Items and Collections

Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Civil rights related materials including correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs primarily from the 1950's through the 1960's.

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Date of Original
1950/1969

Subject
Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
African Americans
Civil Rights
Mississippi Freedom Project
Civil rights demonstrations

Location
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Coahoma County, Clarksdale, 34.20011, -90.57093
United States, Mississippi, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, 31.32712, -89.29034

Medium
documents (object genre)
images (object genre)

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
This collection largely focuses upon the ciliv rights movement in Mississippi. Primary source materials include correspondence, business records, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics include Civil Rights, Freedom Schools, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and Voting Equality.

Metadata URL
https://www.digitalcollections.usm.edu/historical-manuscripts

Contributing Institution
University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

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“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Subject Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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1. Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; 1968

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1968-01-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

2. Attitudes in Mississippi; December 1967

Creator:: Johnston, Erle
Date of Original:: 1967-12-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

3. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party newsletter, No. 3; 27 November 1967

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1967-11-27
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

4. Restricted document; November 6, 1967

Date of Original:: 1967-11-06
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

5. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party newsletter, No. 1; 1 October 1967

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1967-10-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

6. Black politics in Mississippi; September 2, 1967

Creator:: Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006
Date of Original:: 1967-09-02
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

7. Mississippi delegation position paper; August 29, 1967

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1967-08-29
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

8. Letter, Benjamin S. Rosenthal to Victoria J. Gray; February 3, 1967

Creator:: Rosenthal, Benjamin S
Date of Original:: 1967-02-03
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

9. Petition to the Senate of the United States; undated

Creator:: Southern Conference Educational Fund
Date of Original:: 1967/1968
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

10. Proposal for northern support;[1967]

Creator:: National Committee for Free Elections in Mississippi
Date of Original:: 1967-01-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

11. Proposed agenda and schedule for the executive sessions of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; January 28-29, 1967

Creator:: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:: 1967-01-01
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

12. Clay County, Mississippi, project report; November 28, 1966

Date of Original:: 1966-11-28
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

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