Jess Brown interviewed by Catherine McMichael: &quot;Attorney in the Historic District,&quot; Transcript.

Jess Brown interviewed by Catherine McMichael: "Attorney in the Historic District," Transcript.

Title: Jess Brown interviewed by Catherine McMichael: "Attorney in the Historic District," Transcript.
Date: 1978-06-23
Creator: Jess Brown See all items with this value
Contributor: Catherine McMichael
Description: 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.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value; Business See all items with this value; Law See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Desegregation
Location: Farish Street Historic District; Jackson; Mississippi
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.oh.2022.farish.tran.0038
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0955
Rights: 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
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Collection: The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection