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.; Mr. Billy Joe McCain, Sr., was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936. When he was four years old, his parents divorced, and he returned with his mother to her parents' home in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended segregated schools,...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A tow truck labeled "legislative study commission" tows a car with a Capitol dome on its top and labeled "legislative operations." The car is said to be "due for an overhaul."
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 13, 2006 with Gregory Ladner, a nurse at Highland Community Hospital in Picayune, MS. Mr. Ladner discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the hospital, its patients and staff, and the cleanup...
Oral history.; Eva Gates was born on October 4, 1948. Marriage and pregnancy at fifteen caused her to temporarily leave school although her return proved difficult because of her husband's protests and the prevailing school policies concerning...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 19, 1978 with Mr. W.S. Griffin at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Griffin was born on October 15, 1913 near Mantee, Mississippi, in Webster County. In 1936, he accepted a position as a teacher and coach...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 3, 1993 with Horace H. Harned Jr. (born 1920). He was a former Mississippi State legislator, a member of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, and an active segregationist during the years of...
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.; Born to Denton and Odelier Jones Sr. on June 8, 1926, Odelier Morgan began her life on a plantation in Bolivar County, Mississippi, one of twelve children. She and her family were sharecroppers, and her parents also did day work to...
Oral history.; Born on October 20, 1939, in Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County, Alabama, Mr. Loyce Searight moved with his family to Biloxi, Mississippi, in March of 1947. He graduated from M.F. Nichols High School and went on to earn several other...
Oral history.; Reverend Harry C. Tartt was born on October 16, 1908, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Reverend Tartt attended New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934, Reverend Tartt began teaching school at...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a Jeep driving on a road has had to stop due to a pile of rubble blocking the road. The rubble is labeled "Lebanon." The man is looking at his road map labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A donkey and an elephant sit on the doorstep of a house in front of a door labeled "Maine." Both are shivering due to conditions of snow and ice despite being dressed in winter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A worried-looking man rides a roller coaster labeled "Stocks." The roller coaster has just topped an incline and is descending at a steep pitch. The sky is dark and some stars can be...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. A police officer drags a drunken man by his coat collar toward the jail. The drunken man drops a bottle labeled "Old horse feathers" to the floor and says,"Shhay, Jedge, kin ah...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. A police officer is running at speed, following the footprints of an unseen suspect. The footprints are labeled "Criminal activity." The police officer looks up with alarm to...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
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...
