| Title: |
Ross Robert Barnett
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Civil Rights Documentation Project
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| Description: |
Interview conducted on May 8, 1971 with the Honorable Ross Robert Barnett in Jackson, Mississippi. Barnett was born on January 22, 1898 in Leake County, Mississippi. He graduated with his B.A. from Mississippi College in 1924. In 1926, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with his law degree. Barnett was inaugurated as the governor of the State of Mississippi on January 19, 1960. During his term, he was active in the States' Rights movement as well as boosting the Mississippi economy.
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| Extent: |
1 page
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| URL: |
http://anna.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/ohbarnettrp.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1971 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Barnett, Ross Robert, 1898-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
22-Jan-1898
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| Speaker occupation: |
Governor; Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
08-May-1971
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| Interviewer: |
McMillen, Neil
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; White Citizens Council
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| Historical events discussed: |
Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movements--United States; Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; Mississippi; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-; United States; White Citizens Council
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Activism
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023464-24972
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