1 10 3 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/446de61d19f4263be617ebd9f41a8eda.PNG 98cd88c87e603fec5c0c312cbc419907 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 Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <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 Mr. Moseley in $10 Donation to Roosevelt Fund <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-h--oliver--coahoma-coun">George Oliver</a>, principal of the Clarksdale colored schools and chairman of the colored division of Clarksdale's celebration of President Roosevelt's 52nd birthday yesterday received a check for $10 from Mr. A. J. Moseley, Clarksdale Lyon planter who is wintering in Sarasota, Fla. Mr. Moseley in his letter which came with the check complimented <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-h--oliver--coahoma-coun">Oliver</a> and the colored people of Clarksdale for their interest in the president's universal birthday party and for their efforts to stage a benefit for the Warm Springs, Ga., fund. Mr. Moseley stated that he believed that the Clarksdale colored folk were the first of the entire South to start such a movement among their race. 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 Clarksdale Press Register clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-h--oliver--coahoma-coun">Oliver, George H.</a>; Clarksdale (Miss.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarksdale Press Register Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-01-23 oliver https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/799d0e809dc9d29d8e7bd0b2b793df29.PNG 63784783a13e01b0112f56aada386008 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 Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <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 Meeting at Haven's Chapel to Raise Fund The Clarksdale and Coahoma County Civic League will have a call meeting at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Haven's Chapel of the M. E. Church to raise funds for the Red Cross to use in assistance of those in flooded areas and refugees. The colored people of this section are urged to attend the meeting. Those in charge of the meeting will be G. T. Thomas, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-h--oliver--coahoma-coun">George H. Oliver</a>, and Reverends W. T. Strong, B. L. Woolfork, Mark Peterson, E. G. Mason and others. 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 Clarksdale Press Register clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-h--oliver--coahoma-coun">Oliver, George H.</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarksdale Press Register Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927-04-23 oliver https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/75b098cfbec3ec9ae72eba2b0b3a06b3.PNG cbecc6e88b83587011598c25a1e805f3 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 Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <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 In his memoirs, county historian H. K. Sage wrote that "George Chatters and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--allen--coahoma-coun">William H. Allen</a> were the most prominent Negroes in the county" during the Reconstruction era. He described both as "above the average in general information and men who had the respect of both races in but few exceptions." <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--allen--coahoma-coun">Allen</a> functioned as a magistrate for a number of years, and he served in the Mississippi Legislature in 1884 and 1886. 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 Clarksdale Press Register clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--allen--coahoma-coun">Allen, William H., 1851-</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarksdale Press Register Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-02-12 allen