From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two huge grouper are hanging from large hooks (from ropes tied around the tails). They are labeled "Smuggling" and "Ring." A man with rod and reel is labeled "Fed. undercover...
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...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Bench warrant signed by R.E. Greene for the arrest of Frank Cieciorka, who was charged with defacing the Marshall County jail. Cieciorka was actively involved in other aspects of Freedom Summer:...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memorandum describing the legal basis of the Federal government's authority in dealing with civil rights issues, whether by court action or force.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Alabama Governor George Wallace speaks to a packed audience from a proscenium stage while standing at a podium with microphones. The floorboards behind Wallace are labeled "Wallace...
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...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A series of essays by Freedom Summer volunteer Carl Young. Young discusses his reasons for volunteering, describes his duties and the working conditions in Holly Springs, and provides details on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge skeleton wears a pullover shirt that is labeled, "Metro Safety Council's report on accidental deaths in La. during 1968." Across the skull's forehead is a car, its wheels...
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...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that lists incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violence against African Americans and civil rights...
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 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...
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...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The papers consist primarily of material related to Gray's law enforcement career in Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m387.htm.
Pamphlet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Pamphlet designed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to inform civil rights workers of their legal rights if arrested and questioned by the police. Prepared in reaction to a...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page letter by Kathleen Dahl, a registered nurse and Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She writes on behalf of Charles T. Scales, an African-American volunteer and native...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Uncle Sam, with rolled up sleeves, stands over a wash tub. With one hand, he pours hot water from a kettle labeled "Public disgust" into the wash tub. With the other, he holds a...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo, presumably written by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated June 22, 1964, regarding the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. James...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo begins with an excerpt of section two of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The memo contains comments pertaining to the relevance of the excerpted passage and...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of several armed men in uniform on the campus of the University of Mississippi, October 1, 1962. The men were part of the law enforcement effort to restore and maintain...
