Finding Aid for the Gordon A. Martin Jr. Collection (MUM01759)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1962-2012

Identifier

MUM01759

LCSH

United States. Dept. of Justice.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi; African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi; Voter registration -- Mississippi

General Physical Description Note

1.5 Linear feet (1 box)

Description

A U.S. Department of Justice attorney during the 1960s, Gordon A. Martin Jr. participated in civil rights and voter registration litigation in Mississippi. The collection contains court documents and exhibits from those cases, as well as digital audio recordings with excerpts of oral histories Martin conducted in 1989 with African American witnesses in those law suits.

Recommended Citation

Gordon A. Martin Jr. Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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