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 Eldon Pletcher. Two factory workers are talking outside a building with "Agency shop" on the door. A factory is in the background. One man holds a rolled up document reading, "La. Senate vote,"...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A wife yells at her overweight husband,"You said you'd make it big someday, and you sure did!" She holds a paper that reads,"Reports Say There are Now 90,000 Millionaires in the U.S."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sculptor labeled, "Senate," is sitting on the scaffold in front of the partly finished sculpture of "SALT." Above his head is "Reservations," and he appears doubtful. Jimmy...
cartoon by Gene Basset; A man wearing a suit and hat holds up his hands as he stands in front of United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant. The man's hat is labeled "UN" Thant carries a suitcase labeled "Secretery-General U Thant peace keeping...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro sit at a theater dressing room mirror. Brezhnev holds a pot of grease paint and an applicator, and his face is covered with the paint which...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Nancy Maginnes, wife of Henry Kissinger, sits up in bed, angrily calling after her husband. Henry Kissinger, briefcase in hand, is on his way out the door. Mrs. Kissinger says,...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report informs Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) staff of structural changes within the organization and new approaches the organization will take to empowering African...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Yasir Arafat and another man hide beneath a desk in an office. A desk sign that reads, "PLO" is on the floor. The office and building are badly damaged, with rubble all around....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A hawk perches on the forked branch of a tree with new spring leaves, above a nest labeled "Vietnam dispute." A dove is perched on the edge of a nest, which has four large eggs that...
cartoon by Craig Macintosh; A bird with Mitchell's head is sitting on a telephone wire with earphones. There is a sign that reads,"Warning!! burden of proof of wiretapping by Justice Dept. now up to all defendants: Organized Crime Control Act of...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of (left to right) R.W. Dunn, W. S. F. Tatum, and Dr. W. E. Holcomb. W. S. F. Tatum donated the property on which South Mississippi Woman's College was established in 1911. The school is now...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. The left side of the cartoon is labeled "Two years ago." A man labeled "Louisiana" is dressed in formal wear with top hat. He is carrying...
