African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

Scope and Content Correspondence, speeches, notes, organizational materials, publications, newspaper clippings and other materials created and collected by Dora Adams (1912-1990), a community activist from West Point, Mississippi. Dora Adams was interested in civil rights, political issues, and the welfare and safety of the citizens of West Point, Mississippi, and other areas. Dora Adams was the coordinator of the Clay County Welfare Rights Organization. The Adams papers bulk with national, state and local...

Scope and Contents The collection is organized into eight series which represent the original accession received between 1967 and 1970 and the subsequent seven additions received between 1971 and 1996. The numbering of the boxes in the first series includes a roman numeral to denote the original box numbering of this series. The organization of the folders within the series—mostly alphabetical—and the folder titles are substantially those of Mr. Cox. Folders have been divided where the contents were excessive....

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Minutes, bylaws, memoranda, reports, grant proposals, and printed matter concerning the Board of Directors of the Child Development Group of Mississippi and its successor organization, the Inter-Area Council of the Community Education Extension of Mary Holmes College. The organizations administered Head Start Programs funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity.

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Printed material concerning mostly civil disobedience in the U.S. during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Among the items in the collection are a pamphlet entitled “The Plot Against Black America” and Combat: The Newsletter that keeps you informed about the revolutionary struggle in America today.

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Concerns the civil rights movement in Mississippi from 1920-1971. Includes handbills, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, speeches, newsletters, and newspaper clippings.

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Collection of Frank Smith (1918-1997) includes the following: material pertaining to Mr. Smith's work with TVA; material accumulated as a result of his service on the Southern Regional Council; and materials for the five volume series he edited, Conservation in the U.S.: A Documentary History.

Scope and Content Letters, clippings, pamphlets, certificates, artifact and other materials concerning Smith (1914-1994). The bulk of Smith's papers were destroyed in a fire at the Lexington Advertiser. Smith was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1935 with a B.A. in Journalism. In that year she came to Mississippi and purchased the Durant News. By 1943, that paper was successful enough to allow Smith to purchase the Lexington Advertiser, which she edited and published...

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Newspapers covering 1955 desegregation attempt at University of Alabama.