Perkins, Vera Mae.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 362 Records of Voice of Calvary Ministries
Collection
Identifier: CN 362
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1986
Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Filtered By
- Subject: African Americans -- Missions X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African American churches -- Mississippi. 1
- African American churches. 1
- African American evangelists. 1
- African American families -- Mississippi. 1
- African American leadership. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Education. 1
- African Americans -- Families 1
- African Americans -- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Christian education -- Mississippi. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christianity and economics. 1
- Christianity and justice. 1
- Church work with African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with African Americans. 1
- Church work with the poor 1
- Church work with the poor -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth -- United States. 1
- Civil rights movements 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 1
- College students in missionary work -- Mississippi. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- Community development -- Mississippi. 1
- Community development -- Philosophy. 1
- Community development -- Religious aspects. 1
- Community development -- Social aspects. 1
- Community development. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Discrimination -- Christianity. 1
- Discrimination -- United States. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Jackson. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 1
- Integration 1
- Integration -- Mississippi. 1
- Jackson (Miss.) 1
- Lay missionaries -- United States. 1
- Lay missionaries. 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- Mississippi. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- Agricultural work 1
- Missions -- Agricultural work -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions -- Rural work -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions -- Rural work. 1
- Missions, Medical -- Mississippi. 1
- Missions, Medical. 1
- Missions. 1
- Organizational change. 1
- Persecution -- United States. 1
- Persecution. 1
- Politics, Practical. 1
- Poverty -- Mississippi. 1
- Quiet revolution (Periodical) 1
- Race relations. 1
- Racism $z Mississippi. 1
- Racism -- United States. 1
- Racism. 1
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 1
- Self-acceptance 1
- Self-acceptance -- Christianity. 1
- Theology, Practical. 1
- United States -- Race relations -- Mississippi. 1
- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Voluntarism -- United States. 1
- Voluntarism. 1
- Women 1
- Women -- Religious life. 1 ∧ less
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