Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of an African American minister walking away from a church with an African American woman -- his Bible is left on the road; photo inset of singer Rae Samuels
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a Caucasian woman telling a story to an African American girl; the drawing is lined with jack-o-lanterns; description reads: ""Supplement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday, June 10, 1900""
Meredith, James, 1933-; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; University of Mississippi -- History; Miles, William T.; Photojournalism; Mississippi -- History;
Miles' description: At first we thought Johnson had been Barnett�s back up and the story was given that Ross couldn�t make it in time to refuse Meredith�s admission to Ole Miss. A friend of mine who had a drug store in Calhoun City said that...
Meredith, James, 1933-; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; University of Mississippi -- History; Miles, William T.; Photojournalism; Mississippi -- History;
Miles' description: At first we thought Johnson had been Barnett�s back up and the story was given that Ross couldn�t make it in time to refuse Meredith�s admission to Ole Miss. A friend of mine who had a drug store in Calhoun City said that...
Meredith, James, 1933-; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; University of Mississippi -- History; Miles, William T.; Photojournalism; Mississippi -- History;
Miles' description: It started friendly enough with a handshake between Lt. Gov. Johnson and Chief U. S. Marshall James McShane. The next year the J. P. Coleman campaign used this picture in an ad saying, "Tell the whole truth, Paul." Another photo...
In 1947, using his own Presto disc recording machine, Alan Lomax recorded bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958), Memphis Slim (1915-1988), and Sonny Boy Williamson (1914-1948) at Decca Studios in New York City, after they had given a concert at...
In 1947, using his own Presto disc recording machine, Alan Lomax recorded bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958), Memphis Slim (1915-1988), and Sonny Boy Williamson (1914-1948) at Decca Studios in New York City, after they had given a concert at...
The Lomaxes, and other collectors of their time and also decades later, found some of the most powerful vernacular music of the American South in the region's oppressive and violent prison system. The songs they found there, John and Alan Lomax...