Date of Original
1940/1970

Subject
Civil rights movement

Location
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036

Medium
oral histories (literary works)

Type
Text

Description
Civil rights related oral histories including primarily discussing events in the 1950's and 1960's. Notable collections include:
The Civil Rights Documentation Project containing oral histories by civil rights leaders Charles Cobb, Charles Evers, Aaron Henry, and Hollis Watkins. This collection also includes oral histories of race-baiting governor Ross Barnett, national White Citizens Council leader William J. Simmons, and State Sovereignty head Erle Johnston.
The Biloxi Beach wade-ins collection which offers insight into the 1959 movement to integrate the beaches through non-violent protest led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr. It covers the wade-ins and the community involved in the planning, carrying out, and aftermath of these protests.

Metadata URL
https://www.digitalcollections.usm.edu/oral-history

Contributing Institution
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage

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