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. Vernon Jackson grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi. Until 1955 he attended Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School; he then attended Nichols High School and was graduated from there. He was inducted into the Army in 1965 and served...
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...
Photograph of mascot Seymour dressed in tuxedo and bow tie at homecoming 1996, which celebrated the presidency of Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
Photograph of the Pride of Mississippi marching band in the formation of a bow tie at the halftime performance of the 1996 homecoming football game. The bow tie is a nod to President Aubrey K. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming, Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas and Randy Pope at 1996 homecoming activities, which celebrated the presidency of Dr. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
Photograph of a welcome sign for the Mississippi Southern College campus erected by the senior class of 1951. Also found in the 1972 Southerner yearbook on pages 6 and 84.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Leaders from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, France, and Great Britain stand on the tarmac of an airfield, alongside a strip of carpet that reads "Welcome Dick." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Charles de Gaulle and Richard Nixon stand together in front of a plane labeled "American Airlines." American tourists have disembarked and are taking pictures of them. De Gaulle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie German. The Apollo 11 spacecraft is returning to Earth from the moon. One astronaut is piloting the craft and extending his hand to Uncle Sam; a second sits on the craft holding a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Allen Johnson. A U.S. soldier labeled "Returning Vietnam veterans" looks at a poster of job opportunities attached to a brick wall beneath a sign for an employment agency. The list includes...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 5, 2005 with Kate Greene. Ms. Greene discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 25, 2006 with Naseer and Zaheer Ahmad. Zaheer had been a taxi operator in New Orleans for twenty-five years when Katrina forced his family to Virginia. Zaheer recalls his life in New Orleans and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2008 with Mark Currier, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 14, 1972 and January 25, 1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television...
