From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sculptor labeled, "Senate," is sitting on the scaffold in front of the partly finished sculpture of "SALT." Above his head is "Reservations," and he appears doubtful. Jimmy...
cartoon by Gene Basset; A man wearing a suit and hat holds up his hands as he stands in front of United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant. The man's hat is labeled "UN" Thant carries a suitcase labeled "Secretery-General U Thant peace keeping...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On a giant pig, a large man is relaxing in an arm chair smoking a cigar. His shirt reads, "Unfunded liability of retirement systems." Two men, one labeled, "Par" [PAR?], and the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A young boy is fishing from a pier. In the background is a building with a sign that reads "Jeff Parish." The cartoon caption reads, “With talk of a teacher strike, school...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, dressed in jogging clothes, is running laps around a track holding a sign that reads, "Me and my shadow." Behind him is his shadow holding a sign that reads,...
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 Ed Valtman; A line of taxis files between planes parked on an airport tarmac. At the head of the line is carriage drawn by two bony, shabby looking horses. The driver of the carriage stands at the bottom of a set of stairs that are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man and woman, apparently a married couple, are riding up the "Vietnam escalator." Lyndon Johnson is drawn as an older woman and is labeled "Ma Johnson." Johnson is ahead of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled, "City council" are shown. One is speaking to the other, who looks dejected. The man is saying, "We might buy NOPSI and part of LP&L...but we can't afford the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An overweight man dressed in jogging clothes and labeled "Deficit" runs in the Washington City Classic. Behind him struggling to catch up are several men. One has an elephant...
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 John Stampone. Two American soldiers are on patrol in Vietnam, one watchful with his rifle at the ready. The other holds a rifle, pointed to the ground, with one hand. In his other hand, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon and a elephant dressed in a suit stand in a circle of light from an overhead spotlight. Nixon and the elephant have raised their clasped hands. The illuminated...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon, dressed as an eye doctor, stands beside an eye chart and points to it with his pencil. Letters on the chart spell out "ABM vote crucial" on the first three lines and...
cartoon by Roy Carless; A man with the lower body of a snail carries a briefcase marked "Mine and Smelter Industries" He is traveling on a path marked with lines labeled "1972,"1973," and "1974" He is headed in the direction of a sign that reads...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 29, 2006 with Jeffrey J. Bower, who was the head football coach at Southern Miss during Hurricane Katrina. He discusses the hurricane's impact on his players and their season.
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
