MS. Manuscript Collections
Classification
Collection number: MS
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Civil Rights Papers
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-134
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to civil rights, dating from 1893 to 1962. The subjects covered include: civil rights, segregation, integration, the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party. These materials are also available as scanned images through v-text: Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users...
Dates:
1893 - 1962
Margaret Leonard / Long Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-126
Scope and Contents
Margaret (Sissy) Leonard and her family have a strong legacy in journalism and activism throughout the 20th century. The tradition started with her grandfather, George Long, who courageously criticized the Ku Klux Klan in his editorials for the Macon Telegraph in the early 1900s. Margaret's mother, Margaret Long, was a progressive journalist who worked at several newspapers in the southern United States. She managed to raise two children mostly on her own while also writing two published...
Dates:
1900 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
Sibley Report
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-168
Scope and Contents
In 1960 the Georgia Assembly set up a committee on schools, ordered it to hold hearings throughout Georgia and find out how people felt about the future of their schools. The main topic was how Georgia should handle court ordered integration. The commission heard 1800 people (1600 whites and 200 Negroes[sic])and issued two separate reports. While both reports agreed that education was better served by separation of the races, there were different ways to react to forced integration. This...
Dates:
1960
The Black Panther Newspaper
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-163
Scope and Contents
Includes issues from 1969-1972. It does not include every issue printed during the time.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery or other forms of objectionable content. Such materials document the past and should be viewed within the context of...
Dates:
1969-1972
The Southern Patriot
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-124
Scope and Contents
The Southern Patriot was a progressive southern newspaper that ran from 1942-1976? out of South Carolina. The newspaper supported and advocated desegregation before and after the Civil Rights Movement. It covered groups like the militant-leaning Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in a favorable light. It covered the youth movements, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience surrounding the Civil Rights Movement and inspired activists in their endeavors.The Southern...
Dates:
1965 - 1976