Title Work

Title No: 1044

Title: Interview with William J. Simmons

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound

Date: 8 Nov  1985 (Created)

Filmed interview with William Simmons conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on resistance to integration by the Mississippi Citizens' Council, specifically the Jackson chapter which was led by Simmons.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 49 min 12 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: University of Mississippi; Jackson (Miss.); White Citizens councils; Jackson (Miss.)--Race relations; Mississippi--Social conditions; Citizens' Councils of America; Mississippi--Race relations

Name As Subjects: Simmons, William James; Barnett, Ross R.