Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 3, 1993 with Horace H. Harned Jr. (born 1920). He was a former Mississippi State legislator, a member of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, and an active segregationist during the years of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletche. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is pulling on the reins of a donkey that is labeled "Uncommitted slate." The donkey's head is over a fence which has a sign that reads, "Custer's...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A windmill labeled "'68 election campaign" is shown in the lower part of the cartoon, and in the far distance is the horizon. The rotating arms of the windmill are labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. George Wallace is dressed as a boxer and is hitting two punching bags, one with his left hand and one with his right. One punching bag is drawn to resemble the head of a donkey,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey wearing suit and tie appears confused, with lines and stars drawn circling its head. The irises of the donkeys eyes are campaign buttons that read, "Johnson '68" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man and Runtz's signature cat stand in a huge skillet labeled "Political discontent," looking over the lip and wiping sweat. Beneath the skillet is a roaring fire labeled, "Wallace...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. George Wallace, dressed in suit and tie, stands upside down on his head while he holds a sign that reads,"Racial appeal in Alabama campaign." His hat is on the ground beside him....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A smiling, blond woman dressed in a 19th century dress and hat is labeled, "South." She holds a large Valentine card with a picture of Richard Nixon, labeled, "Be my...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Alabama Governor George Wallace is shown as a screaming baby, dressed in a diaper and head cap. He is shaking a rattle with one hand and holding a bottle in the other. Seven...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A large donkey, labeled "Democrats" looks over its shoulder. The donkey shows distress and pain at the sight of a large thorn in its side, labeled, "Alabama's Gov. Wallace." The...
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...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 5, 1999 with Sheila Michaels (born 1939). She attended the College of William and Mary, but was suspended for her political and racial opinions while on the school's newspaper board. In 1961, she joined...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 24, 1999 with Joseph Schwartz (born 1938). Schwartz was active in Friends of SNCC at Berkeley and went South in the autumn of 1964. He worked in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from September 1964 to March 1965.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
