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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

1918 Murder and Lynching that Followed - Fact or Fiction, 1918, September 2021

 Item
Collection number: CA-009-001-001
Scope and Contents 1 digitized notebook binder containing Edmonson, Stephen W. "1918 Murder and Lynching that Followed - Fact or Fiction," September 2021 from the Brooks County Museum. Includes essay "The Murder of C. Hampton Smith, May 1918 And Lynchings Following It," A letter from Stephen W. Edmondson to Sheila Selph, dated August 24, 2021, and newspaper clippings.Master copy of file contains critically annotated article by Christopher C. Myers, "Killing Them by the Wholesale: A Lynching Rampage...
Dates: Event: 1918; September 2021

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

MS134-0017 Behind the Lynching of Emmet Louis Till, 1955

 Book — Box 1, Book: 17
Collection number: MS/134-017
Scope and Contents

This is a fiery pamphlet regarding human rights abuses against African-Americans in the South. The pamphlet is not just about Emmet Till, whose murder helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, but about violence against blacks throughout the South. The Auhtor was a civil rights activist who was the editor of Freedom, the newspaper founded by Paul Robeson. Compelling pamphlet from the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. - description by seller Author: Louis E. Burnham

Dates: 1955

Video 7: AAS 2001 Lecture Series # 2: The Story of Mary Turner: Neglected but Not Forgotten. 2001/02/08.

 Video Cassette — Box 5, video_cassette: 7
Collection number: 7
Scope and Contents

Dr. Julie Armstrong presents her research on Mary Turner. People in video: Hardin, Shirley; Hires, John; Brown, Louis, Armstrong, Julie. 3 copies.

Dates: 1995 - 2005