Speak Now : Memories of the Civil Rights Era / Moderated by Leanna Welch Dawson and Amanda Lyons[sound recording].
By: Welch-Dawson, Leanna
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SoundDescription: 26 sound recordings digital + 26 transcripts; 56 photographs : color.Subject(s): Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 | Evers, Charles, 1922- | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 | Meredith, James, 1933- | Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 | Hamer, Fannie Lou | Congress of Racial Equality | Head Start Program (U.S.) | Mississippi Freedom Schools | Mississippi State Penitentiary | Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission | Mississippi Valley State University | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Jackson State College | University of Mississippi | Tougaloo College | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | Mississippi Highway Patrol | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | Jackson Public Schools (Jackson, Miss.) | Neshoba County Fair | Bombings | Civil rights -- United States | Communism -- United States | Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation | Discrimination in housing | Freedom Rides, 1961 | Hate crimes | Minorities -- Political activity -- 20th century | Political violence | Segregation in transportation | Social movements | African American veterans | Civil rights workers | African American universities and colleges | African Americans | African Americans -- Segregation | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- 1960-1970 | Race relations | Civil rights demonstrations | Civil rights | Civil rights workers -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century | Voter registration | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century | Black Power -- Mississippi | Segregation in education | Private schools | Public schools | Nonviolence | Law enforcement | Educational law and legislation -- United States | Election law -- United States | School integration | Discrimination in employment | Canton (Miss.) | Farish Street Historic District (Jackson, Miss.) | Jackson (Miss.) | Delta (Miss. : Region) | Holmes County (Miss.) | Hinds County (Miss.) | Yazoo City (Miss.) | Neshoba County (Miss.) | Meridian (Miss.) | Hattiesburg (Miss.)Genre/Form: Oral histories.Online resources: Link to Electronic Resource
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Online | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Electronic Archives | Online Electronic Resource | AU 974 - AU 999 | Not for loan | Link to Electronic Resource for Exhibit | 103924 |
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides and to complement the Department’s exhibit “Freedom Rides: Journey for Change” conducted recording sessions with the public to gather oral memories of the Civil Rights Era. The participants were also given the opportunity to have their photograph taken in front of the exhibit. The recordings were conducted in the spring, summer and fall of 2011 at the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson, Mississippi.
Participants include: John C. Taylor Jr., Pauline Knight-Ofosu, Thomas Armstrong, Claude Liggins, Max Pavesic, John Dolan, James Dennis, Matthew Rinaldi, Rev. (Dr.) Amos Brown, John Hardy/Barrett Hatches, Paul M. Neville, Sister M. Paulinus Oakes, W. J. Megginson, Charles Brenner, John Peoples, Ed Payne, Rims Barber, Mary Harrison Lee, Wilson Floyd “Bill” Minor, Dr. Edgar E. Smith, Judge Mary Libby Payne, Carol A. Blackmon, C. J. Jones, Dolphus Weary, Betty Anne Mounger Hays, Harold E. Hollman, Flonzie Brown Wright.