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Oral history.; Transcript of interview with Henry Peacock conducted on April 2, 2000. Henry Peacock was born in Holcomb, Missisippi in 1949 on the Shaw Plantation where his father was a sharecropper. He went to school in Grenada when he was not working on the farm. In 1965 he witnessed a group of activists entering Grenada, which motivated him to get involved with activities in support of civil rights. Peacock became a group leader working to integrate Grenada businesses such as the Chicken Inn.

Oral history.; Interview with Henry Peacock conducted on April 2, 2000. Henry Peacock was born in Holcomb, Mississippi in 1949 on the Shaw Plantation where his father was a sharecropper. He went to school in Grenada when he was not working on the farm. In 1965 he witnessed a group of activists entering Grenada, which motivated him to get involved with activities in support of civil rights. Peacock became a group leader working to integrate Grenada businesses such as the Chicken Inn.

Oral history.; Interview with Henry Peacock conducted on April 2, 2000. Henry Peacock was born in Holcomb, Mississippi in 1949 on the Shaw Plantation where his father was a sharecropper. He went to school in Grenada when he was not working on the farm. In 1965 he witnessed a group of activists entering Grenada, which motivated him to get involved with activities in support of civil rights. Peacock became a group leader working to integrate Grenada businesses such as the Chicken Inn.

Oral history.; Interview with Henry Peacock conducted on April 2, 2000. Henry Peacock was born in Holcomb, Missisippi in 1949 on the Shaw Plantation where his father was a sharecropper. He went to school in Grenada when he was not working on the farm. In 1965 he witnessed a group of activists entering Grenada, which motivated him to get involved with activities in support of civil rights. Peacock became a group leader working to integrate Grenada businesses such as the Chicken Inn.

Oral history.; Interview conducted April 2, 2000 in Grenada, Mississippi. Rosie Washington was born in 1949, in Grenada, Mississippi. When Dr. Martin Luther King came to Grenada in 1966, Ms. Washington met him and began her involvement with the civil rights movement. Many of the civil rights volunteers were hosted by Ms. Washington's parents, and lived in their home. Ms. Washington and six of her siblings were among the first African American students to desegregate Grenada public schools. Picketing in Grenada when she was sixteen years old, Ms. Washington, among other demonstrators, was loaded onto a cattle truck and taken to Parchman Penitentiary where she was held for five days. Currently Ms. Washington is a police officer.

Oral history.; Transcript of a collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom Schools, public libraries, and Head Start. Additionally, police, FBI and community response, both black and white, to their activities are recounted, including the dangers and fears they confronted, and their jail experiences. The interviews contain references to many of the people who played significant roles in the civil rights movement, and to many groups and organizations.

Oral history.; Transcript of interview conducted April 2, 2000 in Grenada, Mississippi. Rosie Washington was born in 1949, in Grenada, Mississippi. When Dr. Martin Luther King came to Grenada in 1966, Ms. Washington met him and began her involvement with the civil rights movement. Many of the civil rights volunteers were hosted by Ms. WashingtonΓÇÖs parents, and lived in their home. Ms. Washington and six of her siblings were among the first African American students to desegregate Grenada public schools. Picketing in Grenada when she was sixteen years old, Ms. Washington, among other demonstrators, was loaded onto a cattle truck and taken to Parchman Penitentiary where she was held for five days. Currently Ms. Washington is a police officer.

Oral history.; A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom Schools, public libraries, and Head Start. Additionally, police, FBI and community response, both black and white, to their activities are recounted, including the dangers and fears they confronted, and their jail experiences. The interviews contain references to many of the people who played significant roles in the civil rights movement, and to many groups and organizations.

Oral history.; A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom Schools, public libraries, and Head Start. Additionally, police, FBI and community response, both black and white, to their activities are recounted, including the dangers and fears they confronted, and their jail experiences. The interviews contain references to many of the people who played significant roles in the civil rights movement, and to many groups and organizations.

Oral history.; A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom Schools, public libraries, and Head Start. Additionally, police, FBI and community response, both black and white, to their activities are recounted, including the dangers and fears they confronted, and their jail experiences. The interviews contain references to many of the people who played significant roles in the civil rights movement, and to many groups and organizations.