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 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...
cartoon by Vic Cantone; The "Press" indulges in the pleasures of women, food, and relaxation. Bubbles float around that read "Conflicts of Interest," "Freebies," "Free Travel," and "Gifts." An older and proper woman representing the "Code of...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; Men travel in a car into the state of Illinois, and a sign welcomes them. Behind this sign is a larger sign reading,"historical adventureland; drive some of the same early century roads grandfather traveled; Illinois...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter is typed on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) letterhead and is signed by 18 individuals. It was meant to spark publicity for the upcoming Congressional challenge sponsored...
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. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a cowboy, complete with pistols in his gun belt. He spins a large globe. Europe, Middle East, Central America, and the Far East are highlighted. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev, wearing a cap with the Communist hammer and sickle symbol, stands at a line on the ground indicating a border between the U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia, with one...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration of Charlie Chaplin waiting for a ride (folded) and walking down the road (unfolded) from H.A. Rey's book dummy for How Do You Get There.
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration of lighthouse and ship (folded and unfolded) from H.A. Rey's book dummy for How Do You Get There (1941). The first image is 8.5" x 9.5" and the second image is 8.5" x 14."
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration of a little girl with a dog and her parents waiting at a bus stop (folded) and her parents getting on the bus (unfolded) from H.A. Rey's book dummy for How Do You Get There.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Two passenger jets pass each other above the icy top of the world, which is labeled, "Cold war." One jet is labeled "Commercial flights to the U.S." and the other, "Commercial...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen and another man stand in Treen's office looking at a large sign that reads, "Treen campaign debt $." The man says, "It's real simple Dave. You just...
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...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; Santa Claus and his eight reindeer travel above the Earth. Santa Claus tells Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,"Keep glowing Rudolph, traffic's pretty crowded around here!" The "GT6" and "GT7" orbit high in the sky in front...
Letter from Lieutenant Andrew J. Locke to Mrs. Jennie A. Dansuns (?), dated 21 May 1862. Locke, Provost Marshall in Grenada, Mississippi, informs Mrs. Dansuns that according to General Ruggles she is free to travel behind Confederate military lines.
Copy of an undated, typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband addressed to family. In the first three pages, Anna Mantinband discusses their travels to New York state and the surrounding area, including details of their...
