From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Bob Beckett. An elephant wearing a straw hat labeled "Smith" and a donkey labeled "Yates" stand arm-in-arm (front legs). The donkey's other arm is on the shoulder of a man labeled "Burlington...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. In the top panel, labeled "Two years ago," a man labeled "City council" stands at a podium and points with his index finger while saying, "We must...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A witch (Uncle Sam?) flies through the sky on a broom above houses, a huge moon in the background. A plane flies by in the opposite direction, and a man leans out the window...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon are standing in front of George Wallace, who holds a paper that reads, "Poll of union membership in South...Wallace 50%...Hump 29%...Nixon 16%."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man wearing a graduation robe and mortarboard kicks his heels together in excitement. He holds a rolled-up diploma labeled "'68," and the gown is labeled "Electoral college...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. An elephant dressed in winter clothing and ice skates stands on the shore of a frozen lake, shivering and covered in icicles. Behind him, the lake ice is cracked and has a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runiz. A man labeled "Peace vote" carrying a suitcase stands on the far side of a road, thumbing for a ride under a hot sun. Three clouds of dust labeled "Wallace, Nixon, Humphrey" trail...
Oral history.; Mr. Boyce Holleman was born on February 26, 1924, in Wiggins, Mississippi. Mr. Holleman enrolled at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the fall of 1940, but transferred to the University of Mississippi to study law. In...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Document listing portions of Title 18 of the United States Code that provide for Federal prosecution in civil rights matters. Provisions listed include "FBI Arrests," "Interference with...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo begins with an excerpt of section two of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The memo contains comments pertaining to the relevance of the excerpted passage and...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Brochure distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Describes the purpose and objectives of the party and encourages African Americans to participate in politics.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Decision of the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, in the case of Fannie Lou Hamer, et all., vs. Cecil C. Campbell, et al., handed down on March 11, 1966. The Court ruled to postpone the upcoming...
Flyer from the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Flyer distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used to publicize the upcoming Freedom Vote. The cover features three black-and-white photographs depicting life in Mississippi...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Describes the political campaigns of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in 1964. It introduces the freedom registration and provides biographical sketches and platforms for the four...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Application to register to vote in Mississippi, containing a list of twenty-one questions for the applicant to answer and instructions on how to complete the voter registration process.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This six-page document is a publication of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) regarding the cotton vote in Mississippi. It summarizes the attempts of African American farmers to run...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This bi-fold brochure is an official statement of the goals and principles of the Mississippi State Democratic Party in the 1960s. The brochure was used as a publicity device for the party in...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document relates the history of the election contest statute (Title 2 U. S. C. Section 201) and sets forth the main objections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the 1964...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In this memo, lawyers for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party present and address questions that were raised regarding the legality of the 1964 Congressional Challenge. The authors cite...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This issue of the Congressional Report records the reports of both the majority and minority opinion of the Committee for Elections of the United States House of Representatives regarding the...