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...
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
Commemorative bumper sticker in gold and black with "Metro" and "1991 champs Southern Mississippi." The bumper sticker also has a drawing of an arm dropping a basketball through a hoop.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is hitchhiking by the road holding a briefcase labeled, "First use tax" and with a sign around his neck labeled, "Going my way?" A transport...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, dressed as Uncle Sam, stands at a chalkboard pointing at the words, "Come let us reason together." He carries a briefcase labeled, "Shuttle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. President Richard Nixon is in a hallway outside the open doorway to a room. Nixon is holding his suitcase which is labeled "Quest for peace trip" and has stamps and country...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Gamble. Henry Kissinger walks through a wooden gate holding a suitcase plastered with travel stickers that read "Mid-East, Moscow, China." In the foreground is a dog house labeled "Europe,"...
Oral history.; An interview with Linda Hayles conducted on August 1, 2006. A former resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ms. Hayles discusses her experience evacuating before Hurricane Katrina as well as in its aftermath.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
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 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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Newspaper and magazine articles, journals, newspapers, bumper stickers, cartoons, etc. concerning anti-Semitism and civil rights. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m338.htm.
