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The toughest job: William Winter's Mississippi

Description:
From his early exposure to racial segregation as a child and solider in World War 2, to his long career in politics during the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the story of William Winter is one of courage and leadership set during some of the most tumultuous times in American history.
Date of Original:
2014
Contributing Institution:
Southern Documentary Project

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Collection
United States v. Mississippi interrogatory answers

Description:
The United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers Collection consists entirely of one large section (pages 387-1276) from the Record of Appeal in the case United States v. Mississippi (cited as United States v. Mississippi, 380, U.S. 128, 1965). This digital collection contains the answers by the United States government to interrogatories propounded by the state of Mississippi and other defendants.
Date of Original:
1962/1965
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

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Collection
John E. Phay collection

Description:
Collection containing over 4700 Kodachrome slides and black-and-white photographs documenting the following Mississippi counties in the late 1940s and 1950s: Benton, Clay, Grenada, Holmes, Jones, Marshall, Panola, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Union, and Yalobusha. The collection includes 727 images of the University of Mississippi, most of the University images do not have corresponding dates but document the campus and culture prior to the 1962 Integration.
Date of Original:
1949/1962
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections