Citizens' Council/Civil Rights Collection, 1954-1977.

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Citizens' Council/Civil Rights Collection, 1954-1977.

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Materials collected by Neil R. McMillen, reflecting principles, activities, and personalities of the Citizens' Council, the Ku Klux Klan, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and other civil rights groups. These materials were a research source for McMillen's dissertation and his later publication on the Citizens' Council.

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University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6930891

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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