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From Record Group 9. A web archive of https://www.usm.edu/katrina-anniversary. The Katrina Anniversary Website documents stories and experiences from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in Mississippi.

From the University of Southern Mississippi Yearbooks Collection. Annual issued by the students of the University of Southern Mississippi in 2005.

Oral history.; Transcript of interview conducted August 27, 2005. Charles Lorenzo Davis is a native of Hattiesburg. Davis participated in civil rights era activism inspired by a visit from Medgar Evers to his church. He discusses the role of the church in the black community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Davis touches on events related to civil rights activism, and the history of Mobile Street in Hattiesburg.

Oral history.; Interview conducted August 27, 2005. Charles Lorenzo Davis is a native of Hattiesburg. Davis participated in civil rights era activism inspired by a visit from Medgar Evers to his church. He discusses the role of the church in the black community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Davis touches on events related to civil rights activism, and the history of Mobile Street in Hattiesburg.

Oral history.; Interview conducted August 27, 2005. Charles Lorenzo Davis is a native of Hattiesburg. Davis participated in civil rights era activism inspired by a visit from Medgar Evers to his church. He discusses the role of the church in the black community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Davis touches on events related to civil rights activism, and the history of Mobile Street in Hattiesburg.

From the Frane Lessac Papers. An original watercolor illustration showing Café Du Monde, the Mississippi River, and New Orleans life.

From the Frane Lessac Papers. An original watercolor illustration showing the Delta Queen, the Greenville Bridge, and the Mississippi River.

Photograph of Brig. Gen. Jeff Hammond, a Southern Miss alumnus who served in Iraq. Featured in the Talon, vol. 59, no. 3 (Winter 2005) on page 34.

Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 10, 2005 with Emma West, a retired resident of Gulfport who describes surviving Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters and dealing with the day-to-day struggles of the storm's aftermath.

Oral history.; Interview conducted August 23, 2005 at the Alexander residence in Prentiss, Mississippi. Alexander was born on August 31, 1931 in Prentiss and attended high school and junior college at Prentiss Normal Industrial Institute. Before graduating in 1957, Alexander met and married Mary McSwain. He went on to obtain a bachelors degree from Jackson State University in 1961 and to engage in graduate study at other Mississippi institutions. In addition to his service in the Air Force Reserves, Alexander was employed as a sixth grade teacher at A.E. Perkins Elementary School in Biloxi, MS, as well as Howard Toole Elementary School both before and after integration.

Oral history.; Interview conducted August 23, 2005 at the Alexander residence in Prentiss, Mississippi. Alexander was born on August 31, 1931 in Prentiss and attended high school and junior college at Prentiss Normal Industrial Institute. Before graduating in 1957, Alexander met and married Mary McSwain. He went on to obtain a bachelors degree from Jackson State University in 1961 and to engage in graduate study at other Mississippi institutions. In addition to his service in the Air Force Reserves, Alexander was employed as a sixth grade teacher at A.E. Perkins Elementary School in Biloxi, MS, as well as Howard Toole Elementary School both before and after integration.

Oral history.; Interview conducted August 23, 2005 at the Alexander residence in Prentiss, Mississippi. Alexander was born on August 31, 1931 in Prentiss and attended high school and junior college at Prentiss Normal Industrial Institute. Before graduating in 1957, Alexander met and married Mary McSwain. He went on to obtain a bachelors degree from Jackson State University in 1961 and to engage in graduate study at other Mississippi institutions. In addition to his service in the Air Force Reserves, Alexander was employed as a sixth grade teacher at A.E. Perkins Elementary School in Biloxi, MS, as well as Howard Toole Elementary School both before and after integration.

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Color photograph of a portrait of Evelyn Gandy by Olan Mills.

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Color photograph of a portrait of Frances Gandy.

Oral history.; Interview conducted July 27, 2005. Victoria Webb Beck was born in Yazoo City, MS. This interview documents her career as a teacher faced with segregation and unequal rights. Ms. Beck taught at schools throughout Mississippi, in cities such as Picayune, Biloxi, Nichols, and Yazoo City. Much of the interview is devoted to her experiences as a teacher, with emphasis given to the differences in her work both pre and post-segregation. The interview concludes with details about her life after retirement and her family.