- Collection:
- The Scrapbooks
- Title:
- Civil Rights Movement scrapbooks. Mississippi events volume 1
- Publisher:
- Birmingham, Ala. : Birmingham Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1948/1962
- Subject:
- Mount Zion Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Miss.)
Parker, Mack Charles
Lynching--Mississippi
College integration--Mississippi
University of Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Oxford
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Philadelphia
African Americans--Civil Rights--United States - People:
- Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Meredith, James, 1933- - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Topics covered: segregation "watchdog" committee; Parker lynching; "Freedom Riders"; Philadelphia black church burned; voting registration disputes; James H. Meredith; contempt of court charges sought against University of Mississippi officials; Governor Ross Barnett bars Meredith from "Ole Miss". These scrapbooks, compiled by librarians at the Birmingham Public Library, contain newspaper clippings relating to the Civil Rights Movement. The clippings are arranged in three subject areas: national civil rights events, Alabama events, and Mississippi events. The clippings are arranged chronologically within the subject areas.
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BPLSB02/id/1400
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/BPLSB02:1400/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material may be protected under Title 17 of the U. S. Copyright Law which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research.
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
- Rights:
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