From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of a motel room at the 4 Way Truck Stop in Prentiss, Mississippi.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the exterior of the motel at the 4 Way Truck Stop in Prentiss, Mississippi.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The earth is personified with a human face. A bandaged area is labeled "Tensions," and wounded areas are labeled, "Riots; Disagreement on nuclear disarmament; Vietnam; Ambitious...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter sits on the equestrian statue in Jackson Square. He is sitting behind Andrew Jackson and is holding his hat in a similar way. Behind him is St. Louis Cathedral.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is dressed as a Boy Scout troop leader. He is walking along a path carrying a compass, and he is looking intently at the compass. The path he is...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
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 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. In the foreground is a bomb decorated with an upside down American flag and labeled "Another hike in the debt ceiling." In the background, Ronald Reagan and the Republican...
Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet produced by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), includes descriptions of the consequences often encountered by those involved in the civil rights movement in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon climbs a tall tree with a trunk labeled, "Conservative base." He has reached leafy limbs and a sign that reads, "Climb for the G.O.P. nomination" and is reaching...
Photograph of Cary Thrash, Herb Ivison, Liz Payne, Larry Payne, Leonard Farmer, Jim Payne, and Senator Trent Lott on their way to the NFC Championship Game in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 50, no. 4 (Spring 1997) on...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet published by the White Citizens' Council of Winona, Mississippi, Gillespie states that racial separation is the way to support racial harmony. He says that Soviet Communists are...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Bob Smith, U. Z. Nunnally, Annanais McGhee (seated in the background), Howard Jeffries and Barbara Bloomfield on their way to a meeting. Nunnally,...
