An oral history with Mr. Fred Clark Sr., 1994 June 10. 1995.

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An oral history with Mr. Fred Clark Sr., 1994 June 10. 1995.

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Discusses the following topics: Mississippi; civil rights; Fred Clark; Carsie Hall; civil rights lawyers; Diane Nash; Emmett Till; Fannie Lou Hamer; Freedom Riders/Freedom Rides; Jack Young; Jackson, Miss.; Jackson State University; James Bevel; James Meredith; Jimmy Travis; John F. Kennedy; Ku Klux Klan; lynchings; Martin Luther King Jr.; Medgar Evers; Mississippi Delta; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission; NAACP; Percy Greene; Philadelphia, Miss.; R. Jess Brown; Robert F. Kennedy; role of music in the civil rights movement; Sidney Tharp; school integration; Stokely Carmichael; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Tougaloo College; University of Mississippi; White Citizens' Council.

63 leaves ; 29 cm.

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

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

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