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 May 1, 1972 with Dr. Aaron Henry in his drugstore in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Henry was born on July 2, 1922 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he went to Xavier College (now Xavier...
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 March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
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.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 8, 1994 with Mrs. Elizabeth Price (born 1897). In the mid-1960s, Mrs. Price worked for the Civil Rights Commission, investigating and documenting issues of mistreatment as well as recruiting sympathizers....
From the Gordon (Albert F."Freedom Rider" Collection.; Follow-up reports by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the July 9, 1961, arrest of a group of Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mississippi. These follow-ups relate to conviction on breach...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
cartoon by Vic Runtz; Dwight D. Eisenhower carries his hat in one hand and gestures toward an open book with his other hand. The verso page of the open book is headed "1953-1961" and reads "Safe conduct through difficult and perilous times....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Three crosses stand in a row on a hill, the one in the center larger than the others. The center cross has "For God so loved..." on it. The crosses and the crest of the hill are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two crosses with crucified men are shown, the closer one wearing a crown of thorns. The base of a third cross is seen in the foreground. In front of the prominent cross, a man's...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...
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 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
