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Jane Adams and D. Gorton
Jane Adams and D. Gorton are rights-oriented videographers and photographers.
Dr. William Bert Thompson
Dr. William Bert Thompson was interviewed regarding his career of teaching and administration in Mississippi public schools.
Sarah H. Johnson
Johnson was a civil rights activist and was elected as the first black member of Greenville City Council in 1973.

Places

Freedom City
About twelve miles south of Greenville in Swiftwater, Mississippi, is where "Freedom City"was set up.
Strike City
A group of forty-nine African-American men, women, and children decided to go on strike after they demanded a raise of $1.25 an hour or $9 dollars a day.

Events

Greenville Air Force Base Takeover
Date of Event:
January 1966
This was a project sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Mississippi.

Organizations

The Delta Democrat-Times and the Carters
The Delta Democrat-Times, in Greenville, Miss., under the leadership of Hodding Carter II, and later his son, Hodding Carter III, advocated fairness and equal rights in the Mississippi Delta.
Delta Ministry in Washington Co.
The Delta Ministry was a Greenville-based group that provided emergency assistance, counseling, advocacy and other services for the poor blacks and those whites who began to see that they too are vict