- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Professor Charles Marx, state highway patrolman
- Creator:
- Caudill, Orley B
Marx, Charles, 1932- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Marx, Charles, 1932- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi.After serving in the United States Air Force, he joined the Mississippi Highway Patrol at the age of twenty-five.While working as a patrolman, Marx attended law school and was appointed attorney for the highway patrol.After he retired from the patrol, he took a position teaching Criminal Justice at the University of Southern Mississippi.Marx was in the center of the long and difficult civil rights struggle. In 1961, he escorted the first bus carrying "Freedom Riders" from the Alabama line to Jackson, Mississippi.Also, he discusses the shooting that took place at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) from an officer's perspective.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for 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_8ee0db3b-2b88-477a-adf2-a6d174b0adde
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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