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 ten 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 Reg Manning. Uncle Sam holds a piece of paper labeled "U.S. Mideast peace plan." From left and right, he is being slapped in the face by two hands at once. On one side, the arm is labeled...
Oral history.; Dr. S. Jay McDuffie was born in Nettleton, Mississippi, and grew up in Tupelo. He earned a B.S. degree at Mississippi State University, entered the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II and later earned his medical...
A collection of six 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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. An ostrich labeled "Baker investigation" stands with its head in the sand under a hot sun. An elephant dressed in safari clothing and pith helmet is pulling a tail feather from 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...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of S. G. Thigpen Co. storefront. Standing near an automobile are four men identified as S. G. Thigpen, E. H. Stevens, L. O. Crosby, Sr. and R. J. Williams.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Lyndon Johnson and a donkey sit next to each other in rocking chairs. Johnson's chair sports a U.S. seal. The donkey is bandaged and has an arm (upper leg) in a sling. Stars...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A slight looking man labeled "U.S. taxpayer" walks beside Richard Nixon. He sweats and strains as he carries Attorney General John Mitchell on his shoulders labeled "Legal fees for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Two U.S. and two Vietnamese representatives negotiate at the Paris peace talks. Behind the two men from the U.S. is a third man labeled "U.S. anti-involvement sentiment." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. Uncle Sam drives a stage coach, inside of which are a trunk labeled "U.S. gold" and a person with a head shaped like a U.S. coin. The coin is labeled "U.S. $ [dollar]." The stage...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Allen Johnson. A U.S. soldier labeled "Returning Vietnam veterans" looks at a poster of job opportunities attached to a brick wall beneath a sign for an employment agency. The list includes...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. The hand, cuff, cuff link labeled "U.S.," and coat sleeve of Uncle Sam are shown. Uncle Sam is wearing a wedding band labeled "Iowa draftees" on his ring finger. The cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Reg Manning. The giant leg of a man wearing cowboy boots and spurs steps into the cartoon from the left. On the boot is a map of Texas, the lone star, and "Gov. Connally." A small man,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Uncle Sam is wearing the clothing of a U.S. Army soldier. He is weighed down with gear, his pack is labeled "Vietnam efforts," and he is sweating. Behind him, a glove from a suit...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A giant hand suspends a birdcage over a curved chessboard (curve denotes the Earth). The cuff just behind the hand bears a hammer and sickle symbol. Standing inside the cage is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A man labeled "Czech people" stands in Central Europe in an area fenced by tall barbed wire. A flag with hammer and sickle is mounted on top of the fence. The horizon line is the...
