From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, with one hand, pulls on the ropes of a flag pole to raise the American flag and a pennant beneath it that reads, "The U.S. will fly high again." Nixon is holding...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, with a pen in his hand, stands beneath a large gun barrel that is labeled, "U.S. Defense." From the barrel hangs a note: "Marked down $609...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This bulletin for Temple B'Nai Israel includes a message from Rabbi Ben-Ami on the meaning of the High Holy Days, a welcome to the new Rabbi, and a list of families in the B'Nai Israel community. It also...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Chronology of communications among FBI agents, the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the U.S. Justice Department, and others during the first days of the disappearance of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as an admiral, is in the crow's nest at the top of a sailing ship mast. He is looking forward into the distance and holding a monocular spy glass. The flag...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan plays a guitar and sings, "Happy days are here again" in front of a facade of the White House, which is labeled "Inflation." Behind the facade, there is dark...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bull dressed in formal wear labeled "Stock market" stands outside Club 1000. The cityscape in the background. A newspaper in a stand nearby shows the headline," Economy down,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ayatollah Khomeini stands in front of a wall covered in vertical and diagonal tick marks and labeled, "Days in the lives of U.S. hostages." He holds a paper with four vertical...
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 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 May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man [____ Powell] sits in a pleasure boat named "Lazy days" under a strong sun. He is holding a newspaper with a headline, "House action on Powell." He is saying, "...No seat...
