From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Mayor Morial reads the headlines, "Morial Backer Silent Partner in Land Deal," and says, "Well it ain't silent anymore!"
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Watercolor of a cabin and trees with a barren corn field in the foreground, by J. Bruce Guraedy.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil on canvas painting of boats on a lake with buildings and hills in the background, by Catherine L. French.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An American flag fills the cartoon image. An American soldier in uniform is in the imddle of the cartoon holding a large campaign button that reads, "Your support will be...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 28, 1981 with Reverend Clinton Collier at the Methodist Church in Morton, Mississippi. Collier was born on August 24, 1910 [i.e. 1909] in rural Neshoba County. After completing the eighth grade, which...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 6, 1981 with Dr. W. J. Cunningham at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. William Jefferson Cunningham was born on December 23, 1905 in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1929, he graduated from the University of...
Oral history.; Mrs. Janelle McComb was born in Lauderdale County, and moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, when two weeks old. As a child, Mrs. McComb enjoyed the annual Mississippi / Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. She survived the Tupelo tornado in her...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
Oral history.; Mrs. Edith Ruff Thomas was born on February 12, 1920. She grew up on a farm that became well-established, providing products throughout Tupelo. In 1936, she lived through the Tupelo tornado, and in 1937 she was graduated from Tupelo...
Oral history.; Mr. Ray William (Buck) Wells was born August 21, 1916, on a dairy farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Mississippi Normal College (now The University of Southern Mississippi). Sometime around 1920 or 1921 he moved into...
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Conte on paper drawing of a nude woman sitting on the floor with head bowed and hands clasped in prayer, by Lisa Millet.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Much of the facade of a building labeled "Acknowledgment of God in public schools" has been blocked by a large barrier labeled "Supreme Court decision on Bible reading, prayer." One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A small hippie shouts into a megaphone labeled, "Noisy minority," and shakes his fist at a much larger man labeled "Silent majority." The larger man is taller than the cartoon...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 5, 2008 with Carrolyn Reeves Hamilton, Superintendent of Schools, Long Beach, Mississippi. Ms. Hamilton discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina as well as the impact on Long Beach...
