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Mississippi Humanities Council
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Jackson
State University
Margaret Walker Alexander
National African American Research Center
Ayer Hall
| Mailing
Address: |
Box 17008
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS 39217 |
| Contact
person/title: |
Dr. Alferdteen Harrison,
director or Patricia Gallion, archivist |
| Telephone: |
601-968-2055 or 601-968-2735 |
| Fax
number: |
601-974-5929 |
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| Web
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| Hours: |
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-Noon
and 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
| Restrictions: |
In the fall of 1997, the
center was in the process of moving its collection
to renovated quarters and was closed until moving
was completed. Because the collection was temporarily
closed, no on-site compilation of material was possible.
Bibliography researchers relied on Center staff to
provide all information about the collection. To use
the collection, researchers must call and make an
appointment. |
| Services: |
The staff will photocopy
unrestricted transcripts and documents. Inquire about
fees. |
Collections/Interviews:
1. General oral history
collection
Number of interviews: 351
Number of transcripts: Few have been transcribed
Number of tapes: Unknown
Year(s) interviews were conducted: 1974-1994
Year(s) covered in the interviews: Unknown
Principal interviewer(s): Alfredteen Harrison and JSU students
The Center director and Jackson State University students
have worked on adding interviews to the general oral history
collection for twenty years, from 1974 to 1994. To date, they
have recorded 351 interviews. The goal was to document almost
all facets of African-American life and history. Among the
topics covered are integration, black churches, the civil
rights movement, rural life, women's issues, black businesses,
and the history of Jackson State University. Many of the student
interviews were conducted as assignments for oral history
classes. Very few of the interviews have been transcribed.
Below are listed 73 interviews directly relating to the civil
rights movement in Mississippi.
2. "A Neighborhood
Discovery:" Farish Street District
Number of interviews: 72
Number of iranscripts: 72
Number of iapes: Unknown
Year(s) interviews were conducted: 1974-1982
Year(s) covered in the interviews: Unknown
Principal interviewer(s): Alfredteen Harrison, Cheryl Payne,
and Ernest Luckett
This project was funded by a grant from the National Endownment
for the Humanities to Jackson State University in cooperation
with the Jackson YWCA and the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History. The 72 interviews recorded are with residents
and business people of Jackson's Farish Street Historic District.
All of the interviews were taped between 1974 and 1982 and
all have transcripts. The principal interviewers for the project
were Alfredteen Harrison, Cheryl Payne, and Ernest Luckett.
While the focus on the project was not the civil rights movement,
topics pertinent to this bibliography include integration,
James Meredith's attempt to enroll at the University of Mississippi,
the Freedom Riders, voter registration, and the role of black
churches in the civil rights movement. Some of the people
interviewed for this collection include R. Jess Brown, Sam
Bailey, Lillie Bell Jones, and Josephine Tibbs. Some of the
same people interviewed for the Recollections of the Civil
Rights Movement collection were interviewed for this project
as well. The descriptions of the 12 interviews listed below
reported discussion topics relating to the civil rights movement
in Mississippi.
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