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 Paul Szep. Two elderly men leaning on canes stand on either side of an early style of wheel chair labeled "Rules Committee chairmanship." The chair is high backed and fitted with plush...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. "Tip" O'Neill, dressed as a baseball player and labeled "Demos," stands on the pitcher's mound in an otherwise empty field. He watches as a baseball sails over his head toward the back...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Tip O'Neill, labeled "Congress," stands in front of a military tank being driven by Ronald Reagan. The tank's gun is labeled "18-months limit in Lebanon." O'Neill, with the U.S....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill, labeled "Congress," ride on a Mardi Gras float labeled "Krewe of deficit reduction." A closed chest is on the float, and the men look at each...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men, one with an elephant head and one with a donkey head, are working either end of a large saw to cut down a huge tree. The man with the donkey head is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan stands in front of a taller man, Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who is labeled "26 new House members." In the background is the dome of the U.S. Capitol,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Gerald Ford holds a pen in his hand. Behind him on the wall is a large poster with a man [Tip O'Neill?] dressed as Santa Claus holding a large sack over his shoulder. The sack...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Massachusetts senator Tip O'Neill sits in the chair of his office, feet on his desk. He is wearing a large button on his lapel with the words, "The 90th "Go slow" Congress." His...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and a man labeled "Demos." (Tip O'Neill) are dressed as painters (smock, tie, and beret) in an art gallery where an exhibition of framed paintings hangs. They...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
cartoon by Gene Basset; Two headless horsemen ride horses toward each other. One horseman is labeled "Black power" and wields a liquor bottle with a rag stuffed into the neck. The other horseman is labeled "White power" and wields a club with a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill are sitting at desks across from each other, and they are both shouting. Reagan is waving a large “Veto” stamp at O’Neill. A stamp pad is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man [Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill?] labeled "Demo. House" is dressed as the Easter Bunny and is digging a hole beside a tree on the lawn of the White House. A large basket...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A large, covered, floating vessel labeled "Nixon's Ark" carries large guns pointing in all directions. President Richard Nixon stands on deck and looks into the sky. His thoughts are...
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...
