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.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The pages were numbered by the curator in brackets at the top and bottom of each page.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The Civil Rights and Methodism (Jackson, Miss.) Collection was scanned by Lilly Endowment grant-funded staff under the supervision of MDAH staff in 2024-2025, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The collection was saved as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFF files at 300 pixels per inch.
Conversion: TIFF files were converted to JPEG tile sets for Internet access in 2025.
Rights Management
The electronic files in the Civil Rights and Methodism (Jackson, Miss.) Collection are intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Any use beyond that prescribed by Fair Use requires the permission of the copyright owners.
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Civil Rights and Methodism (Jackson, Miss.) Collection (Z/1957), Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Copy Availability
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