From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Outline of the basis for the development of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" Describes why the MFDP broke away from the Mississippi Democratic Party, as well as the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. The hand and coat sleeve of Uncle Sam are shown. The sleeve is labeled "Surtax," and the hand is reaching into an open coin purse. Above this, the outline of a larger hand labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. An outline of Europe and Great Britain, plus latitude and longitude lines, is shown on Richard Nixon's forehead. The cartoon caption reads, "Brow wrinkled with care."
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Four-page document that discusses detailed plans for the development of the party, the organizational structure, and its three major challenges: Freedom registration, Freedom candidates,...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover letter written by Fannie Lou Hamer to the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee regarding the Congressional challenge being conducted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic P:arty. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Eugene McCarthy and John Volpe stand on the globe within the outline of the state of Massachusetts, which is labeled "Tomorrow's Mass. primary." They are facing each other and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. With one hand, Richard Nixon holds a piece of paper labeled "Exchange of visits." With his other hand, he gestures toward an outline of Charles de Gaulle and says, "My friend, the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Chronological outline of the involvement of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the civil rights movement from 1955-1968.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. The cartoon shows an outline of Western Europe, and the area which is France is labeled. Also shown are part of the Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, and the Mediterranean...
Transcribed copy of a letter from Zoya Zeman to her family dated April 26, 1964. Zeman began writing this letter on April 26 after attending a conference at Stanford University, and then finished it on May 23, 1964. Zeman explains that the main...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the bottom of the cartoon is part of the Earth, with an outline of the U.S. apparent against the lines of latitude and longitude. A man without facial features is dressed in...
From the Gene DeWeese Papers.; Composition notes (30 April 1996) labeled "outline and scenes" (p.1) from Gene DeWeese's Lord of Necropolis (1997). 8.5" x 11"
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo proposing a study institute for SNCC workers to be held in Waveland, Mississippi, after a staff retreat. The institute was designed to heighten awareness of political, social, and economic...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This handbook was produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" It includes an introduction of Mississippi political programs, voter registration, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
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 Ed Renfro Papers.; Color separation, with text and outline of underlying illustration on plastic overlay. The illustration was done by Ed Renfro for Leland Jacobs' Old Lucy Lindy (1964). 20" x 13"
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 21, 1980 with the Honorable George M. Yarbrough at his home. Yarbrough was born on August 15, 1916 at Red Banks, Mississippi. Yarbrough served in the U.S. Army during World War II, achieving the rank...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 26, 1975 with Mr. Charles Johnson at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Johnson was born in 1911 in Amory, Mississippi. After receiving a degree in Science from Mississippi State University, he began...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
