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...
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...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A disheveled woman sits on a hillside and states,"..And where it's all gonna end if Ford doesn't give us some help!" A purse to her side is labeled "Dame Boston and N.E." The caption reads,"Bicentennial, where it all...
From the Bruce Coville Papers.; Letter from Lisa Meltzer to Bruce Coville (12/18/95) concerning his book Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps (1996). 8.5" x 11"
Photograph of Mississippi license plate 10S01 and an article from the Alumni Association publication about the new plates, sale of which generate funds for scholarships in addition to the standard tax fees. The article photo shows Delbert Dearman,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Marc Lalonde, wearing a beanie and a sweatshirt with a maple leaf, shouts into a megaphone. He is jumping off the ground and his legs are open in a cheerleader's split. In one...
cartoon by John Riedell; An engine of a jet is labeled "international agreement to give no refuge," and is turned on. A "hi-jacker" is standing on the ground underneath the engine. He drops his gun and looks up with worry.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The brochure discusses the unequal distribution of commodities in Mississippi, and points out the federal goverment will be hiring Mississippians to give out the food commodities to the poor.
Booklet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Booklet published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in an effort to inform the public about a piece of legislation intended to inflict genocide upon African...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A man is sitting on a stool a bar. He says to the barkeeper, "Gimme a New York disaster." The bartender, who is drying glasses, says, "A what?" The man replies, "Manhattan on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Pletcher's Everyman character, labeled, "La. taxpayer," sits in a chair in front of a desk across from a man dressed as a doctor (smock, head lamp). The desk has a nameplate...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Robert "Bobby" Freeman sits at a desk holding a piece of paper that reads, "Give me a job." A saw is cutting through the floor around the desk, and the saw is labeled, "Abolish...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bear dressed in a cheerleader's costume with a hammer and sickle symbol is leading a cheer for a very large crowd in the distance. The cheer is "Give me an N, give me an O,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter, as the Statue of Liberty, smiles and watches as a Soviet ship labeled, "Red star," steams by in New York harbor. The ship has a flag with a hammer and sickle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An Arab man labeled "OPEC" stands on a short stool and rings a bell. He is next to an oil barrel that is placed under a wooden easel with a sign labeled "Give more." A Christmas...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Uncle Sam walks past a sign post on which are two signs pointing in opposite directions. The sign that points in the direction Uncle Sam is walking reads "Nuclear non-proliferation...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial and Louisiana governor Dave Treen have finished dinner in a restaurant, and the table is covered with dishes. The cover of a platter is labeled,...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Proclamation issued by Governor Harding calling upon the boys and girls of Iowa to give their pennies to the Happy Tribe fund for French and Belgian war orphans. The goal is one million pennies.
