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:

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
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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