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Oral history.; Interview with Estell Harvey conducted on March 4, 2000. Sally Louie (Estell) Harvey was born in 1946 in Howell, Mississippi near Lexington. She grew up working on the family farm with her parents and siblings. Her parents participated in mass meetings to organize voter registration. She spent 33 years in Chicago before returning to Mississippi..

Oral history.; Dr. Leo Orris was born in 1916 in Arlington, Massachussetts. He studied public health and medicine, and after serving in the United States Army during and after World War II, he and his wife Trudy were active in advocating for civil rights. They worked in New York to support civil rights advocacy in Mississippi, and they also spent time in Mississippi, treating patients and educating the black population on infectious diseases.

Oral history.; Interview with Lee Willie Miller conducted on July 29, 1999. Lee Willie Miller was born in 1917 in Stampley, Mississippi on a 220-acre plantation owned by her father. After her father died, she moved to Jackson in 1930 and then to Vicksburg in 1940 where she married and settled. She worked at the YMCA in catering and joined the NAACP in 1950. Miller traveled around the country to attend NAACP National Conventions in Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago and was active at home in Mississippi working for African American civil rights.

Oral History.; Interview conducted on January 6, 1999 with Hobert Kornegay. Kornegay was born in 1923 in Meridian, Mississippi. He graduated from Morehouse College and earned his dental degree from Meharry Medical College in 1948. Kornegay served in the Dental Corps in Germany during World War II. He was elected to Meridian City Council in 1977, and also served as County Supervisor for Lauderdale County in 1985 as well as other civic leadership positions. He was active the civil rights movement in Meridian.

Oral history.; Transcript of interview with Otha Burton conducted on July 9, 1999. Otha Burton was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1950. He received his B.A. and M.A.T. degrees from Jackson State University, and a Ph.D. from Mississippi State in 1997. He took part in civil rights activism in Vicksburg to press for integration of schools and businesses. He discusses race relations in Vicksburg in the twentieth century and the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the city. He includes Vicksburg's Freedom Summer, the role of leaders, like Eddie McBride and Medgar Evers, and the importance of the Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal.

Oral history.; Dr. Leo Orris was born in 1916 in Arlington, Massachussetts. He studied public health and medicine, and after serving in the United States Army during and after World War II, he and his wife Trudy were active in advocating for civil rights. They worked in New York to support civil rights advocacy in Mississippi, and they also spent time in Mississippi, treating patients and educating the black population on infectious diseases.

Oral history.; Interview with Lee Willie Miller conducted on July 29, 1999. Lee Willie Miller was born in 1917 in Stampley, Mississippi on a 220-acre plantation owned by her father. After her father died, she moved to Jackson in 1930 and then to Vicksburg in 1940 where she married and settled. She worked at the YMCA in catering and joined the NAACP in 1950. Miller traveled around the country to attend NAACP National Conventions in Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago and was active at home in Mississippi working for African American civil rights.

Oral history.; Douglas Tuchman was born in New York City in 1940. He was a student at Hunter College 1957-1960 when he joined the civil rights movement. He was involved in campus activism, and later became a teacher. The teacher's union asked for volunteers to go to Mississippi in 1964 and Tuchman took part teaching in the Freedom School housed in the Mount Zion Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Bennie Gooden. As one of the founding members of the Southern Education Recreation Association (SERA), Mr. Gooden wrote the grant proposal to fund Coahoma County's first Head Start program in 1964. He then served as project director for Head Start. Later, he expanded his efforts to aid adults by helping establish Coahoma Opportunities, Inc., the county's first community action agency.

Oral history.; Interview with Matt Suarez conducted March 26-30, 2000. Matt Suarez was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1938. After a period of service in the U.S. Navy, Suarez returned to New Orleans to participate in the civil rights movement. He met Oretha Castle who got him involved with the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and came to Mississippi with other activists to continue organizing in the early 1960s. Suarez now runs the Rainbow Child Development Center in New Orleans which has been open for 25 years.

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 conducted November 6, 2006 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at the Williams residence. Iola Williams was an activist in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Williams discusses her family's genealogical record, the establishment of Kelly Settlement where she lived, and the Mobile/Bouie downtown Hattiesburg community. Additionally, Williams talks about growing up in Hattiesburg, the state of education, and the role of the church within the black community.

Oral history.; Doug Smith was born in 1946, and spent his early life in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His participation in the Civil Rights Movement first began when his classmate, Robert Plumber, approached him about canvassing and voter registration. Shortly after, Smith joined the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and served as the field secretary for Forrest County. In 1963, he attended the March on Washington, and he attributes this to the beginning of his activist mentality. In the year after, Smith travelled to Atlantic City with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party (MFDP) as they challenged the all white delegation at the National Convention. At the age of 16, Smith was involved in HattiesburgΓÇÖs mock election, and he played an important part in organizing the Freedom Day, just before Freedom Summer. When he was 21 years old, Smith was drafted for the Vietnam War and remained in the military for 22 years. Smith played a crucial part in the desegregation of Hattiesburg.

Oral history.; Wendell "Wendy" Paris was born in 1945 in Labuco, Alabama, a mining camp town outside of Birmingham. The son of college-educated parents, he attended the Tuskegee Institute and studied agriculture. He became active in civil rights work at Tuskegee and continued these efforts in Alabama and Mississippi through organizing Farming Cooperatives, voter registration, pushing for Head Start programs and child care.

Oral history.; Barbara Shaum, the daughter of two attorneys, moved from rural Pennsylvania to New York City. She attended several post-secondary educational institutions, and she married twice. She is an artist, particularly talented in sewing and crafting leather. In 1965 she went to Mississippi and taught leatherworking to African American civil rights activists as well as helping them market the bags and belts they made.