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...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of, from left to right, an unidentified man, a police officer (possibly Ben Collins) and Dr. Aaron Henry in Clarksdale,...
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...
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 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,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Jimmy Hoffa sits in the sear of a cart labeled "Teamsters" and holds a horse whip. The cart seat is labeled with dollar signs. Uncle Sam, wearing a police uniform and holding a paper...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An officer labeled "Open meeting law" carries a baton labeled "Judge's ruling" and rings the doorbell outside a meeting roomdoor in a hallway. A man has opened the door, and he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An policeman dressed in an old-fashioned uniform carries a baton labeled "Archaic Sunday laws." The policeman stands in front of a store naned Hardwick's Hardware. The New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. Richard Nixon, dressed in a trench coat and hat, is reminiscent of cartoon character Dick Tracy. He points to a fat mouse and says, "I'm out to get you, you dirty rat." The...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A series of essays by Freedom Summer volunteer Carl Young. Young discusses his reasons for volunteering, describes his duties and the working conditions in Holly Springs, and provides details on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial clothing labeled, "N.O." leans on the bar at the Blue Dollar Saloon, a drinking establishment. A large bottle labeled "Ol' fiscal crisis" stands on the...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Frank Cieciorka standing by two unidentified policemen during an arrest for defacing the Marshall County jail in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of the arrest of Frank Cieciorka in Holly Springs for defacing the Marshall County jail. Note the sign hung around Cieciorka's neck.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge skeleton wears a pullover shirt that is labeled, "Metro Safety Council's report on accidental deaths in La. during 1968." Across the skull's forehead is a car, its wheels...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. Inside an ornate frame labeled "NATO 25th anniversary," Uncle Sam smokes a cigar labeled "Detente" and appears surprised. A woman labeled Europe and holding a shield labeled "EEC"...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Pamphlet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Pamphlet designed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to inform civil rights workers of their legal rights if arrested and questioned by the police. Prepared in reaction to a...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter addressed to Friends that describes time spent in Mississippi: special session of the state legislature called by Governor Paul B. Johnson to address new federal voting...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Uncle Sam, with rolled up sleeves, stands over a wash tub. With one hand, he pours hot water from a kettle labeled "Public disgust" into the wash tub. With the other, he holds a...
