Civil Rights and Methodism (Jackson, Miss.) Collection Z/1957
The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and news clippings concerning integration, particularly within the United Methodist Church in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. It covers multiple events in the church from 1954 to 1964. The bulk of documents are from 1960 to 1964 and feature materials about Tougaloo faculty and students not being allowed into Millsaps College events or Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church Sunday services. The papers also include reactions of church members to the twenty-eight Methodist ministers signing a resolution in favor of integration.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThe collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and news clippings concerning integration, particularly within the United Methodist Church in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. It covers multiple events in the church from 1954 to 1964. The bulk of documents are from 1960 to 1964 and feature materials about Tougaloo faculty and students not being allowed into Millsaps College events or Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church Sunday services. The papers also include reactions of church members to the twenty-eight Methodist ministers signing a resolution in favor of integration.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
