Oral history.; Ms. Frances Elkin Joyner was born on November 23, 1909, in Tupelo, Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Maryland. She married Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. just...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on December 29, 2006 with Letitia Willams, Director of the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, who describes escaping to Jackson, Mississippi, before Hurricane Katrina's landfall and working with state and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A billboard identifies "George Wallace's political breeding farm" to motorists on the road that passes in front of the farm. In the several animal pens are hybrid creatures that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A donkey and an elephant sit on the doorstep of a house in front of a door labeled "Maine." Both are shivering due to conditions of snow and ice despite being dressed in winter...
Oral history.; Miss Eleanor Sinclair was born and reared in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She completed the eighth grade, which was the highest grade a black student could complete in public schools at Pass Christian at that time. She worked at...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones was born on July 19, 1909, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her mother's family were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, of Creole heritage; her grandmother, Olivia Lewis, spoke only in French. Her father Lamar...
Oral history.; Dr. Forest Kent Wyatt was born on May 27, 1934, in Berea, Kentucky. He graduated from Delta State College (now Delta State University) with a double degree in mathematics and health, physical education, and recreation. He then began...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A psychologist (or psychiatrist) drawn to resemble Sigmund Freud sits in a chair taking notes as he listens to his client (or patient), who is sitting in a chair across from...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A distressed-looking elephant labeled "Moderates," dressed in a tuxedo, looks into a top hat labeled "Hope for a miracle." Runtz's signature cat looks on, also looking distressed.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by David Simpson. A very overweight elephant labeled "Okla. GOP" [Oklahoma] sits at the end of a bed, one forefoot resting on its protruding belly. With the other forefoot, it uses a toothpick to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Doug Sneyd. A man smoking a cigar holds a placard with the words, "Let's end Vietnam the way it began -- with a Kennedy" for another man to see. The second man says, "Somehow, I don't think...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by David Simpson. President Gerald Ford stands at the head of a huge, overweight elephant, holding a lead rope attached to the elephant. At the rear of the elephant, Ronald Reagan hangs from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. Richard Nixon rides a charging, three-headed elephant and carries a pennant labeled "Anti-Democrat-Democrat." From left to right, the elephant's heads are labeled "Left, Center,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Bob Taylor. A man labeled "Rocky," (Nelson Rockefeller), wearing a parachute, has just jumped from the side door of a plane labeled "The race." He looks back over his shoulder at the plane and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Gerald Ford and his partner are dancing smoothly in the background, and he is looking over his shoulder toward the dancers in the foreground. Ronald Reagan is shown...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Armed soldiers guard the entrance to the site of the 1968 Democratic Convention, which is surrounded by chain link fence topped by barbed wire. The gate in the fence is labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jim Lange. An elephant (drawn as a man) is labeled "Okla. G.O.P." [Oklahoma] and is holding a sign that reads, "Welcome Spiro!" Hearts surround the elephant's head. In the background is an...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A donkey labeled "Democrats" wears a black patch labeled "Mayor Daley" on one eye. Stars and marks of pain radiate out from the donkey's covered eye. The cartoon caption reads,...
