- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Personal (beginning October 12, 1966)
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Personal (Beginning October 12, 1966), Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-10/1966-11
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Boycotts--Mississippi
Child Development Group of Mississippi
Governmental investigations--Mississippi
Public schools--Mississippi - People:
- Johnston, Erle--Correspondence
Seivers, Ted - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Adams County, 31.48294, -91.3535
United States, Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez, 31.56017, -91.40329
United States, Mississippi, Amite County, 31.1744, -90.80443
United States, Mississippi, Grenada County, 33.76995, -89.80201
United States, Mississippi, Grenada County, Grenada, 33.769, -89.80842
United States, Mississippi, Pike County, 31.17491, -90.40416
United States, Mississippi, Wilkinson County, 31.16107, -91.31092
United States, Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville, 31.10462, -91.29956 - Medium:
- memorandums
reports
press releases - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission between October 1966 and November 1966. The file contains memorandums and reports about Commission investigations and work and a press release announcing support of a committee to support public schools in the state. During this time, investigations were conducted in Grenada, Natchez, and Woodville, and Pike and Amite Counties. The commission also shared information on the Child Development Group of Mississippi, the Urban League, and on Ted Seaver.
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=1063%7C99%7C57%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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