Perkins, Vera Mae.
Person
Found in 3 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 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson
Collection
Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses, the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 373 Oral History Interview with Dolphus Weary
Collection
Identifier: CN 373
Scope and Contents
Oral hisotry interview with Dolphus Douglas Weary, in which he describes his childhood, education and religious training in rural Mississippi, conversion, leadership in Voice of Calvary Ministries and Mendenhall Ministries, impressions of John Perkins, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1948-1987.
Dolphus Weary was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25, 1987 at the Mendenhall Ministries headquarters in Mendenhall, Mississippi.
Dates:
Created: 1987
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- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Discrimination -- United States. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Economic and social conditions -- Mississippi. 2
- Education 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Family. 2
- Jackson (Miss.) 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Organizational change. 2
- Poverty. 2
- Race relations. 2
- Racism -- United States. 2
- Racism. 2
- Reconciliation. 2
- 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 -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Blacks -- Missions. 1
- Blacks. 1
- Christian education -- Mississippi. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christianity and economics. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Church work with African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with African Americans. 1
- Church work with children -- United States. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the poor 1
- Church work with the poor -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth -- Mississippi. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- United States. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- City missions -- United States. 1
- City missions. 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 -- Philosophy. 1
- Community development -- Religious aspects. 1
- Community development -- Social aspects. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Economics 1
- Economics -- Christianity. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Jackson. 1
- Family -- United States. 1
- Independent churches. 1
- Integration 1
- Integration -- Mississippi. 1
- Interorganizational relations. 1
- Lay missionaries -- United States. 1
- Lay missionaries. 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- Mississippi. 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
- Non-formal education. 1
- Politics, Practical. 1 ∧ less
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