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...
Copy of a handwritten letter from Rabbi Philip M. Posner to the family of Rabbi Charles Mantinband. Posner offers sympathy for the death of Mantinband and comments on the Rabbi's courage and dedication to civil rights.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Feeling that working with the White Folks Project (WFP) in Mississippi would put his Mississippi parents in jeopardy, Philip Alden asks to be assigned duties with the southwest Georgia Project.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Philip Alden's letter indicates frustration caused by a lack of communication from the White Folks Project (WFP), and by his inability to forward a $50 check for the Project.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This document was enclosed with the letter written by Steven McNichols about the Thanksgiving Fast for Freedom (see mus-zz009). Philip Sherburne reports on his experiences in McComb, Mississippi,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Philip Habib stands on top of a large stone labeled "Mideast," and he is trying in vain to remove a sword labeled, "War threat." A military jet flies overhead with the jet...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Norman discusses the creation and work of the Mississippi Humanities Council, the people responsible for its early development, and its programs concerning race relations and public education.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 31, 1981 with Mr. Cecil Shelton at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Shelton was born on September 1, 1945 in Gore Springs, Mississippi. After graduating high school in...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for pages 2, 7, and 11 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for pages 15, 19, and 23 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for pages 27, 35, and 43 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for pages 51, 55, and 59 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proofs for pages 2, 7, 11, 15, 19, and 23 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proofs for pages 27, 35, 43, 51, 55, and 59 (on one sheet) of Puppy Tales color illustrations by Philip B Parsons (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #829, from the books series of...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 1, 1972 with Dr. Aaron Henry in his drugstore in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Henry was born on July 2, 1922 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he went to Xavier College (now Xavier...
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...
