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. The cartoon is divided in the center by a vertical line and a sign with "Poland's border." On the left side, a man labeled "Independent union movement" holds a sign that reads,...
Oral history.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 29, 1991 with Mr. Richard Boyd and on September 29, 1992 with Mrs. Earline Boyd. Mr. Boyd was born on July 21, 1916 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated from Eureka High School in 1935. ...
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.; 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.; 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.; Interview conducted on May 3, 1982 with Reverend James Randolph, former pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, at the parsonage in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Randolph was born on April 4, 1949 in Rankin County, Mississippi, near...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. An elegant, petite Asian woman labeled "Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh" walks beside a very large soldier and holds his hand. The soldier carries a rifle over his shoulder and is grinning....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An oil barrel is on its side, and Jimmy Carter is on top of it crosswise and face down. Two large clouds are nearby [smoke?], one labeled “Imported oil prices" and the other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ayotollah Ruhollah Khomeini sits cross-legged on a floor with his back to a wall on which are many hash marks that mark the passage of days during the Iran Hostage Crisis. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon is shown as a king, dressed in royal robes trimmed in ermine. He is holding a sceptre and wearing a large crown. He is a small figure standing on a low cliff at the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Jimmy Carter is standing with a man dressed in a long robe, looking at a tall pyramid of human skulls. A third man, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, stands before the...
cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer; There are four frames in this cartoon, in which are pictured a professor wearing a bandage on his nose. Each frame also has a caption. The captions, as a paragraph, read as follows:"I've been kicked out of my...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A woman wearing a dress and high heels is standing next to the huge, interlocking gears of a machine. Her skirt is labeled "Civil rights bill," and it is caught in the moving gears....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Knudsen. Lyndon Johnson, holding a briefcase labeled "Vietnam peace," has just climbed to the top of a mountain labeled "Bombing halt." Fatigue and sweat are apparent. He sees three other...
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 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 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
