From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. David Stockman is dressed as a Cavalry soldier riding on a horse waving a flag which reads, "Raise excise taxes." Arrows are flying at Stockman and the horse. The horse is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled, "Congressional Democrats" run over Jimmy Carter as they are saying, "Overtake Ronnie Reagan." Carter is on the ground covered in footprints. He holds a sign...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is sweating and wiping his brow under a glaring sun. The sun has at its center an elephant head and a campaign button that reads, "Reagan & Bush '80." Around Carter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Gerald Ford stands beside a cab labeled, "Matching funds," and yells, "Overtake that man!" A car with a rear license plate labeled, "Reagan," is speeding past Ford.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Reagan is standing in front of the White House and looking at the large footprints making a path down the road. One footprint is labeled, "10.1% jobless."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Five tall trees are each marked with a letter and together they spell, "Polls." Arrows on the trees are pointing in different directions; some are labeled, "Nixon would run...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Reagan and Congress sit on the porch of their, "Honeymoon Cottage," and look at a boulder situated precariously on the edge of the cliff above their heads. The boulder is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Uncle Sam is in a hospital bed and wearing a body cast. Reagan is dressed as a doctor and saying, "You'll be up and about in no time."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon is shown as a schoolboy wearing a uniform of short pants, short sleeved shirt, and necktie. He is in a school room looking at a chalk board with 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.; An interview with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 17, 2006 with Ronald J. Baker, a commercial fisherman in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Baker describes the hurricane's impact on his neighborhood, his personal business, and the shrimping industry in general.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on February 7 and 21, 1992 with Mr. Thomas Knight Sr. at the University of Southern Mississippi. Knight was born on July 9, 1920 near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1941, he began working at the Reliance...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 20, 1979 with Dr. Dewey Lane at the Robinson Lane Surgical Clinic in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lane was born on September 27, 1934 in Starkville, Mississippi. He attended Vanderbilt University from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
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.; Two interviews conducted on August 20, 1997 and August 28, 1997 with Peter H. Stewart (born 1934). He began teaching school in Edwards, Mississippi, in the fall of 1961. In August 1969, he worked for Friends of Children, a Head Start...
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.
