James W. Silver Collection

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Title:James W. Silver collection
Date:1928-1986
Description:

The James W. Silver Digital Collection contains news clippings and pamphlets that document the controversy surrounding Silver’s publicly-expressed support for ending segregation, particularly after the publication of Mississippi: The Closed Society. Also included is professional and personal correspondence between Silver and others—including prominent figures such as Albert Gore, Robert Kennedy, Alfred Knopf, Malcolm X, and Arthur Schlesinger—and 31 “Reports From Britain,” articles written by Silver while teaching at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on a variety of sociopolitical topics.

Types:StillImage | Sound | Text
Subjects:Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988 | Meredith, James, 1933- | Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 | Silver family--Correspondence | University of Mississippi | Mississippi | Mississippi--Race relations | Education, Higher--Mississippi | Mississippi--Social life and customs | College integration--Mississippi--Oxford | Southern Historical Association | Academic freedom | Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Oxford--History--20th century | Mississippi--Politics and government | Mississippi--Politics and government | Freedom of speech--Mississippi | United States, Mississippi, 32.9715645, -89.7348497 | United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, University, 34.3653695, -89.5350279 | United States, Washington, District of Columbia, 33.9943623, -81.0399646 | United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7642499, -73.954525 | United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3664127, -89.5187664 | United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.7490987, -84.3901849 | United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.2990384, -90.1847691 | United States, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Saint Paul, 44.9504037, -93.1015026 | United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.1490215, -90.0516285 | United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.4507462, -91.154551 | United States, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, 42.3750997, -71.1056157 | United Kingdom, England, London, 51.5073219, -0.1276474 | United States, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, 38.0464066, -84.4970393 | United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.1622296, -86.7743531
Institution:John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi)
Contributors:John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Rights and Usage:

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Persistent Link to Item:http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/JWS_race