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 Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is holding two books; the covers are labeled "State budget" and "Voting records." A man labeled "Legislature" bites down on a very large bullet....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An man labeled "Orleanian" sits in an armchair reading a newspaper. Nearby on a table is a box piled to overflowing with very large bullets labeled, "Transit...City...
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 Vic Runtz. In the left foreground, a very small soldier labeled "Anti-poverty" stands with arms raised holding a rifle and shouts, "Out of ammo!" Next to the soldier are an empty ammunition box...
cartoon by Allen Johnson; A shabbily dressed, barefoot man labeled "Hungry countries" sits Indian-style on the ground in front of a plate. He holds a grenade in his hands. A crate of ammunition labeled "Food peace plan, from USA" is open and sits...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Charles de Gaulle shoots two pistols at the figure of a human body with a globe for a head (which has an angry expression). The figure holds a piece of paper labeled "Cyprus."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen and another man hold a large book between them, titled "La. budget projections." They are startled as a large bullet passes through the book,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Beirut is shown as a war zone, with blasts, fire, bullets, and smoke. In the center of the cartoon is a sign on a post. It shows damage and holes from gunshots and reads, "Last...
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...
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...
A collection of ten 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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The buildings all around a movie theater have been destroyed by rockets and bombs. Rubble is piled up, and the air is filled with planes and bullets. The marquee reads,...
Oral history.; Peoples discusses his presidency at Jackson State University, racism in the Marine Corps in the 1940s, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and race relations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 7, 1993 with Lt. Col. Billie Hughes of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. Hughes was born in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He grew up in Pike County, Mississippi. After working for the railroad...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 2, 1972 with Mr. R. Jess Brown in Jackson, Mississippi. Brown was born in Coffeeville, Kansas, on September 2, 1912, and was raised in Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois...