suffered himself and just didn’t see no light or no hope at the end of the tunnel.”
SELECTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SOVEREIGNTY COMMISSION
Pamphlet
Checks to informants
Suspect list
Agent report
Propaganda
Maps of grave site of civil rights workers
Pamphlet opposing civil rights reform in Washington
Commission checks to compensate black collaborators for services rendered
Extensive lists of license plate numbers of suspected NAACP members
Memo alerting the Commission of an integrated chiropractor class
Pamphlet designed to show how the state provided quality segregated schools for black children
Hand-drawn map supplied by Commission agent Andy Hopkins depicting the site where FBI agents discovered the bodies of three civil rights workers. The sketch indicates that the bodies were discovered 14 feet deep in an earthen dam.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Many of the sources for this book include specific investigative reports from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (MSSC). Specific citations are listed below. Maintained by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), many of the reports can be accessed online at http://mdah.state.ms.us/.
“Aaron Henry Case Reflects Mississippi Racial Conflict,” Daily Corinthian (Corinth, MS), October 8, 1964.
“Appeal Lost by Kennard,” Jackson Democrat . October 9, 1961. SCR ID# 10-28-0-15-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
Agent X Reports: February 23, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-9-1-1-1; March 24, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-27-1-1-1; May 14, SCR ID # 9-31-1-29-1-1-1; 1964, June 9, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-70-1-1-1; June 16, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-74-1-1-1; June 16, 17, 18, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-73-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
Barnett, Ross. Inaugural Address, Journal of Mississippi House of Representatives, 1960 , regular session. MDAH.
Barnett, Ross. Television address to State of Mississippi, Sept 13, 1962. American Radio Works: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/barnettspeech.html.
Bolden, R. L. Personal interview, Jackson, MS, March 2009. Conducted by Rick Bowers.
“Box Score of Freedom Riders Arrests and Convictions.” Jackson Daily News . July 7, 1961.
Brady, Thomas Pickens. Black Monday. 2nd ed. Winona, WI: Association of Citizens’ Councils of Mississippi, 1955.
“Judge Tosses Out 1960 Conviction: Students Work to Clear Man’s Name,” Chicago Tribune . May 18, 2006.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352). Passed July 2, 1964.
Civil Rights in Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi Digital Archive. McCain Library and Archives. http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/spcol/crda/.
Clark, Fred. Oral history interview June 10, 1994. University of Southern Mississippi, USM Digital Archive. http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/spcol/crda/oh/index.html.
“Clyde Kennard Dies in Chicago Hospital,” Jackson Daily News . July 5, 1963.
Cobb, James C. The Most Southern Place on Earth – The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Coleman, Gov. J. P. James P. Coleman Papers, Journal of the House of Representatives, 1956, regular session. MDAH.
Crespino, Joseph. In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
DeCell, Hal. MSSC. 6 January 1958. SCR ID # 9-0-0-40-1-1-1, SCR ID# 1-16-1-1-1-1-1 to 1-16-1-18-1-1-1. MDAH Digital Archives.
Delaughter, Bobby. Never Too Late: A Prosecutor’s Story of Justice in the Medgar Evers Case. New York: Scribner, 2001.
Dittmer, John. Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Downing, Virgil. MSSC Investigator. February 14, 1961, SCR ID# 1-67-1-2-1-1-1; February 26, 1964, SCR ID# 2-112-1-36-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
“Elections: Mississippi Mud,” Time , September 7, 1959.
SELECTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SOVEREIGNTY COMMISSION
Pamphlet
Checks to informants
Suspect list
Agent report
Propaganda
Maps of grave site of civil rights workers
Pamphlet opposing civil rights reform in Washington
Commission checks to compensate black collaborators for services rendered
Extensive lists of license plate numbers of suspected NAACP members
Memo alerting the Commission of an integrated chiropractor class
Pamphlet designed to show how the state provided quality segregated schools for black children
Hand-drawn map supplied by Commission agent Andy Hopkins depicting the site where FBI agents discovered the bodies of three civil rights workers. The sketch indicates that the bodies were discovered 14 feet deep in an earthen dam.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Many of the sources for this book include specific investigative reports from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (MSSC). Specific citations are listed below. Maintained by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), many of the reports can be accessed online at http://mdah.state.ms.us/.
“Aaron Henry Case Reflects Mississippi Racial Conflict,” Daily Corinthian (Corinth, MS), October 8, 1964.
“Appeal Lost by Kennard,” Jackson Democrat . October 9, 1961. SCR ID# 10-28-0-15-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
Agent X Reports: February 23, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-9-1-1-1; March 24, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-27-1-1-1; May 14, SCR ID # 9-31-1-29-1-1-1; 1964, June 9, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-70-1-1-1; June 16, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-74-1-1-1; June 16, 17, 18, 1964, SCR ID # 9-31-1-73-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
Barnett, Ross. Inaugural Address, Journal of Mississippi House of Representatives, 1960 , regular session. MDAH.
Barnett, Ross. Television address to State of Mississippi, Sept 13, 1962. American Radio Works: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/barnettspeech.html.
Bolden, R. L. Personal interview, Jackson, MS, March 2009. Conducted by Rick Bowers.
“Box Score of Freedom Riders Arrests and Convictions.” Jackson Daily News . July 7, 1961.
Brady, Thomas Pickens. Black Monday. 2nd ed. Winona, WI: Association of Citizens’ Councils of Mississippi, 1955.
“Judge Tosses Out 1960 Conviction: Students Work to Clear Man’s Name,” Chicago Tribune . May 18, 2006.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352). Passed July 2, 1964.
Civil Rights in Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi Digital Archive. McCain Library and Archives. http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/spcol/crda/.
Clark, Fred. Oral history interview June 10, 1994. University of Southern Mississippi, USM Digital Archive. http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/spcol/crda/oh/index.html.
“Clyde Kennard Dies in Chicago Hospital,” Jackson Daily News . July 5, 1963.
Cobb, James C. The Most Southern Place on Earth – The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Coleman, Gov. J. P. James P. Coleman Papers, Journal of the House of Representatives, 1956, regular session. MDAH.
Crespino, Joseph. In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
DeCell, Hal. MSSC. 6 January 1958. SCR ID # 9-0-0-40-1-1-1, SCR ID# 1-16-1-1-1-1-1 to 1-16-1-18-1-1-1. MDAH Digital Archives.
Delaughter, Bobby. Never Too Late: A Prosecutor’s Story of Justice in the Medgar Evers Case. New York: Scribner, 2001.
Dittmer, John. Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Downing, Virgil. MSSC Investigator. February 14, 1961, SCR ID# 1-67-1-2-1-1-1; February 26, 1964, SCR ID# 2-112-1-36-1-1-1. MDAH. Digital Archives.
“Elections: Mississippi Mud,” Time , September 7, 1959.
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