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.; An interview conducted on November 20, 1998 with Jason York, marketing manager for Silver Star Resort and Casino. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, York describes his experience of Choctaw culture in the context of American society.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 21, 1998 with Kenneth York (born 1948) in Neshoba County, Mississippi. York is an educator and advocate for Choctaw cultural heritage.
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.; Mr. Vernon Jackson grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi. Until 1955 he attended Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School; he then attended Nichols High School and was graduated from there. He was inducted into the Army in 1965 and served...
Oral history.; Norman discusses the creation and work of the Mississippi Humanities Council, the people responsible for its early development, and its programs concerning race relations and public education.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "S and D," [Susan and Diane] written on Wednesday, July 8, 1964. The letter speaks of the teaching experiences of the Ellins in the Freedom Schools in Hattiesburg and the neighboring...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated January 1958. The Mantinbands discuss their interest in race-related issues, particularly the Rabbi's continued service on the board...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated December 1954. Discusses their efforts to build a Jewish life in the South, the impact of the May 1954 Supreme Court...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, offering Season's Greetings and an update of current events in the life of their family. Mentions the couple's move from northern Alabama to Hattiesburg,...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends dated December 1962, in which the Mantinbands provide an update on events in their life and family for the past year. They mention the birth of twin grandchildren, a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam stands behind Charles de Gaulle and Leonid Brezhnev, who are holding a huge Valentine labeled "Roses are red, violets are blue, please accept our IOU." Uncle Sam,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. An American soldier and Ho Chi Minh are in the jungle of Vietnam. The American is looking carefully around a tree. Above him are Christmas decorations, and a Christmas stocking...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A hippie labeled, "Student draft violator," is burning his draft card. At the same time, he is looking back over his shoulder at a poster of General Lewis Hershey that reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen stands at the exchange window of a store with an opened Christmas package in his hands. The box is labeled "Tax package" and still has some of...
