Cunningham, W. J.
Biography:
"William Jefferson Cunningham was born on December 23, 1905 in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1929, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in liberal arts. Cunningham went on to obtain a Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. In 1952, Millsaps College conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. After serving various congregations around the South, Cunningham was appointed to the Galloway Memorial Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. His appointment, from September 1, 1963 through June 1, 1966, was short and fierce. The official board of Galloway had adopted an illegal resolution to bar African Americans from the Galloway church. Cunningham's task was to unite the congregation around an open door policy. He became one of the ministers who lost his pulpit in the struggle for civil rights in the 1960's."--Oral history with Dr. W.J. Cunningham, University of Southern Mississippi.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Civil Rights Archive (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Arthur J. Moore to Jeff, 22 June 1968 (Correspondence)
- Birdie L. Poole to Dr. Cunningham, 9 June 1966 (Correspondence)
- Bob Travis to Dr. Cunningham, 28 December 1965 (Correspondence)
- Clovis Chappell to Jeff, 11 February 1966 (Correspondence)
- E. Hosmer to Sir, 20 December 1965 (Correspondence)
- Easter 1964 (Statements)
- Francis to Bill, 31 March 1965 (Correspondence)
- From: Meeting of the Official Board, 12 June 1961 (Minutes)
- From the Treasurer's Desk, June 1963 (Articles)
- Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, 7 November 1976 (Programs (documents))
- How Ethical are Ministers? (Newspapers)
- The Interchurch News, November 1965 (Newspapers)
- J. Edward Caruthers to Reverend W. J. Cunningham, 9 February 1966 (Correspondence)
- James K. Mathews to Dr. Cunningham, 6 December 1967 (Correspondence)
- Jeff to Wallace, 14 May 1966 (Correspondence)
- Kathryn McInnis to Friends, 25 August 1965 (Correspondence)
- Kyle Haselden to Dr. Cunningham, 31 August 1965 (Correspondence)
- Lawrence Larrowe to Sir, 13 October 1965 (Correspondence)
- The Local Church, 1964 (Photocopies)
- Methodists, January 1963 (Articles)
- Minority Projects Given Funds, 18 March 1971 (Articles)
- Mississippi Methodist Advocate, 25 November 1967 (Newspapers)
- News Of Bygone Days, 17 February 1973 (Articles)
- O.B. Walton to Friend, 11 January 1966 (Correspondence)
- Some Social Characteristics of the South (Speeches)
- Sonja Hedlund to Friends in Christ, 19 September 1964 (Correspondence)
- A Statement of the Official Board of Galloway Memorial Methodist Church, 14 January 1963 (Statements)
- These are pages from a proposed book by Mrs. Clarice Campbell (Excerpts)
- W. J. Cunningham to Bishop Mathews, 28 December 1964 (Correspondence)
- W. J. Cunningham to Friends at Galloway, 14 January 1966 (Correspondence)
- W. J. Cunningham to Nat, 13 December 1965 (Correspondence)
- What Price Church Unity? (Essays)
- Witnesses to a Creation, 27 June 1977 (Articles)