- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Madison County
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Madison County, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Subject:
- Madison County (Miss.)--Race relations
Canton (Miss.)--Race relations
Race relations
Race discrimination--Mississippi--Madison County
Race discrimination--Mississippi--Canton
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Madison County
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Canton
Civil rights--Mississippi--Madison County
Civil rights--Mississippi--Canton
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Madison County
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Canton
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Madison County
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Canton
Boycotts--Mississippi--Madison County
Boycotts--Mississippi--Canton
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Mississippi Freedom Project
Voter registration--Mississippi--Madison County
Voter registration--Mississippi--Canton
African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--Canton - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Madison County, 32.63466, -90.03376
United States, Mississippi, Madison County, Canton, 32.61264, -90.03675 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
memorandums
reports
articles
programs
lists (document genres) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission on civil rights work in Canton, Madison County, Mississippi in 1964 and 1965. The file contains reports of Sovereignty Commission investigations in the area, including lists of African Americans who registered to vote; memorandums with information about merchant association meetings discussing the African American boycott of local businesses; articles about projects in the county; lists of those arrested with address, age, and race information; and a petition with over two hundred signatures supporting the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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=106%7C2%7C24%7C%7C3
- 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:
-
