Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

Description

Copies of newspaper articles collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission on the November 1965 conviction of a white man for raping an African American woman. The articles come from newspapers around the country and highlight the fact that it was the first time a jury had convicted a white man of raping an African American.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.

Record Contributed By

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia