Phillips, Mamie Lee
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Mamie Lee Phillips was born in Pinola, Mississippi, in 1914. She moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1940 and joined the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She married Charles H. Phillips, who was also active in the NAACP, in 1947. Together they participated in community projects and demonstrations, taught government courses, and fed and housed civil rights workers in Hattiesburg.
From the description of Phillips (Mamie L.) civil rights memoir, 1998. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 56016760
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- African Americans
- Civil rights workers
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- Mississippi (as recorded)
