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Gilliam, James C.

Biography:

James C. Gilliam was a former United States postal carrier in Mississippi who was served as the Grand Master of freemason lodges in both Clarksdale and Jackson, Mississippi and was an active member and leader in state and local civil rights organizations such as the Regional Council on Negro Leadership, the Coahoma branch of the NAACP, SCLC and the National Student Association.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • MFDP--General papers, 1965-1971, part 2 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 2, Part 2) (Reports)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1960-1962 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 4) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1963-1964 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 5) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1965-1966 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 6) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1968 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 8) (Correspondence)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Letter: to Aubrey Williams, 1959 August 21 (Letters (correspondence))
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of James C. Gilliam pinned to a piece of paper that lists his name and reads "Grand Master of Lodge on Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi", 1950s (Black-and-white photographs)