These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Meredith, James, 1933-; Mississippi -- Race relations; African Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--20th century
Article written by an African-American native of Mississippi residing in Buffalo, N.Y., detailing the poor quality of life among New York's African-American population and imploring members of the community, including James Meredith, to take action...
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi; Mississippi Freedom Schools
Article about the arrest of three white and three African-American civil rights workers, and the confiscation of the books they were attempting to transport to African-American "Freedom Schools"