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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Collins Funeral Home records

 Collection
Identifier: 094
Scope and Contents The records of the Collins Funeral Home consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documents, financial records, general business records, printed ephemera, newsletters, and memorabilia. Resonating throughout the collection include the contributions of two African American women in the male-dominated funeral and mortuary science profession. This collection is ideal for the study of African American small businesses, businesswomen, and the exploration of the intersectionality of...
Dates: Created: 1914-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987

Clarie Collins Harvey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents The collection of Clarie Collins Harvey consists of a nine-part series arranged according to the various activities in which she was involved. Correspondence is interspersed throughout the first five series; the largest amount is in the first series , her personal papers, and is arranged chronologically. Church activities, civic activities, higher education, and business ventures comprise the next four series arranged alphabetically. The next two series are collected writings and collected...
Dates: Created: 1907-1991; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1985

Charles Mantinband papers

 Collection
Identifier: 245
Content Description The papers of Rabbi Charles Mantinband document his life and career, particularly his involvement in civil rights. The collection includes correspondence, news clippings, articles, broadsides, sermons, pamphlets, and Mantinband's dissertation. Some of the items pertain to Emmett Till and Medgar Evers, who were both killed in Mississippi. Other items pertain to speaking engagements at historically Black colleges. Correspondents include: A.D. Beittel, P.D. East, Medgar Evers, John Howard...
Dates: Other: 1951-1974

John O'Neal papers

 Collection
Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates: Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983

Dorothy Sterling papers

 Collection
Identifier: 354
Content Description Dorothy Sterling is a scholar of African American history and has authored many books including Forever Free, Tear Down the Walls!, It Started in Montgomery, Speak Out in Thunder Tones, The Trouble They Seen. Collected items are research and documentary material accumulated for several of her books including those above, as well as Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of...
Dates: Other: 1795-1994