Jess Brown interviewed by Catherine McMichael: "Attorney in the Historic District," Transcript.
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Title
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Jess Brown interviewed by Catherine McMichael: "Attorney in the Historic District," Transcript.
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Date
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1978-06-23
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Creator
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Jess Brown
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Contributor
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Catherine McMichael
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Description
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Attorney Jess Brown moved to the Farish Street District in 1948. He talks about his education and his legal career. He discusses his recollections of businesses on Farish Street and the effect that integration had on them. He also talks about the Civil Rights Movement and the NAACP and some of the cases he was involved with as a lawyer.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Civil Rights Movement
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Business
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Law
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Additional Subject
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Desegregation
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Location
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Farish Street Historic District
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Jackson
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Mississippi
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Type
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Textual document
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Medium
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Paper
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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mwchcac.oh.2022.farish.tran.0038
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0955
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Rights
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All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
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Contributing Institution
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Jackson State University
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Collection
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The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection
