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 Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam drives a car at speed along a road and approaches a sharp turn. A suitcase labeled, "Miami Beach" is on the car trunk. The words, "1968...The year of the unexpected in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal. A number of miniature missiles speed through an open doorway. The missiles have knocked the door knob off the front of the door. An ornate window set into the door features a...
Cartoon by Ricky Nobile titled "From the Rock 'n' on a roll," celebrating the 2003 football season, including an 8-0 Conference USA record and a trip to the Liberty Bowl. Coach Jeff Bower and a large eagle labeled "Champions" ride in a muscle car...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge skeleton wears a pullover shirt that is labeled, "Metro Safety Council's report on accidental deaths in La. during 1968." Across the skull's forehead is a car, its wheels...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of the Golden Rule Bargain House on Main Street. A woman is using a Speed Queen ironer.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the exterior of the Golden Rule Bargain House on Main Street, which sold furniture. A banner is advertising Speed Queen washers and ironers.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" stands beside a car that has crashed into a tree beside a road. The car is labeled "Speeding bills" and is very badly damaged. A sign beside the road is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount drives a truck labeled "U.S. mail system" off of a cliff at a high rate of speed. The truck is propelled by the words "That strike." Blount says,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. President Richard Nixon drives a speed boat labeled, "G.O.P. hopes" along a developed beachfront. The Republican elephant rides in the boat and shows great fear at the sight of...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A judge drives a carriage labeled "Our courts" He brandishes a whip toward the horse. Far in front of the carriage, a man and a woman in a convertible labeled "Modern living" speed away. A cat sits in one of the tree tops...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Grim Reaper is labeled, "Orleans Parish 1967 traffic fatalities," and holds a pointer indicating a sign on the wall that reads, "76 to date." Words next to the Grim Reaper...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 11, 1964. Discusses work in Marks, Mississippi, the possibility of future work in Tunica, and the recent convention of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ricky Nobile. Three men are shown driving cars labeled, "Wallace, Carter, Udall." In the center of the three is the smiling Jimmy Carter, driving at speed with his tie flying in the wind....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large truck labeled, "Multibanking Economic Development, Inc." is traveling at speed. Another sign on the truck is "Across parish lines."
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 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 Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial is running with a hammer in one hand and a traffic sign in the other. The traffic sign is labeled, "Committee of 55...Radar enforced." He is...
