- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Police brutality (Justice Department)
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Police Brutality (Justice Department), Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-06/1965-11
- Subject:
- Police--Mississippi--Jackson
Police brutality--Mississippi--Jackson
Civil rights workers--Violence against--Mississippi--Jackson
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Police--Mississippi--Jackson--Public opinion
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--Officials and employees
Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
United States. Dept. of Justice
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Clergy--Mississippi--Jackson
Legislators--United States - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
memorandums
legislative records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission relating to the June 1965 arrest of demonstrators and subsequent charges of police brutality by members of the National Council of Churches. The file contains correspondence between Commission director Erle Johnston and the Department of Justice following up on the charges. It also contains a copy of the House Congressional Record in which a congressman discusses the event and a statement presented to the Congressional Briefing made by three men from the National Council of Churches.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1094%7C99%7C121%7C%7C0
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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