Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 11, 1964. Discusses work in Marks, Mississippi, the possibility of future work in Tunica, and the recent convention of the Mississippi Freedom...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 10, 1964. In this brief note, Zwerling notifies his parents that he moved to Marks.
Oral history.; Ms. Juno Gwendolyn Nichols-de Marks was born November 25, 1924, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Ms. Nichols-de Marks graduated from Biloxi Colored High School in 1941 at which time she entered Alcorn University. In 1945 she was elected Miss...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo to the Jackson COFO office about the re-organization of a COFO office in Marks, Mississippi.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 28, 2007 with Elizabeth Marks Doolittle, Public Services Librarian at the University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus. Ms. Doolittle discusses her experiences during Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 16, 1985 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 19, 1975 with Otho Monroe (born 1912). Mr. Monroe was superintendent of the Senatobia School District from 1949 until 1968, when he resigned in protest of school desegregation.
Oral history.;Mr. F.W. Bishop was born on December 11, 1897, near Shaw, Mississippi. His family farmed in the Skene community before moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1911. Mr. Bishop began his education in a one-room schoolhouse in Skene and...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Thirty-six pages (typewritten and handwritten) recounting Zoya Zeman's experiences in Mississippi from June 24, 1964, through September 6, 1964.
cartoon by John Stampone; This cartoon contains four frames. Within the four frames, two bald, fat men shovel dirt and fill in a hole in the ground. One man is labeled "Soviets" and the other man is labeled "Red China" In the first frame, a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and another Iranian man sit on the floor in front of a wall covered with tally marks. The wall is labeled "395th day," and the second man holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ariel Sharon walks out of a building labeled "Defense ministry." Above his head is a dark cloud labeled "Massacre findings." Marks drawn on the cloud indicate the hollow eye sockets and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A teacher is sitting at her desk in a classroom and appears dazed. Around her head are circular marks labeled "Test scores...Facility decay...Discipline." On the desk is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A fat man labeled "Inflation" is walking along holding a paper labeled "Consumer price increase." The man has brushed against Jimmy Carter, who is labeled "Tight race." Marks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Menachem Begin stands, looking satisfied, in the doorway of a building labeled "Israel." Attached is a smaller building labeled "Golan Heights." An angry man in robes labeled...
