From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A group of hippies is sitting or lying in front of a door labeled "Army induction centers, Pentagon, etc." One is burning a draft card, and all their eyes appear closed. A sign...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A woman wearing a fringed shawl is looking through the greeting cards in a store that is decorated for Christmas. Nearby on a store counter beside a cash register is a stack of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Mao Zedong is holding a paper that reads, "15 million North Vietnamese, 700 million Chinese," and he is making notes. He is thinking, "Now besides these, helping us are the...
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 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 February 13, 1978 with Mr. M.W. Hamilton in Petal, Mississippi. Hamilton was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1909 and lived in the area until his death in 1990. He worked as a mechanic, electrician and...
Oral history.; Viola Brown Sanders was born in Sidon, Mississippi, on February 21, 1921. After Miss Sanders finished her education, she taught school for two years in Glen Allan, Mississippi. In 1943, Miss Sanders joined the United States Navy...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 23 and October 30, 1974 with Mr. Joe Reyer at his home in Poplarville, Mississippi. Reyer was born in 1893 in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He attended an agricultural high school, now Pearl...
Oral history.; Mr. Lee Owens, Jr. was born on May 7, 1921, in Natchez, Mississippi. As a child, Mr. Owens worked in a cotton field for half a day while attending school for half a day. Because his parents could not afford to send him to school, he...
Oral history.; Mr. Augustus (Gus) Ashby Sr. was born in 1924, in Washington, D.C. and moved to Tupelo where he became active in the local church. After high school, he attended college in Holly Springs and Okolona, Mississippi. He was a member of...
From the Betty Koch Erwin Papers.; A three-page draft of a letter written by Betty Erwin to Helen Jones discussing Erwin's depiction of African Americans in her novel, Behind the Magic Line; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is an early draft of one of Michael Miller's letters to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, which explains the national press's misinterpretation of the phrase "Black power" and...
From the Wesley James Ellzey Papers. A certificate of Confederate draft exemption issued to Wesley James Ellzey on May 8, 1864. The exemption was issued because he was a teacher.
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...
cartoon by John Stampone; A giant nut is labeled "Draft inequities" Five sledge hammers litter the ground around the nut. The handles of each are broken. Two of the sledge hammers are labeled "Reform" and "Proposals".
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Doug Sneyd. A man with a protruding beer gut wears an apron labeled "Brew master" over his skimpy tank top and pants. He stands beside a beer barrel while he talks on the phone. He says into...
cartoon by John Stampone; A man labeled "Congressional doves" holds a picket sign that reads,"Eliminate the draft" His tie bears a peace symbol. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird stands face to face with the man, gestures over his shoulder and...
unfinished cartoon by John Riedell; Drawn on the reverse side of cartoon number 845. A man labeled "angry taxpayer" is holding a huge ax on his shoulder. He is wearing a devilish smile.
cartoon by John Riedell; Nelson Rockefeller sits in a rocking chair wearing cleats on his feet. He looks out the window at the White House. The window sill is labeled "political draft."
cartoon by John Riedell; A tree is labeled "Iowa," and is losing its leaves. Some of the leaves falling from the tree are labeled "October draft call."
