An oral history with Fred L. Banks Jr., 1998 March 5. c1998.

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An oral history with Fred L. Banks Jr., 1998 March 5. c1998.

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Discusses Banks' education in Jackson, his activities during law school, his work as an African-American lawyer in the South, freedom-of-choice desegregation in Mississippi, important civil rights cases in Mississippi, the Voting Rights Act, his work in the state legislation, and his campaign for the Mississippi Supreme Court.

29 p. ; 28 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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