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. A man wearing track shorts and shoes and labeled, "Candidate" on his back is sitting atop a track hurdle labeled "Qualification deadline." Ahead of him on the track are two more...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Mideast peace" rides a camel in the desert. He is dressed as an explorer (khaki shorts, pith helmet). His helmet has an olive branch on it, and he has his hand up...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletche. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is pulling on the reins of a donkey that is labeled "Uncommitted slate." The donkey's head is over a fence which has a sign that reads, "Custer's...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bull dressed in formal wear labeled "Stock market" stands outside Club 1000. The cityscape in the background. A newspaper in a stand nearby shows the headline," Economy down,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is drawn in three panels. The first panel shows Jimmy Carter smiling and laughing while saying, "I'm ahead." The second shows Walter Mondale saying, "I'm back." The...
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 December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
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 July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
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 Vic Runtz. Gerald Ford is walking to school, bundled up against cold winter weather, carrying his school books. The schoolhouse is in the background. Ford looks over his shoulder at the lamb...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a cowboy and is riding a horse. His expression is uncertain or worried, and he is surrounded by angry-looking cattle (cattle drive?). A reporter is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man driving a car labeled, "Congress" is driving along an unprotected road high on the side of a cliff. A sign pointing to the road ahead reads, "Raise taxes," but it is...
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...
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...
