Ranked #1
MSMo 418 Lou Mallory - Country Folks Can Survive
MSMo 418 Lou Mallory - Country Folks Can Survive
Lou Mallory of Natchez grew up on a small farm in the Red Hills of Georgia. In the episode, she recalls how the family ... Read more
31 Oct 2014
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4mins
Ranked #2
MSMo 365 Dr. John Allums - Air Force Intelligence Officer
MSMo 365 Dr. John Allums - Air Force Intelligence Officer
Leakesville native, Dr. John Allums was teaching at the University of Georgia in 1951 when the Korean War began. He rec... Read more
20 Sep 2013
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4mins
Ranked #3
MSM 579 Helen Rayne - A Lifetime of Changes in Natchez
MSM 579 Helen Rayne - A Lifetime of Changes in Natchez
Helen Rayne grew up living in her grandfather’s antebellum home in Natchez during the Great Depression. In this episode,... Read more
23 Jul 2018
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8mins
Ranked #4
MSMo 407 Fannie Lou Hamer Pt 2 - Laying the Groundwork
MSMo 407 Fannie Lou Hamer Pt 2 - Laying the Groundwork
After attempting to register to vote, Fannie Lou Hamer was forced to leave the plantation where she had lived and worked... Read more
30 Jul 2014
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4mins
Ranked #5
MS Mo 377 Brumfield and Reeves - Steam Power!!
MS Mo 377 Brumfield and Reeves - Steam Power!!
Tom Brumfield and M.R. Reeves of McComb began working for the railroad in 1941. They explain how their family and frien... Read more
13 Jan 2014
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4mins
Ranked #6
MSM 562 LeGrand Capers - The Vicksburg National Military Park
MSM 562 LeGrand Capers - The Vicksburg National Military Park
On August 7, 1975, LeGrand Capers sat down with the Center for Oral History for the first part of a two-day interview. A... Read more
12 Mar 2018
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7mins
Ranked #7
MSM 639 Col. C.R. Cadenhead - B-24 Bomber Squadrons in Italy
MSM 639 Col. C.R. Cadenhead - B-24 Bomber Squadrons in Italy
During WWII, a key component of the Allied strategy to defeat the Axis powers in Europe was a sustained aerial bombing c... Read more
6 Jan 2020
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9mins
Ranked #8
MSM 491 Harry Marsalis - The McComb Railroad Strike of 1911
MSM 491 Harry Marsalis - The McComb Railroad Strike of 1911
The Illinois Central railroad and eight affiliated Harriman lines had traditionally dealt separately with each craft uni... Read more
1 Aug 2016
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11mins
Ranked #9
MSM 632 Fred Clark, Sr., Part 1 - Overcoming Fear and Oppression
MSM 632 Fred Clark, Sr., Part 1 - Overcoming Fear and Oppression
Fred Clark, Sr. grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1950s and 60s. In this episode, the first of two parts, he r... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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14mins
Ranked #10
MSMo 409 Cleveland Sellers Jr. - In the Dead of Night
MSMo 409 Cleveland Sellers Jr. - In the Dead of Night
In 1964, as SNCC coordinators trained volunteers for the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, three others, Chaney, Schwe... Read more
8 Aug 2014
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4mins
Ranked #11
MSM 642 Jerry Mitchell - Civil Rights Cold Case Reporter
MSM 642 Jerry Mitchell - Civil Rights Cold Case Reporter
Jerry Mitchell was working as a reporter for the Clarion Ledger when he attended a press premier for Mississippi Burning... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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9mins
Ranked #12
MSM 413 Dr. John P. Quon - The Run of the Town
MSM 413 Dr. John P. Quon - The Run of the Town
Chinese American, Professor John P Quon grew up living in the back of his family’s store in Moorhead, Mississippi. In th... Read more
2 Oct 2014
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4mins
Ranked #13
MSM 572 A.J. Jones - The Sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea
MSM 572 A.J. Jones - The Sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea
When the United States entered WWII, A.J. Jones of Hattiesburg decided to become a Navy fighter pilot. In this episode, ... Read more
28 May 2018
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12mins
Ranked #14
MSM 552 Gail Goldberg - Jewish Holiday Foods
MSM 552 Gail Goldberg - Jewish Holiday Foods
Growing up in the Delta, Gail Goldberg celebrated all the traditional Jewish holidays with her family. In this episode, ... Read more
18 Dec 2017
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11mins
Ranked #15
MSm 621 Edmond Boudreaux, Jr. - Gulf Coast Seafood: Challenges Faced
MSm 621 Edmond Boudreaux, Jr. - Gulf Coast Seafood: Challenges Faced
Edmond Boudreaux’s family came to Biloxi in 1914 to work in the seafood factories. In this episode, he shares his family... Read more
15 Jul 2019
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11mins
Ranked #16
MSM 637 Jackie Hancock Schulze - An Innocent Age in Natchez
MSM 637 Jackie Hancock Schulze - An Innocent Age in Natchez
Jackie Hancock Schulze grew up in Natchez during the 1930s and 40s, in the house built by her great-grandfather, Natchez... Read more
9 Dec 2019
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10mins
Ranked #17
MSM 567 Clara Watson - Segregation and Awareness in Biloxi
MSM 567 Clara Watson - Segregation and Awareness in Biloxi
Clara Watson has many pleasant memories of growing up in Biloxi during the 1940s. The status quo nature of segregation s... Read more
23 Apr 2018
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9mins
Ranked #18
MSM 558 Jobie Martin - Straight Ahead !!
MSM 558 Jobie Martin - Straight Ahead !!
In this episode, we hear from Jobie Martin, a Jackson broadcasting pioneer who broke through the racial barriers of the ... Read more
12 Feb 2018
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11mins
Ranked #19
MSM 568 Gov. William Winter - Racial Reconciliation
MSM 568 Gov. William Winter - Racial Reconciliation
Former Governor William Winter was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947. In this episode, h... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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8mins
Ranked #20
MSM 624 Dr. Henry Maggio - Memories of Hurricane Camille
MSM 624 Dr. Henry Maggio - Memories of Hurricane Camille
Fifty years ago this week, Hurricane Camille left a wide path of destruction across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dr. Hen... Read more
12 Aug 2019
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16mins