Oral history.; Reverend Kenneth Haynes Sr. was born October 11, 1930, in Amite County, Mississippi. In 1958, he entered the ministry, enrolling in Harper Baptist College where he received a Diploma in Christian Education and a Doctorate of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 19, 1994 with Ms. Vernon J. Keys (born 1926). Beginning in 1965, Ms. Keys worked with the Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), a community action agency designed to improve the economic position of the poor...
Oral history; Mrs. Ruth Evans Story was born on October 20, 1943, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She graduated from high school and attended Dillard University in New Orleans. On October 18, 1962, Ms. Ruth Evans married Almer L. Story in Gulfport....
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 8, 1971 with the Honorable Ross Robert Barnett in Jackson, Mississippi. Barnett was born on January 22, 1898 in Leake County, Mississippi. He graduated with his B.A. from Mississippi College in 1924. In...
Oral history.; Father Peter Oliver Quinn was born on April 11, 1937, in Ireland. He was ordained when he was twenty-five years old in Ireland, and he came to Mississippi in September, 1962. Father Quinn's first assignment was at Sacred Heart...
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Teletype communications from the FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Mobile to the FBI Director and SAC-S in New Orleans, New York, and Chicago regarding the actions of Freedom Riders...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Uncle Sam watches with dismay as George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, both with feathered wings strapped to their shoulders, stand poised to jump off the edge of a high cliff...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Men fill the front row seats of a theater. They are labeled with names of cities that are tourist destinations: "San Francisco...Los Angeles...Miami-Miami Beach...Denver...New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "Retired Army Provost Marshal Turner" [Major General Carl C. Turner] is sitting at a table under an interrogation lamp. The table is full of handguns and rifles....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. Hubert Humphrey's head is shown as a mountain. The words "Democratic nomination" are next to Humphrey. Three small planes, two of which are labeled "McCarthy" and "McGovern" have...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. A man labeled "Mr. average Joe" reads a newspaper with headlines, "Kennedy-Kopechne secret inquest" and "Panther inquiry in Chicago." He asks, "Wonder if they'd do as much for me?"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. Hubert Humphrey offers a giant flower with "HHH" in the center of the petals toward a Roman centurion (Eugene McCarthy) whose breastplate is labeled "McCarthy's non-support." The...
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...
A collection of six 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 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 25, 1976 with Bert Fells, a Hattiesburg native. Mr. Fells served in the Air Force from 1966 to 1969, including a tour in Vietnam. In 1972, he returned to Mississippi to live and became director of...
Oral history.; Mr. Alvin L. Fielder Sr. was born December 7, 1900 in Newton County, Mississippi. Mr. Fielder moved to Meehan Junction, Mississippi in 1913 and remained there until 1918, when he moved to Meridian. In 1918 he was a lumberyard saw...
