Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Description
Records collected by Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, between July 1964 and May 1966. The file contains memorandums and letters about the boycott in Canton, Mississippi, the organization and governance of the Sovereignty Commission, and plans for further programs; financial statements and legislation funding the commission; and articles related to the commission's work.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Record Contributed By
Mississippi Department of Archives and HistoryRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Boycotts
- Canton
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Economic Conditions
- Economics
- Federal Aid To Public Welfare
- Federal Government
- Government
- Governors
- History
- Legislation
- Mississippi
- Mississippi League Of Women Voters
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Officials And Employees
- Race Relations
- Segregation
- Tate County
- United States
- Women