An oral history with Daisy Harris Wade, 2000. c2002.

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An oral history with Daisy Harris Wade, 2000. c2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50033306

Discusses Mrs. Wade's involvement in the civil rights movement in Mississippi during the 1960s and 1970s. Describes the participation in and opposition to the demonstrations by various Hattiesburg and Palmer's Crossing residents. Focuses on boycotts of area businesses that refused to serve or hire African Americans and on picketing protests outside the court house for denial of voting rights.

86 p. ; 28 cm.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7617488

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

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