Smith--Rupert Crawford, et al., v. Mississippi, 1964-1966 (Benjamin E. Smith papers, 1955-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 513, Box 2, Folder 7)
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Smith, Benjamin Eugene
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Records from the Court of Appeals pertaining to Robert Crawford et al v. State of Mississippi. Crawford and his companions were arrested in December 1962 for obstructing a sidewalk while picketing stores that discriminated against blacks in Jackson, Mississippi. The case went on through several iterations until at least 1965.
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- Adams, Averna Lee
- Armstrong, Jimmie Earl
- Arrest
- Baker, Mildred A
- Bell (Judge)
- Boycotts
- Bracey, Charles
- Brown (Judge)
- Brown, R. Jess
- Cameron, John E
- Civil Rights
- Cox, Harold
- Crawford, Robert
- Dickey, Frank Charles
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Employment
- Gray, Victoria
- Hirschkop, Philip J
- Johnson, Paul B
- Jones (Judge)
- Jury
- Kinoy, Arthur
- Kunstler, Michael J
- Kunstler, William
- Ladner, Doris
- Latham, H. C
- Lawyers
- Mass Media
- Mitchell, Ronald
- Mitchell, Walter
- Mize, Sidney C. (Sidney Carr), 1888 1965
- Moore, Austin Claiborne
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- Nicholas, Robert G., Jr
- Patterson, Joe T
- Peacock, Willie
- Police
- Poole, Bette Anne
- Pratt, John M
- Prue, B
- Rayson, Leeland
- Rives, Richard T
- Salter, Eldri
- Salter, John R., Jr
- Segregation
- Slattery, James T
- Stennett, E. W
- Thompson, Allen C. (Allen Cavett), 1906 1980
- Travis, J. A., Jr
- United States
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- Voter Registration
- Walzer, Bruce C
- Watkins, Thomas B
- Wharton, Loryce E
- Young, Jack H