Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997

Authoritative Name:
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Biography:
Mississippi-based African American civil rights activist, Henry helped to establish and became the first president of the Clarksdale branch of the NAACP. In 1959, he became president of Mississippi NAACP. He served as a member of the National Board of the NAACP, chairman of the Mississippi Voter Registration and Education Project, chairman of the Democratic State Committee for Mississippi, president of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and delegate‑at‑Large for that group to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. He ran for the governor of Mississippi in 1963.
Associated Subjects:
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997--Interviews
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

183 items in 10 collections (expand all)

Advanced Southern Labor School materials, Gulfport (Miss.), 1981

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Pollard, William Edward, 1915-2013
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Czarnecki, Ed
McCaughan, Cynthia
Shields, Dorothy Jones
Southern Labor School
Date of Original:
1981
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Mississippi AFL-CIO

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Mississippi AFL-CIO
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Date of Original:
1984
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Mississippi AFL-CIO, correspondence, 1972-1979

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Mississippi AFL-CIO
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Woodson, Robert L.
Date of Original:
1972/1979
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project: Meeting

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Date of Original:
1979
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 2)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, February-August 19, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 6)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964-02
1964-03
1964-04
1964-05
1964-06
1964-07
1964-08
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Beech--Outgoing correspondence, May 1964-February 1965 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 1, Folder 1)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Location file: Clarksdale, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 13)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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2 Mississippians Freed In Racial Firebombing

Creator:
Unknown
Date of Original:
1963-07-22
Collection:
James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

State High Court Backs Judgment Against Henry

Creator:
United Press International
Date of Original:
1963-12-03
Collection:
James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Aaron E. Henry, Negro, male, FDP: member of ex. com NAACP: state Chairman, 0361 (sides 1 and 2), Clarksdale, Mississippi

Creator:
KZSU (Radio station : Stanford, Calif.) 
Stanford University. Institute of American History
KZSU Project South Interviews (SC0066)
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
KZSU Project South Interviews
Contributing Institution:
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections

Oral history with Dr. Aaron Henry

Creator:
Burson, George S
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
McMillen, Neil R., 1939-
Date of Original:
1972
Collection:
Oral History
Contributing Institution:
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage

Freedom Vote flyer

Creator:
Council of Federated Organizations
Date of Original:
1963
Collection:
Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
Contributing Institution:
Amistad Research Center

Aaron Henry

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1956/1973
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Charles Evers

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1971-12/1973-04
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Letter: to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shomer, Chicago, Illinois, 1962 March 3

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1962-03-03
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph taken from a newspaper of Aaron Henry, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1950s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1950/1959
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Aaron Henry and Matthew Perry at SC VEP meeting

Creator:
Taylor, Richard
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1965-01-10
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library