- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Image of Lester G. McKinnie letter]
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Jones County, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1962-11-18
- Subject:
- McKinnie, Lester G.--Records and correspondence
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Jackson
African American social reformers--Mississippi--Jackson
Civil rights movements--Mississippi - People:
- McKinnie, Lester G. (Lester Gene), 1940-
Jones, Warren
Zellner, Bob
Mangum, Walton - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Jones County, 31.62256, -89.16879
United States, Mississippi, Jones County, Laurel, 31.69405, -89.13061 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
texts (document genres) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Image of a letter by civil rights worker Lester G. McKinnie addressed to "Jim." McKinnie provides information about two students from Milsap, Mississippi who are interested in working in the civil rights movement. McKinnie encourages Jim to use an "unmarked envelope" when contacting these individuals.
Classified by the Sovereignty Commission as Integration Organizations
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:
- https://da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/photo.php?display=item&oid=64
- 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.ms.gov. 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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