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Director - personal, July 1, 1964

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@ Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African Americans
  3. Boycotts
  4. Canton
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Civil Rights Workers
  8. Economic Conditions
  9. Economics
  10. Federal Aid To Public Welfare
  11. Federal Government
  12. Government
  13. Governors
  14. History
  15. Legislation
  16. Mississippi
  17. Mississippi League Of Women Voters
  18. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
  19. Officials And Employees
  20. Race Relations
  21. Segregation
  22. Tate County
  23. United States
  24. Women

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