1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/e2c681007ad8970c33d4e4df4ed088d1.png 1b729688b66496bdae489817184a9b73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin<br /><em>Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian</em><br /><a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE COLORED CONVENTION<br /><br />WHICH has so justly and so universally attracted public attention, assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Mechanics' Institute, yesterday at noon and was called to order by Lieutenant Governor A. J. Ransier, of South Carolina, he being the President of the Southern Convention and the caller of the National Convention. Mr. Ransier briefly, ably and pointedly referred to the object of the Convention and referred to the peculiar condition of the colored race, which renders such gatherings necessary.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Representatives from Mississippi: <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-hill--marshall-county-">Jas. Hill</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--white--wilkinson-cou">G. W. White</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">J. J. Spelman</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-d--webster--washington-co">J. D. Webster</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-h--piles--panola-county-">Jas. Pilles</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alexander-kelso-davis--noxubee">A. K. Davis</a>, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/henry-p--jacobs--adams-county-">H. P. Jacobs</a>.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br /><a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--white--wilkinson-cou">G. W. White</a> represented Mississippi on the committee on credentials.<br /><br /><a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-h--piles--panola-county-">J. H. Piles</a> represented Mississippi on the committee on permanent organization. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Weekly Louisianian</em> clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weekly Louisianian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-04-11 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--white--wilkinson-cou">White, George W., active 1870-1876</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-hill--marshall-county-">Hill, James, 1846-1903</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">Spelman, James J.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-d--webster--washington-co">Webster, John D., -1887</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-h--piles--panola-county-">Piles, James H.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alexander-kelso-davis--noxubee">Davis, Alexander Kelso</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/henry-p--jacobs--adams-county-">Jacobs, Henry P.</a>; Political conventions ak davis conventions hill jacobs piles spelman webster white