{"id":11772,"date":"2011-12-12T08:48:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zing.olemiss.edu\/?p=11772"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:33:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:33:31","slug":"civil-rights-in-mississippi-focus-of-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/civil-rights-in-mississippi-focus-of-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights in Mississippi focus of exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zing.olemiss.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/umlib-civil-coll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11777\" title=\"umlib-civil-coll\" src=\"http:\/\/zing.olemiss.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/umlib-civil-coll-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi is featuring an exhibit that highlights the civil rights movement in Mississippi. The exhibit, \u201cWe Shall Always March Ahead: Mississippi and the Civil Rights Movement,\u201d covers a broad range of civil rights history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have cases devoted to the university\u2019s history in civil rights, including photographs of the 1962 riot and items from Dr. James Silver\u2019s collection and James Meredith\u2019s collection,\u201d said Jennifer Ford, head of Archives and Special Collections. \u201cWe have cases devoted to battles over civil rights in Congress and the courts. We also have displays devoted to the protest music of the movement. Researchers from all over the world travel to the university to review our holdings on civil rights, and this exhibit offers visitors a glimpse at some of the remarkable holdings we have in this field.\u201d<!--more-->One notable case in the exhibit includes photos from the John Elon Phay Collection. Beginning in the late 1940s, Phay, professor of educational administration, director of the Bureau of Education Research at the University of Mississippi, and consultant and adviser to the 1952 Mississippi Legislative Recess Education Committee, photographically recorded the pre-integration days of selected public elementary and secondary schools of Mississippi. Although filming was not a part of his assigned duties, Phay used his personal time to amass the pictorial history of these schools.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Phay Collection is so important as it graphically shows the flaws within the separate but equal doctrine,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n<p>The library has digitized 4,700 images from the <a href=\"http:\/\/clio.lib.olemiss.edu\/archives\/phay.php\">collection and placed them online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pamela Williamson, curator of Visual Collections, was instrumental in the digitization of these images.<br \/>\n\u201cThe John Elon Phay Collection enables researchers to evaluate the Mississippi educational system of the 1940s and \u201950s through visual documentation,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cThe images put a face to the injustices of the \u2018separate but equal\u2019 ruling. Digitization was important to allow on-site and remote patrons the same type of access to this historically significant collection.\u201d<br \/>\nThe exhibit is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding university holidays. It will be open through October 2012.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi is featuring an exhibit that highlights the civil rights movement in Mississippi. 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