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 John Stampone. Two uniformed soldiers with rifles have entered a clearing in a jungle. The one labeled "U.S. withdrawal plans" is moving away from the other and calls over his shoulder, "Double...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger stand on one side of a pit trap, looking disconcerted. On the other side of the pit trap are an American military prisoner bound in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A locked ballot box labeled "S. [South] Vietnam's progress toward political stability" has been personified with a pair of running human legs. Two men, one labeled "Viet Cong,"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man wearing a "coolie" hat labeled "Hanoi" is standing on a globe of the earth, playing golf on a map of the United States. A hole flag labeled "Washington" is stuck into the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Richard Nixon, carrying a paper labeled, "Political settlement through free elections," walks up to a voting booth set up outdoors in Vietnam. The booth curtains are open, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. An elegant, petite Asian woman labeled "Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh" walks beside a very large soldier and holds his hand. The soldier carries a rifle over his shoulder and is grinning....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. An injured U.S. soldier lies in a bed in a U.S. military hospital. His right leg is broken and in traction. The soldier's purple heart medal is on the bedside table. He is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A uniformed soldier labeled "Viet Cong" carrying a rifle stands at the mouth of a large storm drain labeled "South Vietnam." At his feet are five stones. From inside the storm...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A dove labeled "Peace hopes" carries an olive branch in its beak and stands on a round table in a room while looking up. The table has a sign that reads, "Paris talks" and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "Viet Cong" plays a piano with three pipes on top that resemble cannon barrels. The song on the piano is called, "Stop the bombing." The cannons are emitting...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man labeled "State of union" struggles to ice skate while carrying a cannon labeled "Viet as ever" and a box labeled "and butter too." The ice is labeled "Economy" and has cracks....
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A Vietnamese military officer drives a vehicle labeled "Viet Nam" under a prominent, hot sun. An insect is flying around the officer's head, its buzzing wings making the sound...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam sits at a table on which is a paper labeled "Paris talks with Viet Cong." He reacts with pain when he is hit in the back of the neck by a stone thrown from behind him...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A dove carrying an olive branch in its beak flies over the globe. The path of flight is long and twisted, and the dove, labeled "Viet peace talks," appears worried. The cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In the left foreground, a very small soldier labeled "Anti-poverty" stands with arms raised holding a rifle and shouts, "Out of ammo!" Next to the soldier are an empty ammunition box...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon, dressed as a football player with "U.S." on the helmet, is the lone football player against four smaller players with Asian features and the hammer and sickle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. An adult American bald eagle labeled "U.S." is sitting in its nest, which is built at the top of a mountain crag. The eagle is watching its young, a small soldier labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Two U.S. soldiers are behind a sandbag bunker in Vietnam. One is looking through binoculars at the scene in the distance. The other holds his rifle and is talking into the radio...
