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...
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.; Zella McNair Weathersby was born January 1, 1929, in Mt. Olive, Mississippi. Mrs. Weathersby graduated from high school from Depriest (now known as Earl Travillion) in Hattiesburg. She attended Jackson State College and later did...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 28, 1981 with Reverend Clinton Collier at the Methodist Church in Morton, Mississippi. Collier was born on August 24, 1910 [i.e. 1909] in rural Neshoba County. After completing the eighth grade, which...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 14, 1972 with Mr. Percy Greene at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Greene was born on September 7, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi and died on April 16, 1977. He was very active in the civil rights...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 16, 1985 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
Oral history.; The family of Dr. Isaac Thomas moved to Hattiesburg from Beaumont, Perry County, Mississippi, in 1935. He entered Eureka High School that year, graduating in 1938, one of a class of thirty three. Dr. Thomas stresses how important...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A man representing New Orleans jumps forward to greet a man walking through the door. A mat on the floor reads, "Welcome Mike Collins."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. A large fish representing the United States swims in the foreground. Fidel Castro, wearing swim trunks bearing the hammer and sickle symbol, is pinching the tail of the American...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. An elephant labeled "Nixon doctrine" has encircled Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with its trunk, and Trudeau has dropped the maple leaf he was holding. The elephant's...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Henry Kissinger and Nancy Maginnes, newly married, drive away in a car labeled "Just married." The license plate on the back of the car reads, "K-1974." Cans and shoes labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Marc Lalonde, wearing a beanie and a sweatshirt with a maple leaf, shouts into a megaphone. He is jumping off the ground and his legs are open in a cheerleader's split. In one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. A smiling Japanese man sits cross-legged on a cushion with arms folded across his chest. Before him is a flower pot on a mat on the floor. The single stem, which rises and drops,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. Inside an ornate frame labeled "NATO 25th anniversary," Uncle Sam smokes a cigar labeled "Detente" and appears surprised. A woman labeled Europe and holding a shield labeled "EEC"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. Richard Nixon is flying a kite in a strong wind. The kite's tail has ribbons labeled "NATO, NORAD, SEATO, Chiang." Nixon is looking over his shoulder and upward at the source of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. The numbers 1-9-7-5 are linked to each other and placed underground to form a convoluted tunnel. Lions labeled "Inflation" and "Unemployment" guard the entrance and exit. Five men...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from O.J. Keller to Rabbi Ben-Ami is typed on Abraham Lincoln Association letterhead and lists the association's officers and board members in the right margin of the page. Mr. Keller invites...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Ross Collins, candidate for U.S. Senate. Collins ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1934 against Theodore Bilbo and in 1941 against Wall Doxey.
