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From the Oral History Collection. A poster of images taken by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner on May 8, 1969 at the Freedom Democratic Party Campaign Rally in the Holmes County Courthouse. Photos on poster feature Fannie Lou Hamer, Lawrence Guyot, Aaron Henry, and Rep. Robert G. Clark speaking. The poster was created in honor of the Fannie Lou Hamer Conference hosted September 11-12, 2003 at Mississippi Valley State University. The poster is signed by the creator.

From the Oral History Collection. A poster with a poem and photos taken by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner regarding Fannie Lou Hamer and her activism. The photos featured on the poster are from the May 1969 FDP election rally in Holmes County, Mississippi. The poem, also written by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner, was written in 1977. The poster is signed by the creator.

From the Oral History Collection. A poster created by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner regarding the 1969 Freedom Democratic Party Elections Rally at the Holmes County Courthouse. The poster is signed by the creator.

From the Oral History Collection. A printed article about the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center and another article about the oral history project.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Myrtle Brown was born in 1925, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She attended Thirty-third Avenue school. She was a very athletic child, playing sandlot baseball with the neighborhood boys. When she was in seventh grade, Ms. Brown was chosen to play on the high school basketball team; she was one of their star players. She left school in tenth grade to help support her family, first at Gulfport Laundry and later at Ryan Stevedores in the Port of Gulfport. Brown was one of the first women to work as a stevedore handling 100-pound bags of chemicals.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Bettye Brooks was born in 1938, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Brooks attended Thirty-third Avenue Elementary School and High School. As a junior Brooks attended Tougaloo Preparatory School, an accelerated learning program at Tougaloo College. She began her college training at Tougaloo College, and then transferred to Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from nursing school as an R.N. in September of 1963. In 1998 she retired from nursing.

Oral history.; Bettye Brooks was born in 1938, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Brooks attended Thirty-third Avenue Elementary School and High School. As a junior Brooks attended Tougaloo Preparatory School, an accelerated learning program at Tougaloo College. She began her college training at Tougaloo College, and then transferred to Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from nursing school as an R.N. in September of 1963. In 1998 she retired from nursing.

Oral history.; Bettye Brooks was born in 1938, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Brooks attended Thirty-third Avenue Elementary School and High School. As a junior Brooks attended Tougaloo Preparatory School, an accelerated learning program at Tougaloo College. She began her college training at Tougaloo College, and then transferred to Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from nursing school as an R.N. in September of 1963. In 1998 she retired from nursing.

Oral history.; Bettye Brooks was born in 1938, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Brooks attended Thirty-third Avenue Elementary School and High School. As a junior Brooks attended Tougaloo Preparatory School, an accelerated learning program at Tougaloo College. She began her college training at Tougaloo College, and then transferred to Gilfoy School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from nursing school as an R.N. in September of 1963. In 1998 she retired from nursing.

Oral history.; David Caldwell was born in Lavaca, Arkansas where he stayed and worked on his uncle's farm, and attended segregated schools. He dropped out of school and worked in a number of jobs, including for a furrier. Caldwell joined the military and served in Japan during and after World War II. He also served in Korea and Germany. After being discharged from the Army, he came to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where he first experienced racist intimidation. He became involved with the civil rights workers in Holly Springs during the summer of 1964.

Oral history.; David Caldwell was born in Lavaca, Arkansas where he stayed and worked on his uncle's farm, and attended segregated schools. He dropped out of school and worked in a number of jobs, including for a furrier. Caldwell joined the military and served in Japan during and after World War II. He also served in Korea and Germany. After being discharged from the Army, he came to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where he first experienced racist intimidation. He became involved with the civil rights workers in Holly Springs during the summer of 1964.