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[African-Americana - Civil Rights Movement - Mississippi] Unknown PhotographerBiblio.com

Press Photo of an Injured Black Man Being Carried by Supporters in Mississippi During the 1966 March Against Fear

1966ref. List3703Mississippi 1966. Press photo measuring 8 x 10 inches. Text verso reading "SEGREGATION / MISS.: MEMPHIS TO JACKSON MARCH" and "JUL 6 1966. Excellent contrast. Near Fine. A press photo from the Mississippi end of the 1966 March Against Fear showing a Black man apparently injured being carried by a group likely of fellow protestors as white people look on from across the street. The March Against Fear started as a one-man protest against racism and for improving Black suffrage by James Meredith who planned to walk from Memphis to Jackson. When Meredith was shot and hospitalized on the second day of his walk a number of major Civil Rights organizations-the SNCC led by Stokely Carmichael and Cleveland Sellers; the SCLC led by Martin Luther King Jr.; CORE led by Floyd McKissick; and others-took up the banner. By the time the marchers reached Jackson there were 15000 of them and they had registered over 4000 African Americans to vote along the way. Though the march was generally peaceful occasional violence against the protesters broke out; it is not clear where in Mississippi this was taken but there were several conflicts in the state. The march also intensified the conflict between King and the SCLC with its strategy of nonviolence and more radical groups like the SNCC. In Greenwood Mississippi Stokely Carmichael and two others were arrested prompting on his release the delivery of his "Black Power" speech. The SNCC and CORE disavowed non-violence and shifted towards separatism and the Black Panther Party was founded four months later.1 1 Samuel Momodu "Stokely Carmichael's Black Power Speech 1966" BlackPast.org January 16 2024 https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/stokely-carmichaels-black-power-speech-1966/. unknown

Auger Down Books · Estados Unidos450,00 US$≈ 402,04 €

[African-Americana - Civil Rights Movement - Mississippi] Unknown PhotographerABAA

Press Photo of an Injured Black Man Being Carried by Supporters in Mississippi During the 1966 March Against Fear

Auger Down Books · Estados Unidos450,00 US$≈ 402,04 €

[Louisiana & Mississippi]Biblio.com

Lake Borgne and Approaches: Cat Island to Point Aux Herbes

1920ref. 41182Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1920. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of coast between Louisiana and Mississippi and includes Lake Borgne Lake Ponchartrain the Mississippi Sound St Louis Bay Cat Island Long Beach and Gulfport. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is notable for its inclusion of Gulfport as it was gridded in 1920 and Cat Island a barrier island used for an undercover WWII program Dogs for Defense. Cat Island was chosen as the training camp dedicated to a specialized training program based off the untrue belief that dogs could differentiate humans by smell based on their cultural heritage. The top secret program attempted to train dogs to track and attack Japanese soldiers in the Pacific Theater and was held at Cat Island because of its similar terrain to that of the Pacific Islands and its uninhabited status. This operation was unsuccessful due to the incorrect assumption and shut down in 1944. This map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the coastal border between Louisiana and Mississippi and is an important historical view of the developing Louisiana and Mississippi. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown

Donald Heald Rare Books · Estados Unidos450,00 US$≈ 402,04 €

[Louisiana & Mississippi]ABAA

Lake Borgne and Approaches: Cat Island to Point Aux Herbes

Donald Heald Rare Books · Estados Unidos450,00 US$≈ 402,04 €

[Mississippi - Democratic Party - Politics] [Jefferson Davis] Cooke, StephenBiblio.com

Letter to Jefferson Davis Reporting His Defeat by Albert G. Brown in the Mississippi Democratic Caucus for U.S. Senate

1854ref. BK0118Jackson Mississippi 1854. Autograph letter signed written recto and verso on blue paper with original blue-paper envelope addressed to "Hon. Jeffn. Davis Washington City D.C." marked "Private" with remnant of red wax seal. Poor condition though complete the letter broken along the old folds into five pieces. A revealing political letter written to Jefferson Davis while he was serving as Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce reporting the result of the Mississippi Democratic caucus held in advance of the election for the state's vacant United States Senate seat. The vacancy had existed since March 1853; two days after this letter on January 7 the Mississippi legislature elected former governor Albert G. Brown to the seat. Davis remained in Pierce's cabinet until 1857 when he returned to the Senate. Cooke writes Davis immediately after the caucus with the unwelcome result: "On last evening the Democrats had a caucus meeting in the State house-the result of the ballot was Brown 38 Davis 34." He had expected Davis to prevail believing that his "success antecedent and future usefulness" had been an important factor in the recent campaign. On arriving in Jackson however Cooke discovered that Brown had spent the previous summer obtaining personal commitments from legislators throughout the state: "Though you appeared to be the favorite with a decided majority of the democratic party many members conceived themselves in honor bound to redeem the pledges that they had made to Gov. Brown during the canvass." Cooke's letter gives an account of the mechanics behind the result. Davis's intentions he explains had not been sufficiently clear during the preceding summer leaving Brown free to secure pledges that legislators subsequently felt obliged to honor. "This was not generally known and consequently could not be guarded against" he writes adding that neither Davis's friends nor the broader electorate had been advised of his "feelings position and wishes on the subject." Had Davis declared himself earlier Cooke believed "your success now would have been most triumphant." Brown was elected by the legislature on January 7 and entered the Senate later that month; the official legislative ballot was considerably more lopsided than the private Democratic caucus reported here. The letter thus records the much closer contest occurring behind the formal vote with Davis losing the Democratic nomination by only four votes and offers a contemporary explanation from one of his supporters for how Brown had assembled the commitments necessary to defeat him. . unknown