Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

Mississippi moments [sound recording] :Civil rights collection / University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History

Material type: materialTypeLabelSoundPublisher: Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History; Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 2008-2011Description: 1 sound disk (162 min.) : 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 | McDaniel, E. L. (Edward L.), 1934- | Hamer, Fannie Lou | Evers, Charles, 1922- | Ramsay, Claude | Blackwell, Unita, 1933- | Simmons, William J., 1916-2007 | Branch, Raylawni G., 1941- | Kennard, Clyde | Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 | Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997 | University of Southern Mississippi | Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College | Jackson State University | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan | Head Start Program (U.S.) | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Boy Scouts of America | Mississippi Freedom Schools | Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Mississippi | African Americans -- Segregation | Segregation in higher education | Race Relations -- History | White Citizens councils -- Mississippi | Sharecropping | Traditional farming | African Americans in radio broadcasting | Cotton gins and ginning | African Americans -- In aeronautics | World War, 1939-1945 | Mendenhall (Miss.) | Gulf Coast (Miss.) | Holly Springs (Miss.) | Tupelo (Miss.) | Adams County (Miss.) | Jackson (Miss.) | Mound Bayou (Miss.) | Indianola (Miss.) | Ripley (Miss.) | McComb (Miss.) | Port Gibson (Miss.) | Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Contents:
#39: Violence and nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement -- #40: Spread of the Ku Klux Klan -- #43: Oseola McCarty of Hattiesburg -- #47: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi -- #52: Cooperative farming -- #59: Ritual and symbols in the Ku Klux Klan -- #67: John C. Robinson, pioneer aviator -- #82: Medgar Evers -- #108: Mound Bayou -- #129: the Council of Federated Organizations -- #130: Desegregation -- #131: duplicate of #108 -- #138: the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee -- #139: the White Citizens' Council -- #140: Head Start -- #167: Sharecropping and migration -- #168: the Strawberry Fields community of Holly Springs -- #193: Clyde Kennard and Vernon Dahmer -- #194: Integrating the University of Southern Mississippi -- #195: Idalia Hollaway, farmer -- #196: Palmer Foster, boy scout leader -- #197: Freedom Schools -- #198: F. L. Speights, teacher -- #203: Sharecropping -- #209: Paul Leonard, railroad worker -- #214: Ethel Patton D'Anjou and family history -- #215: James Gray and cotton ginning -- #233: Earnest Batiste and opportunity -- #234: the Gulf Coast Wade-In, part 1 -- #235: the Gulf Coast Wade-In, part 2 -- #247: Segregation in the armed forces -- #257: Reverend John M. Perkins -- #258: Bootlegging -- #262: Race relations -- #266: Jobie Martin, pioneer broadcaster -- #267: Jobie Martin and sports.
Scope and content: Thirty-six segments of Mississippi Moments, a four-and-a-half-minute program broadcast weekly on Mississippi Public Broadcasting that utilizes oral histories collected by the Center for Oral History at the University of Southern Mississippi. The segments on this disk all pertain to the Civil Rights Movement. Notable interviewees on these segments include Aaron Henry (#39, 82, 129); Edward L. McDaniel, former Grand Dragon of the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan (#40, 59); Fannie Lou Hamer (#52, 138); Charles Evers (#82); Claude Ramsey, former president of the Mississippi AFL-CIO (#82); Unita Blackwell (#138); William J. Simmons, founding member of the White Citizens' Council (#139); Erle Johnston Jr., head of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1963-1968 (#139); and Raylawni Branch (#193, 194).
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
CDs and DVDs Archival Reading Room Disk 0158 Available 117701

The disk will automatically play Mississippi Moments #108. To hear other segments on the disk, patrons must open the disk in Windows Explorer to view the contents and play files.

#39: Violence and nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement -- #40: Spread of the Ku Klux Klan -- #43: Oseola McCarty of Hattiesburg -- #47: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi -- #52: Cooperative farming -- #59: Ritual and symbols in the Ku Klux Klan -- #67: John C. Robinson, pioneer aviator -- #82: Medgar Evers -- #108: Mound Bayou -- #129: the Council of Federated Organizations -- #130: Desegregation -- #131: duplicate of #108 -- #138: the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee -- #139: the White Citizens' Council -- #140: Head Start -- #167: Sharecropping and migration -- #168: the Strawberry Fields community of Holly Springs -- #193: Clyde Kennard and Vernon Dahmer -- #194: Integrating the University of Southern Mississippi -- #195: Idalia Hollaway, farmer -- #196: Palmer Foster, boy scout leader -- #197: Freedom Schools -- #198: F. L. Speights, teacher -- #203: Sharecropping -- #209: Paul Leonard, railroad worker -- #214: Ethel Patton D'Anjou and family history -- #215: James Gray and cotton ginning -- #233: Earnest Batiste and opportunity -- #234: the Gulf Coast Wade-In, part 1 -- #235: the Gulf Coast Wade-In, part 2 -- #247: Segregation in the armed forces -- #257: Reverend John M. Perkins -- #258: Bootlegging -- #262: Race relations -- #266: Jobie Martin, pioneer broadcaster -- #267: Jobie Martin and sports.

Thirty-six segments of Mississippi Moments, a four-and-a-half-minute program broadcast weekly on Mississippi Public Broadcasting that utilizes oral histories collected by the Center for Oral History at the University of Southern Mississippi. The segments on this disk all pertain to the Civil Rights Movement. Notable interviewees on these segments include Aaron Henry (#39, 82, 129); Edward L. McDaniel, former Grand Dragon of the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan (#40, 59); Fannie Lou Hamer (#52, 138); Charles Evers (#82); Claude Ramsey, former president of the Mississippi AFL-CIO (#82); Unita Blackwell (#138); William J. Simmons, founding member of the White Citizens' Council (#139); Erle Johnston Jr., head of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1963-1968 (#139); and Raylawni Branch (#193, 194).