From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A record of race-related violence in Mississippi from January 1961 to February 1964, with a brief paragraph for each incident. Illustrated.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Newspaper and journal articles, correspondence, FBI files, and SNCC publications related to the civil rights activities of Samuel C. Shirah, Jr. and to the civil rights movement in general. For the full...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) newsletter that describes racial discrimination against two African American Alcorn College students which led to an out-break of racial violence. Includes a...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cartoon produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that shows the coffins of three civil rights workers (Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney) who were killed in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided in the center by a vertical line and a sign with "Poland's border." On the left side, a man labeled "Independent union movement" holds a sign that reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. Two rats are labeled "Violence" and "Terrorism." They are eating a globe of the Earth as if it were food. One is eating in the area of Eastern Europe/Soviet Union and the other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Beneath the ruins of a university campus, a quotation of H.G. Wells reads: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." One column of a ruined...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two crosses with crucified men are shown, the closer one wearing a crown of thorns. The base of a third cross is seen in the foreground. In front of the prominent cross, a man's...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An arm labeled, "Human response in time of disaster," is holding out money labeled, "Aid to Camille victims." Underneath the arm, three running men run are looking back over...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this statement by J. Edgar Hoover to the National Commission on the Causes and Preventions of Violence, he notes the increase in violent crime in the U. S. and examines some of its origins. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Leonid Brezhnev stands in the lit doorway of a darkened room, wearing a trench coat and fedora. The window of the room is open. The leader of Czechoslovakia (Dubcek) sits behind a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man holds a large umbrella over his head, concealing his head. A paper by his feet has the words, "Presidential candidate," and the umbrella is labeled, "Secret Service...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the bottom of the cartoon is part of the Earth, with an outline of the U.S. apparent against the lines of latitude and longitude. A man without facial features is dressed in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Three crosses stand in a row on a hill, the one in the center larger than the others. The center cross has "For God so loved..." on it. The crosses and the crest of the hill are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon a large Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a cowboy, wears a big campaign button with the words, "You never had it so good." In the background, a woman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Uncle Sam, with rolled up sleeves, stands over a wash tub. With one hand, he pours hot water from a kettle labeled "Public disgust" into the wash tub. With the other, he holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Georgia Governor (and later Lieutenant Governor) Lester Maddox stands behind the counter of a cafeteria (restaurant). The counter is labeled "Maddox political cafeteria." Maddox...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Press release by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) regarding the comments of Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi to the press about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the upcoming SCLC...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Notes regarding a telephone conversation between Roy Reed of the Atlanta Bureau of the New York Times and Bill Minor of the New Orleans Times Picayune, dated June 21, 1966. Briefly discusses mob violence at...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Brief report of news and developments in Holly Springs and surrounding areas. Topics include problems with distribution of relief supplies, a rape trial in Memphis, Tennessee, and a $1.5 million...
