Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. A March 1976 report from the Topeka Public Schools Office of Planning and Evaluation that explains the long-term plan for facilities improvements.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This long-term master plan was proposed by the Topeka Board of Education. The District Citizens Advisory Council was asked to have recommendations by March 1984.
London Moffet Jr. moved to Jackson at the age of 14 in 1931 with his parents. Mr. Moffet discusses his recollections of nightlife in the Farish Street District during his time there as a teenager. He mentions several places by name, including the Crystal Palace and Savoy. He ends by explaining the changes over time of nightlife on Farish Street.
Ms. Weakley was born in the Farish Street District in the 1920’s after her parents moved there following World War I. She talks about her childhood in the district and recounts what life was like for people there. She discusses some of the businesses, including doctors and lawyers. She also talks about her education at the Smith Robertson School.
Lizzie Garner was born in 1903 and moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1940. She talks about her education, church life, and marriage and family. She recounts stories of experiences with segregation and talks about some of the changes in Jackson over the years. Her ideas about the "Good Old Days" of her childhood center around fun at school.
A list of all the interviews conducted as part of the Farish Street Oral History Project and a short essay outlining the history of the Farish Street Historic District.
A photograph of Lillie Bell James, Mayor Dale Danks (1977-1989), Jr., and Elbert Hilliard at the Smith Robertson Neighborhood Folklife Festival, April 9-11, 1983. The festival was a one-time grant sponsored event held on the grounds of the Smith Robertson Museum to celebrate the rich history and culture of the Farish Street Historic District.
Lillie B. Jones came to Jackson in 1935, eventually working at the Young Women’s Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) in the Farish Street District. She was instrumental in the building of the new $250,000 facility in 1964-1965. She discusses her time as director of the Y.W.C.A. and the influence the Y.W.C.A. had on local young people.
Lillie B. Jones worked at the Farish Street Young Women’s Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) from the beginning and talks about her experiences there and what the YWCA meant to the community. She also talks about her childhood and young adult days and going through the Great Depression. The transcript is edited heavily with handwritten notes.
Lillie Ayers was an employee at the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) from 1965 until 1971. She talks about her husband's involvement with the fight for equal rights and equal pay at his job, and her work with CDGM and Head Start as well as the benefits the programs had for her family and the community.
Bernice Jones (aka Safiya Bukhari) was a Black Panther Party member and vice president of the Republic of New Afrika. In this essay, she writes about the concept of New Afrikan Women and the New Afrikan Women's Organization (NAWO).
Black Panther Party leader, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, and political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahd (Richard Moore) writes to the Freedom Now Campaign concerning several of the group's members exhibiting opportunistic tendencies on the issue of African-American political prisoners because of a power vacuum in the Black liberation struggle
A letter to Algerian president Houari Boumediene from members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who had fled to his country from the United States. Melvin McNair, Jean McNair, Larry Burgess, and George Brown hijacked a plane in Miami on July 31, 1972 to seek political asylum in Algeria. The letter talks about their treatment in the country.
A letter addressed to “All Black and Oppressed Third World People” from the Malcolm X Section of the Afro-American Liberation Army. The letter is a call for Black people to take up arms and take their freedom from America, even if that means “killing those who stand between us and the oppressor”
A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who is imprisoned, to his wife Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). Nuh Abdul Qaiyum writes about materials he needs for an escape from prison. He explains that they are enslaved in prison, and he will choose freedom even if he dies. He ends by writing retrospectively about his personal life and the Black Panther Party.
Victor Cumberbatch, who was sentenced to prison in 1973 on robbery and weapons charges in connection with a Black Liberation Army (BLA) robbery, writes to update Albert Washington (Nuh Abdul Qaiyum) on his physical wellbeing and where he is serving his prison sentence. He asks if he has heard anything about an incident in Brooklyn.
Victor Cumberbatch, sentenced to prison in 1973 on robbery and weapons charges in connection with a Black Liberation Army (BLA) robbery, writes to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). He explains the impression and lifelong impact that she left on him. He mentions meeting her husband, and he relates to him in the sense of growing older in prison.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, updates Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on another prisoner that wanted to write to her. He also updates her on his health and maturity. He tells her that the youth must be educated better and faster than they were, and says he will see them soon.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, writes of the youth in the Party while imagining how much they have grown and learned. He details his time in prison and updates Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on the current situation of other members of the Party and tells her to stay strong.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, writes about Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)’s court case, explaining the need for people like her, and that prison would diminish her role to nothing. He tells her his desire to see a picture of her and to give his love to everyone.
The unknown sender and fellow revolutionary writes to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who at this time was being held awaiting trial for a 1971 police shooting, to get some feelings off of their chest about the community, the Black Panther Party, and how people behave. They compare the way they are both treated and viewed by the people around them.
The sender, following up with Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on a previous conversation, writes to her regarding her idea to start a woman-led Black liberation group. The sender gives steps on creating a military intelligence apparatus that will serve the women's militia and connect them to other organizations in the struggle for Black liberation.
Tahiar Bashir Abu Buthair Adu Hakim explains the importance of keeping the faith as the recipient is separated from their children. She offers to take care of the children and gives advice to the recipient.
Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray, in a letter to Walter Cade Jr., asks that The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) place constraints on a recently sold rental property in Topeka to ensure that there is a racially balanced mix of occupants.
Sundiata Acoli, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army (BLA) who was convicted in 1974 for the murder of a cop, writes Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to tell her that she should do everything in her power to avoid trial and prison, because her effectiveness in the struggle would be weakened in prison.
Sundiata Acoli, a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who was convicted in 1974 for the murder of a cop, writes to fellow revolutionary Sute. He addresses his lack of writing, as he is trying to organize revolutionaries in prison. He tells Sute the location of other brothers in the prison and news of their court proceedings.
Sulaman Majid wishes Abu Majid a happy birthday and Father's Day before explaining their newfound passion to live life, have purpose, and not be a statistic. Sulaman Majid also lists their problems and acknowledges the mental change they will have to undergo.
Sulaman Majid writes to his father about the terrible experience that he's had since being on his own. His living situation is tough dealing with three family members that mistreat him. He explains the reasons for his decline in school and depression and says that he will move away.
Steven R. Howe of the Southwest Ohio Regional Data Center at the University of Cincinnati writes to William Lamson to inform him that he has sent the place report for Hamilton County (Ohio) from the 1980 Census first summary file tape. Howe writes that they have census data available down to the block level for any area of Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana.
