 September 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Joyce W. Bonura to Mr. Meredith (3 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Judith P. Coen to Mr. Meredith (2 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Judy C. Franz to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Judy Guderian to James Meredith (5 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Jules Carlier to Mousieur (6 October 1962) (Correspondence)
• James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Portrait of Pat Harrison smoking a cigar (Gelatin silver prints)
  • Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • James W. Silver to The Mississippian, undated (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Report From Britain, 25 January 1950 (Articles)
• Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress)
  • [Rosa Parks with niece Susan McCauley, Hampton, Virginia, 1989] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1980-1990.gmgpc)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Folders (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • New York - Legislation on Segregation (Text)
  • Ohio - Incidents, Newspaper Clippings, Etc. (Text)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tanya Wren following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 30 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Ted Seiver [sic] standing beside an unidentified African American woman during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Terry John Sullivan following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 6 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Terry Susan Perlman [sic] following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 8 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Thomas E. Beckham at the time of his arrest, as found in the Sovereignty Commission's file for Thomas Edward Beckham, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1972 March 20 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tim [sic] Morrison that accompanied his application form to participate in the Council of Federated Organization's Mississippi Summer Project, Jackson, Mississippi, 1964 May 4 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College student Phillip O'Mara standing in the center of a crowd of unidentified demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William Allan Wallace, Sheila Bland and Kelly Williams (left to right) crossing a street during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 May 11 [sic] (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William E. Harbour following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 28 (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William Wagoner following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 20 (Black-and-white photographs)
• William Gravely Oral History Collection on the Lynching of Willie Earle (University of South Carolina)
  • Dennis Rampey oral history interview, 1989 August (Oral histories (literary works))
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the civil rights movement after being arrested during a sit-in at Rich's Department Store, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 October 19 (News)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the need for tolerance, 1966 November (News)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the philosophy of nonviolence and recent violent demonstrations in Virginia, 1963 (News)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project, Atlanta, Georgia, 1965 June (News)