From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Shelves with a hole in the middle; a blanket is draped from the hole down.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Blanket divider is on the left, a desk with typewriter is on the bottom right of photo.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. The safe after burglars used acetylene torch to burn through the lock and handle.
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 Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent Tougaloo College Report (Number 2) to Governor Paul B. Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin, and E.K. Collins,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam is dressed as a firefighter. With a fire hose, he is spraying water on large smoky areas labeled "Asia, Cyprus, Congo." The cartoon caption reads, "Trying to keep them...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal grand jury records of one count of conspiracy and three counts of murder against Cecil Ray Price, Edgar Ray Killen, and 16 other men in the deaths of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman,...
Black and white photograph of the Vann Family, circa 1960s (left to right: Ann Vann (Mrs. Thad Vann), Martha Ann Vann Peeples, Thad Inzer Vann, Thad "Pie" Vann.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam is wearing a military uniform and carrying a gun while wading through a swamp, which is labeled "Threats of new coups" and "Misuse of U.S. aid." Around him, the trees...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Two Freedom Summer volunteers -- one Caucasian female and one African American male -- relax and talk together on the grounds of Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, during the second...
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
cartoon by John Riedell; Two upright scales stand side by side. The scales on the left measure "Popular vote"; the base of these scales is labeled "People stand here" The scales on the right measure "Electoral vote - may not show true weight of...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Fidel Castro runs in panic with his pants on fire. The flames are labeled, "Chile's anti-Communist vote." The cartoon caption reads, "Where it hurts!"
Photograph of the William Rader Grantham, Director of College, Union, and Student Activities along with Marianne Brown, Physical Education Instructor, and two unidentified people.
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Gene Basset. Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller, and Richard Nixon stand behind the doors of a saloon, labeled, "For men only." Above the doorway is the sign, "Presidential primaries."...
