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TitleRaylawni G. Branch and Jeanette Smith oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 01TypeMoving ImageCollectionSubjectBranch, Raylawni G., 1940---Interviews. (LCSH)Smith, Jeanette, 1940-2018--Interviews. (LCSH)Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966Evers, Charles, 1922 (LCSH)McCain, William D. (William David), 1907-1993Till, Emmett, 1941-1955Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)Deacons for Defense and JusticeHead Start Program (U.S.)Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)Mississippi Freedom ProjectNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)University of Southern MississippiMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)--Personal narratives (LCSH)African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews (LCSH)African American women civil rights workers--United States--Interviews (LCSH)African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi (LCSH)Civil rights movements--Mississippi (LCSH)Civil rights movements--United States (LCSH)Mississippi Freedom Project (LCSH)School integration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg (LCSH)Segregation in education--Mississippi (LCSH)Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity (LCSH)Hattiesburg (Miss.)--Race relations--History. (LCSH) NoteLanguage: In English.SummaryRaylawni G. Branch and Jeanette Smith discuss their involvement in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based Civil Rights Movement. They remember their upbringings as mixed race children, Smith in Mississippi and Branch in Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois. Branch recalls entering as one of the first black students at the University of Southern Mississippi. Both speak about their activism for voting rights and education, as well as sharing their philosophies on issues of race, discrimination, and activism.Capture captureDate: 2015-12-01Recorded in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on December 1, 2015.DurationPT157MAuthorized Access PointRaylawni G. Branch and Jeanette Smith oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 01