- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- In Canton : a new business; September [?] 1965
- Date of Original:
- 1965-09-01
- Subject:
- Canton (Miss.)
Economic history
Madison County Sewing Firm (Miss.)
Voting rights - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Madison County, Canton, 32.61264, -90.03675
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Reprint of a newspaper article from Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal about the Madison County Sewing Firm in Canton, Mississippi. Formed in 1965, the all-Black company provided employment to those who had lost their jobs for attempting to vote or help others to vote.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a4d49351-63ef-4f4d-86c6-481ad2b42ca2
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection
Box 2, Folder 7 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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