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 Bob Taylor. President Jimmy Carter wrestles with a sticky blob of tar drawn to resemble a reclining human form wearing an Arab-style head covering. Carter uses a large pair of scissors labeled...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a staff management meeting in the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Freedom House in Clarksdale, Mississippi. From...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of nine civil rights workers at a staff meeting in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A poster in a window in the background reads, "No...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. The almost transparent figure of a U.S. soldier sits on the porch of an abandoned shack. The soldier sits with his elbows on his knees and appears sad. In the distance, a long...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Richard Nixon reclines on a sofa with a book titled The Final Days, written by Woodward and Bernstein, lying open face down on his body. Behind the sofa, a series of four pictures...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteers and local people clap their hands and sing while African-American teenagers watch from an automobile at Vernon Dahmer's fish fry for the volunteers on his property at in the Kelly...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of Freedom Summer volunteers and local people singing at a fish fry hosted by local civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer on July 4, 1964, on his property in the Kelly Settlement north of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. The earth is against the dark background of space, with the moon in the distance. The earth is labeled "Public opinion" and has lines that resemble latitude/longitude. A tree branch...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Hattiesburg resident Savannah Pearson (left) and Reverend Bob (Robert) Beech (right), director of the Hattiesburg Ministers Project, during Freedom Summer 1964.
cartoon by Bob Beckett; A bartender rolls a pair of dice onto a bar in front of a teen. The bartender has a skull for a head. The dice are labeled "Teen drinking" and "Teen driving." A placard above the bar states,"Welcome 18-yr. olds." The...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Reverend Bob Beech, Director of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg, is shown talking on the phone inside the headquarters of the Hattiesburg Ministers Project, located in the rear of the Masonic...
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...
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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document by Reverend Bob Beech, director of the Hattiesburg Minister's Project. He provides an account of the activities and accomplishments of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg in 1964 with regard to voter...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of Freedom Summer volunteers stand in front of local civil rights leader J.C. Fairley's car, on the bumper of which is a sticker that reads "Register Now." Those identified in the...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for R.G. (Bob) Campbell, candidate for representative of Forrest County, Mississippi. The back of the handout includes his platform.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Transcript of remarks by Bob Moses at SNCC's fifth anniversary meeting, from The Movement; discusses what he sees as erroneous national perceptions of Southern white people and their problems.
From Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
