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.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger stand on one side of a pit trap, looking disconcerted. On the other side of the pit trap are an American military prisoner bound in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In a toy store, a little boy sits on Santa's lap and asks, "When will I see my daddy again?" On the floor next to Santa's chair, Runtz's signature cat holds up a newspaper with the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jack Jurden. A Vietnamese man labeled "Hanoi" stands outside a prison wall. He shakes a fist in the air and says, "Out damned spot! Out I say!" A theatrical spotlight partially illuminates the...
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.; Reverend Robert L. Hartenfeld was born on February 19, 1935, in Pemberville, Ohio. He earned a B.A. from Capital University and a Master's of Theology from Trinity Seminary of Columbus, Ohio. Reverend Hartenfeld helped to start up...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 3, 1976 with Dr. William A. Butts at his office on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Butts was born in 1933 near Kilmichael, Mississippi. After graduating high school, he went on to...
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.; 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...
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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the camp for German prisoners of war detained at Camp Shelby during WWII, with well-tended gardens around them; 5 x 7
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon is an office desk with a blotter and name plate that reads, "Job of Angola warden." A sign tacked to the front of the desk reads, "Help wanted:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sham prison guard is propped up in sitting position on a box in front of a prison cell door. The sham guard has a broom for a head and spine, has wooden limbs, and is dressed...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A long line of people are waiting to talk to a man in a window labeled "State Department Complaints." Each person is a leader from a different part of the world, and holding a sign. The signs read:"torture of political...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. In the foreground is the corner of a large building with columns, labeled "Law, justice, decency among nations." In the distance is a small tent surrounded by men using whips and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. President Lyndon Johnson, looking dismayed, is portrayed as an automobile mechanic working on the engine of a high performance race car labeled "Lyndon Johnson special." A number...
