Oral history.; Dr. Charlotte Siegel Kaplan was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, on August 20, 1920, to Sadie Courland Siegel and Samuel Siegel who had emigrated from Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. In the Delta of Mississippi, the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is leading a horse labeled "New racing commission" along a race track. Behind Treen is a building with a pennant labeled "La. [Louisiana] racing." The...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; In the background, the capitol building is pictured with two other Washington, D.C., landmarks. In the foreground, two runners are pictured. The runner to the left, labeled "Surtax Extension," is pictured reaching behind...
Oral history.; Orene Ellis Farese was born May 20, 1916, in Choctaw County, Mississippi. She attended a local public schools, Holmes Junior College, and Blue Mountain College. She began her professional career as a high school English teacher. When...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi delegation position paper presented at the convention of the National Conference for New Politics in Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 4, 1967. Calls for reform in education and welfare,...
cartoon by Gene Basset; A man sits in a chair in a courtyard surrounded by a high wall. The man, labeled "Big land owners," is accompanied by an attractive woman and a mariachi band." The big land owner throws a bone toward the top of the wall,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A dog without any teeth sits in a chair in a dentist's office and wears a bib that reads, "State's campaign finance reporting law watch dog." A dentist stands nearby holding a...
cartoon by John Stampone; A giant nut is labeled "Draft inequities" Five sledge hammers litter the ground around the nut. The handles of each are broken. Two of the sledge hammers are labeled "Reform" and "Proposals".
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men are on a girder that is suspended from above by a wire and large hook. The girder is labeled, "State building programs" and is not flat but tilted up on one end. The man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is flying a jet plane labeled, "Constitutional amendments...Grants-in-aid, veterans' taxes, etc." over the Louisiana state house, causing a sonic boom labeled "Ker-boom!"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A man is entangled in a mass of tape and paper that has him so bound that his feet are off the ground. President Jimmy Carter, looking downcast, holds scissors labeled, "Regulatory...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A mailman in colonial garb rides a horse through a desert scene (cactus and bleached bones can be seen). The horse, with a mail pouch on the saddle and bandages on left hind leg and...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A boy and a girl stand in the upper right corner of the cartoon, hodling hands. They are wearing clothes that are far too small for them. The girl's dress reads "$600.00 allowance for dependents set up in 1948." In 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.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
