Connor (Peggy Jean) papers, [196-]-2001.

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Connor (Peggy Jean) papers, [196-]-2001.

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The Peggy Jean Connor papers contain 2 newspaper articles, a memoir of the civil rights movement in Mississippi written by herself, a school report by her grandson, and an undergraduate thesis concerning reapportionment in the Mississippi legislature.

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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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