Higgs, William L.
- Authoritative Name:
- Higgs, William L.
- Biography:
- Higgs was a lawyer and civil rights activist working in Mississippi in the early 1960s. Along with three other individuals, Higgs brought a lawsuit against the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission. -- Federal Law and Southern Order: Racial Violence and Constitutional Conflict in the Post-Brown South, 1987. He served as the lawyer for SNCC and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- Alternate Names:
- Higgs, Bill
- Associated Subjects:
- Higgs, William L.
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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39 items in 2 collections (expand all)
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
Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)
- Creator:
- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Belfrage--Location file: Columbus, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 3)
- Creator:
- Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE Southern Regional Office--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, May 1964-August 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 16, Folder 11)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Educational materials - Workbooks, outlines, handbooks, 1963-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 22)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Fund Raising (COFO, CORE) - Correspondence and memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 43)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to James A. Dombrowski, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1962 June 5
- Creator:
- Moses, Robert Parris
- Date of Original:
- 1962-06-05
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Letter: to Jim Dombrowski, 1963 July 19
- Creator:
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
- Date of Original:
- 1963-07-19
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William L. Higgs, Jackson, Mississippi, 1962 July 5
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-05
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
William Higgs
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1994/2006
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History