A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into four panels, each depicting a New Orleans Saints football fan watching a game [on television] from his armchair. In the first panel, the fan looks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Leonid Brezhnev, labeled "Soviet occupation," has wrestled a much smaller man, labeled "Czechoslovakia," to the floor and has tied him up with rope. Czechoslovakia is fighting and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Carol Mars, a retired librarian, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effects on her life as well as the Pascagoula Library and surrounding area.
Oral history.; Interview conducted December 13, 1995 with Mississippi civil rights activist Mrs. Pinkey Hall, a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She attended the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 2, 1976 with the Honorable Hervey O. Hicks at his home in Benton, Mississippi. Hicks was born on a farm near Benton, Mississippi, in Yazoo County in 1900. In 1931, he ran a successful campaign for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A distressed-looking elephant labeled "Moderates," dressed in a tuxedo, looks into a top hat labeled "Hope for a miracle." Runtz's signature cat looks on, also looking distressed.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An Arab man wearing a robe labeled "OPEC" runs across the sand in shoes labeled "Price...Hike." In the background are two oil derricks. The cartoon caption reads, "Oh, oh, looks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "N.O. taxpayer" stands before a framed painting. In the painting are a chart with a downward trend line labeled, "Flop in sales tax returns," dollar signs, jagged...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in colonial dress representing New Orleans is sitting at a fortune teller's table. The fortune teller is looking into a crystal ball which has the words, "Start of 250th...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. The cartoon is divided in two parts. On the left side, an American soldier sits on one side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and reads a newspaper with the headline, "'68 election...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man in a darkened movie theater rises from his seat and steps into the aisle to leave, hat in hand. On the screen is a film or newsreel titled, "Thailand involvement" showing a...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A man labeled "20th century county's needs" carries a stack of dishes while wearing roller skates labeled "Township system" The roller skates do not appear to be sized for the man's feet, and have been tied on with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man with a globe for a head looks up intently toward a sword labeled "Arab-Israeli clashes." The sword is suspended by its hilt from a string or thread and is rapidly twirling....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Uncle Sam kneels on a park bench and looks at the moon, which is circled by the words "Soviet space lead." A woman labeled, "Other pressing concerns" sits on the bench next to him,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 2006 with Kai Drobish, a ceramicist and resident of Bay St. Louis. Mr. Drobish discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 12, 2008 with Teri Eaton. An agent with State Farm Insurance, Mrs. Eaton discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
Oral history.; An interview with Michael Hewes conducted on December 29, 2006. Hewes discusses his preparations before, and his experience during, and cleanup and recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
