https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/18935/archive/files/766acb64e08f518c3870404c4ecada37.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=asVJ9Y2cRSugzyk3Mf9jak0siJTWjhTx18QyAhqbJYUQGUyuoVAtjreoCTD%7ElnNpZCypTn%7Efrv2lyrVtJgS4j1TMu0bNCJvk1sCZ6%7Ea52MXOWKk9oZCObEr2v2KmH-aVAIqs8PYWBLpvVy4tOmmAQMWJy7eDM7SNizqebc%7EKctHZvGIT2DqXUSi4WKuFK0KSOBy32I7OzPUNGpZ5yCQ56qDY2wC3uIdW5aBTCM40U5ptm3t3gAYrSSUXzFpBc1c02lUz8XKZ6hCA654pdnFhXjerhqucMeKny6yTCK4phuSqFRe0F8FF10%7E38EfMK7xzjQKHA1Vl5xFHNE4VBPjQJw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 42d060311beb3af7166093b1fcbfcda4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Copy ITEM NO. I Since January 4, 1962, the Mississippi Citizens’ Council and the State Sovereignty Commission have conspired in an open attack upon me which has been well publicized in the state and national press. This attack came because I am printing a new newspaper for Negroes, the Mississippi Free Press, which is dedicated to working for Negro rights and freedom. I am only the printer for this paper. I have no financial interest in it and no control over it. I am vitally interested in seeing it survive because it is badly needed. The men who have put their money into this paper, business and professional men of Jackson, have implicit confidence in me and are guided a great deal by what I tell them in the line of newspapering. I very much would like to be in a position financially where I could have the time to help more with this paper and make it into a quality paper of statewide distribution. This could be done if the money could be made available, I have the know-how and the willingness to do the job. ITEM NO. II THE BAPTIST OBSERVER, now a monthly but already with authority to go weekly when funds are available, is strictly a church and religious paper. But the Negro ministers sponsoring this paper are keenly aware of the need of promoting a greater participation for Negroes in the life, economy and government of our state. This paper will help ministers to develop leadership among themselves and their congregations to the end that some day they can speak with one voice. This they desire to do-but naturally it will take time. They must get their own people together. We have in mind that some day The Observer will go into every Baptist home in the state. Adequate financing could make this a reality NOW. ITEM NO. III Organized labor is viewed with suspicion in Mississippi by the Governor on down. This is an attitude deliberately fostered by the top officials as labor leaders know. Labor needs a better press in Mississippi and better public relations. It has no paper of its own at the present time-although it once did. A statewide weekly newspaper which would report labor news fairly, honestly and accurately could be of great assistance in educating Mississippians about the facts of life on labor-about which they know very little at the present time. If Mississippi is to grow and progress industrially our attitude toward organized labor is going to have to change. In our Jackson suburban paper, the Northside Reporter, we have a paper that already has a good following in Jackson. It could be enlarged and extended citywide first and then statewide-if my husband (Walter D. Smith) and I had enough financial backing. We are able and what’s more important, willing to do this job. We feel it would be making a contribution to the growth and development of our state and I have some definite ideas about how this could be done if anyone is interested. ITEM NO. IV We need money NOW. $1,400.00 for past due taxes and insurance, now critical, 2,000.00 on $6,200 loan from 1st National Bank of G’ville -also now critical. Entire loan must be liquidated soon. 1,000 must pay on paper bill, (Now $4,500.) 2,000.00 for assorted miscellaneous accounts including a partial payment on $1,800 engraving bill. ALL OF ABOVE DESPERATELY NEEDED NOW. (We still have the $20,000.00 note to be repaid to Mr. Harrison-not worrying about it now. (Note: If we could get our hands on $15,000 it would get rid of the one big note that is ono our backs as well as the past due bills-leaving us still the $16,200.00 note in Jackson on which we pay 6 per cent and $200,00 monthly-when we have it) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historical Manuscripts Description An account of the resource These are resources that reside in the Historical Manuscripts Collection in Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Overview of the publications that Hazel Brannon Smith publishes, attacks she faces from segregationist groups, and a budget of the money she needs to run her businesses Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hazel Brannon Smith Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Will D. Campbell Papers, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright not evaluated. Language A language of the resource En Type The nature or genre of the resource Text civil rights Hazel Brannon Smith Journalism