- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Director - personal (September 14, 1966- )
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Director - Personal (September 14, 1966- ), Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965/1966
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
Social reformers--Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission--Officials and employees
Boycotts--Mississippi - People:
- Johnston, Erle--Correspondence
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Grenada County, 33.76995, -89.80201
United States, Mississippi, Grenada County, Grenada, 33.769, -89.80842 - Medium:
- reports
articles
letters (correspondence)
memorandums - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the director of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission. The folder primarily consists of letters and memorandums written about racial tensions in Grenada and Canton, closing the Child Development Group of Mississippi and supporting the Action for Progress Committee in Mississippi, seeking to promote the state and the commission, and resolving personnel issues.
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=1017%7C99%7C34%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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