From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Roy Carless. Richard Nixon's face appears on the body of the Statue of Liberty. His expression is grim. Instead of the torch, Nixon swirls a club in the air. The book in his other arm is...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A giant ape labeled "Crime in the streets" holds a spike-studded mace and sits upon a giant throne labeled "Public disrespect for law and order" The corners of the throne are decorated with skulls, and it sits amidst the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A very tall Uncle Sam bends over at the waist, with his hands clasped behind his back, in order to look into the face of a very small Sargent Shriver, who stands on stilts. The two...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-sided flyer produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) announcing the sale of a book titled "The Movement : Documentary of a Struggle for Equality" by playwright...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial and two men stand by the edge of a stream in a woodland setting, and they are watching the stream flow by. A sign nearby is labeled, "Cutback...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter stands on one side of a street labeled, "Campaign home stretch." Behind him is his shop with a sign on the roof labeled, "Best buy in peanuts." Across the street is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. The United Nations (depicted as a turtle with the head of Secretary General U Thant) is on a runway marked "Long record of inaction on hijacking & political piracy." An angry man sits...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the lower left of the cartoon is a building with a U.S. flag on top, labeled "State's public school system." On the horizon of a hill behind the school, in large block letters, is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A woman wearing a fringed shawl is looking through the greeting cards in a store that is decorated for Christmas. Nearby on a store counter beside a cash register is a stack of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A jogger labeled, "Conservative trend,"is running across the country on the "Law'n'order trail," which is shown on a map of the United States. The trail is shown from Los...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very tall gangster-type character leans against the Washington Monument, his elbow on top of the monument. The gangster is labeled, "Monument to Washington," and he is holding...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Alabama Governor George Wallace speaks to a packed audience from a proscenium stage while standing at a podium with microphones. The floorboards behind Wallace are labeled "Wallace...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Shirley Temple Black stands on a stage and speaks to an audience. She holds a large paper labeled, "Politics." The curtain above Black's head is labeled,"Famous Entertainers Series."...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo from Anne Braden to the Southern Student Organizing Committee discusses approaches to Civil Rights organizing in the South. Braden feels that white students should work at organizing...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A small girl, walking and holding a schoolbook under one arm, is being followed by a white lamb labeled "Desegregation school days." The girl and lamb are looking back over their...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is a copy of a memorandum from J. Francis Pohlhaus that explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge to Dr. John Morsell. The document gives details...
Letter from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends, dated December 5, 1964. The cover letter explains the MFDP's challenge to the recent seating of Mississippi Congressmen. The MFDP contends that the congressmen were unfairly...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of bombings that occurred in Mississippi from June 16 to October 4, 1964. Prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the incidents of violence are listed in...
Transcribed copy of a handwritten letter from Rayford Lee Bourn to Nancy Ellin, dated September 9, 1964, in which Bourn discusses his up-coming departure from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in order to attend school. Mentions incidents of harassment and...
