Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.
Oral history.; Mr. Larry Hudson Jr. was born on January 16, 1936, in Biloxi, Mississippi. After serving in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1958 to 1960, Larry Hudson Jr. earned a B.S. degree from Jackson State University in 1963. He worked in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jerry Fearing. Hubert Humphrey sits at a player piano labeled "'76 campaign," holds up his hands, and says, "Look Ma, no hands!" Musical notes surround the piano. The paper roll in the piano is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A Vietnamese military officer drives a vehicle labeled "Viet Nam" under a prominent, hot sun. An insect is flying around the officer's head, its buzzing wings making the sound...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Richard Nixon speaks to a journalist (artist Runtz's signature cat) writing on a note pad labeled "Press." Nixon is saying, "...very helpful to have another active candidate." From...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon is suited up in astronaut gear and floating in space. An apparatus strapped to his chest is labeled "Tour and report" and attached is a long air hose. In the...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Jane Eddy, dated February 14, 1963. Campbell informs Eddy that he is sending her various newspapers and articles as evidence that The Free Press was not the...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. By Clement C. Moore. Published in Boston by The Atlantic Monthly Press, in 1921. Known under the title: The night before Christmas. "Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge,...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent to editors of northern newspapers in 1969. Johnston discusses the current climate in the state as a...
From the McAtee (William "Bill" G.) Civil Rights Collection; This collection contains an original curriculum packet given out at the SNCC-NCC training site in Oxford, Ohio, for Freedom Summer workers going to Mississippi. It is accompanied by...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The document describes a plan to revamp and enlarge the communications department of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) so that it plays a greater role in the civil rights...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This flyer advertises a speaking engagement for James Houston, a candidate for the third Congressional district of Mississippi, in 1964. The backside of the flyer explains the Mississippi...
Oral history.; Percy Brooks was born on November 15, 1911 to a family of farmers. His grandfather had been freed from slavery during the Civil War, and afterwards sharecropped and rented land to save money to buy eighty acres in 1909. Mr. Brooks...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 18, 1980 with Phillip West (born 1946). He has served as president of the NAACP of Adams County and as second vice-president for the state.
Oral history.; Interview conducted with Dr. Michael Smith, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Southern Mississippi and a journalist during the 1960s. Smith was born in 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa. After his family's move to Jackson,...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 14, 1972 with Mr. Percy Greene at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Greene was born on September 7, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi and died on April 16, 1977. He was very active in the civil rights...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 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...
