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Correspondence from F. Warren Oakley to his his parents, Mr. & Mrs. G. S. Oakley. Oakley enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. He served as an infantry man and radio operator in the Northern France and the Rhineland Campaigns. He was wounded twice in…

Correspondence from from George. S. Oakley to his son, F. Warren Oakley, who served overseas in World War II. In the letter, G. S. Oakley writes that the current season's crops are doing well, especially cotton. During this time, the Oakley owned a…

Portrait of James Earl Jones.

Flier created for the Oktibbeha County NAACP's "Tea Time Reflection: A Celebration of Fannie Lou Hamer and the Voting Struggle."