- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- John Hewlett
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from John Hewlett, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
Social reformers--Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Advertising, Newspaper--New York (State)--New York
National guardian
Black Panther Party
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
University of California, Berkeley
Vietnam Day Committee (Berkeley, Calif.)
Anniversaries - People:
- Hewlett, John
- Location:
- United States, California, Alameda County, Berkeley, 37.87159, -122.27275
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- articles
black-and-white photographs
newspapers
administrative records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission on John Hewlett. Hewlett was a member of the Black Panther Party and participated in the 1966 James Meredith March in Mississippi. The file contains photocopied photographs from the 1966 march as well as from a speech made by Hewlett at the University of California, Berkley Vietnam Day Committee's first anniversary, a newspaper advertisement of a speech given by Hewlett in New York, an article mentioning Hewlett and his participation with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as well as a summary of his file written in August, 1966 by Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Sovereignty Commission.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1010%7C13%7C69%7C%7C0
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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