Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
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.; Reese Harris Snell was born on December 20, 1924, in Meridian, Mississippi. He graduated from Meridian High School and joined the Army after graduation. Mr. Snell served overseas with the 85th Infantry Division and received a Bronze...
Oral history.; Born in 1947, Dr. Story was graduated from Mississippi Valley State University in 1969 where he earned a B.S.; he earned an M.Ed. from Delta State University. During his varied career he has been a sharecropper, a public school...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 21, 1980 with the Honorable George M. Yarbrough at his home. Yarbrough was born on August 15, 1916 at Red Banks, Mississippi. Yarbrough served in the U.S. Army during World War II, achieving the rank...
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
Oral history.; Mrs. Alyce West Richardson was born on August 2, 1930, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She graduated from Cleveland High School and Delta State Teachers College and worked as the secretary-treasurer of West Implement Company, Inc., and...
Oral history.; Kathleen (Kat) Bergeron was born on April 23, 1950. She attended Gulfport East High School and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshal University in Huntington, West Virginia. From 1995 to 1996, Ms. Bergeron attended...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large bear wearing a collar with a tag that has the hammer and sickle symbol on it sits before a vintage phonograph player. The bear is rubbing its chin. From the sound...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Four small men labeled "Allies" are sitting on top of an oil barrel underneath a giant poster of Jimmy Carter dressed as Uncle Sam. Carter is pointing his finger and saying, "I...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. With one hand, Richard Nixon holds a piece of paper labeled "Exchange of visits." With his other hand, he gestures toward an outline of Charles de Gaulle and says, "My friend, the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. The scene is an artist's studio. A painting of the U.S. Capitol dome is on the easel and is labeled, "The Capitol scene." The drape is hanging from one edge of the painting. In the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Lyndon Johnson is escorting a man labeled "Businessmen" toward two doors, both closed. Johnson has twisted the arm of the man behind his back. The door on the left is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Paul Volcker, chair of the Federal Reserve Board, is speaking to a Congressional committee as he sits at a table. Two men at the table lean toward him, their hands behind their...
