From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jack Jurden. A bulldog with a British flag on its side is knocking on a closed door labeled "Common Market."
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 Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a burned-out vehicle taken during the riots at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 1962. Riots broke out in late September as a result of the integration of...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet published by the White Citizens' Council of Winona, Mississippi, Gillespie states that racial separation is the way to support racial harmony. He says that Soviet Communists are...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet suggests that to accommodate everyone's educational preferences three kinds of schools should be established--all African American, all Caucasian American, and a combination of the two.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Excerpt from the book "Down to Earth." The material stresses the perceived negative affects of racial integration.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; From a segregationist position, James C. Davis discusses the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, and presents ways in which to oppose integration.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. A large man stands in the doorway of a house pointing over his shoulder with a thumb. He is holding a newspaper in his other hand with the headline, "Northern congressmen accuse...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A line of six white men dressed in suits and ties stand before John F. Kennedy. They are labeled "Responsible leaders of Southern communities," and Kennedy is pinning a medal on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A white-haired, elderly man wearing a suit that typifies the plantation owner of the Old South is labeled "Dixie." He is smoking a cigar and clapping. Nicholas Katzenbach, smoking...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A report of research by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the prosecution of Mississippi school districts that refused to integrate.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet notes the integration conflicts in Mississippi, and endeavors to promote a positive image of Mississippians.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
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...
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...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; In his six-page memoir, Dr. Anthony Harris recounts events in his life from ca. 1964 to 1977. He includes his participation and arrest in a voting rights demonstration, his role in the integration of...
