From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is driving a trolley and ringing the bell. The trolley is labeled "National transit systems" on its side, and the sign on the front is "Budget cut-backs." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands in front of a streetcar named "Desire," which is struggling up a hill labeled, "Transit funding obstacle."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a desk with a "Regional Transit Authority" nameplate. He appears to be rolling up his shirt sleeves. Behind him on the wall is a large poster, the top half of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An man labeled "Orleanian" sits in an armchair reading a newspaper. Nearby on a table is a box piled to overflowing with very large bullets labeled, "Transit...City...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three men are riding in a bus which is labeled "Unity" at the front and "Regional transit authority" on the side. The men are labeled "Tammany...Jeff...Orleans." The man labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial is writing on a chalkboard: "Rolling along." Sweat drop show he is relieved. He holds a newspaper with headlines, "Buses moving...Tentative pact...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man drives a streetcar labeled, "N.O. transit" up a hill. The side of the streetcar says, "Temporary tax increase," and he follows an arrow pointing uphill that reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial carries a briefcase labeled "Joint ventures to benefit all." A paper sticking out of the case is labeled “Regional transit." Morial is standing...
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...
Photograph of Hattiesburg Mass Transit System. Bus and 2 drivers at corner of Main St. and Pine St. in downtown Hattiesburg featured in the October 21, 1982 Student Printz on page 1; 6 x 4.5
Oral history.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; Reverend Harry C. Tartt was born on October 16, 1908, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Reverend Tartt attended New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934, Reverend Tartt began teaching school at...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 24, 1998 with J.C. Fairley, Mamie Phillips, and Charles Phillips, who were all active in the NAACP during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the 1960s.
Oral history.; Ms. Margaret Keith Andresen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 3, 1943. She attended Perkinston High School and the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. As a teacher at Moss Point High School from...
Oral history.; Ms. Phyllis Hawkins Harper was born October 6, 1933, in Mooreville, Mississippi. She graduated from Mooreville High School and went on to Itawamba Junior College and the University of Mississippi. During the Depression, Ms. Harper...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 19, 2008 with Vincent Creel. An employee of the City of Biloxi, Mr. Creel discussesthe city's preparation, response and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
