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. Two men descend a stair inside the doorway of a building. One of them carries a briefcase labeled, "Israeli probe," and both appear anxious at what is outside the doorway....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier sits on a box in a field, mirroring the posture of Rodin's statue, The thinker. The soldier holds in his left hand a piece of paper labeled "Calley verdict." His rifle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Three arms are shown with fingers pointing to the rubble of the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Smoke rises from the village and forms a huge question mark in the sky. The cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by William Sandeson. A military officer points with his left hand toward a sky darkened by smoke and labeled "War." In his other hand, he carries a drawn sword labeled "Calley verdict" with 2nd...
From the Quantrill (William Clarke) Research Collection; Pamphlet, "The Lawrence Massacre By a Band of Border Ruffians Under Quantrill, 18 August 1863."
A collection of eight 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...
Oral history.; Discusses Murchison's time spent in the United States Army. Particularly focuses on his participation in the Vietnamese Conflict. During that time, Murchison served both as an adviser and in an actual unit. He received a number of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 20, 1997 and August 28, 1997 with Peter H. Stewart (born 1934). He began teaching school in Edwards, Mississippi, in the fall of 1961. In August 1969, he worked for Friends of Children, a Head Start...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
A three-page typed letter written by Joseph Ellin to "the Editor of the [Kalamazoo] Gazette," July 10, 1964. The document describes the local violence associated with the movement, the conditions in Hattiesburg, and opinions on desegregation. Also...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of a letter from Joseph Ellin to the Gazette, dated July 10, 1964. Discusses freedom schools, freedom school students, volunteers, and education. Ellin also discusses the...
