Oral history.; Discusses her childhood education, life at Alcorn State University as a college student, and her early teaching positions. Describes her voting rights lawsuit and the repercussions on her career. Expresses her opinions on school...
Oral history.; On April 8, 1927, Dr. Pete Walker was born in Lumberton, Mississippi. When Dr. Walker was four years old, his mother passed away. As a child, Dr. Walker worked in his father's cafes. Dr. Walker attended Jones County Junior College...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter, dated June 30, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to "Dr. and Mrs. Ellin [Joe's parents]." The letter was written a few days after Nancy and Joe reached Hattiesburg and describes the people and living conditions 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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Fidel Castro is shown smoking a cigar labeled "Influence." An arm labeled "Brazil" uses scissors to cut the cigar in half at the same time that a thrown rock hits Castro on the back...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk with a sign on it that reads, "Installment tax cuts." A large man labeled "Growing deficits" sits in a chair beside the desk and says to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ayatollah Khomeini stands at the open door of a refrigerator that has frozen over. The freezer door has a large button labeled "Release hostages" and is also labeled "Defrost...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and David Stockman stand together looking at a steamroller labeled "Tax cut coalition." The rollers are labeled, "Republicans" and "Southern Democrats." On the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground of the cartoon is an office desk with a blotter and name plate that reads, "Job of Angola warden." A sign tacked to the front of the desk reads, "Help wanted:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is driving a car toward a large intersection on the Earth. The man is labeled, "N.O. property owner voters," and the car is labeled, "$20 million bond election tomorrow,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. A dove carrying an olive branch in its beak coughs as it flies past mushroom clouds of smoke labeled "Inflammatory rhetoric." The clouds have been generated from the bodies...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is driving a car labeled, "Goals for the next four years." A signpost next to the car has as the topmost and largest sign, "La.'s need...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "City Admn. Officer Heier" is pointing toward an apparently naked man standing on a low display stand wearing a sandwich sign labeled, "City's financial...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A man with an oversized head wears a vest labeled "Politics for U.S. division and defeat." He stands on the globe, which is labeled "College campuses" and college and university...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Artley. A man with a cap labeled "USSR" sits at a table with Uncle Sam and pours drinks for both of them from a bottle labeled "Detente." Uncle Sam, drunk and slipping out of his chair,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man and a woman are walking past the United Nations Building and its lineup of national flags. They look up at a new skyscraper in New York, and they appear surprised to see...
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...
cartoon by John J. Knudsen; A man dressed in a lab coat labeled "E.P.A." is holding a cip board in one hand and pointing at a line of mufflers connected to one another. The man is talking to another man in a suit. The mufflers are attached to a...
cartoon by John Riedell; The communist symbol of a sickle and hammer stand alone. The sickle stands with its handle upright, and the hammer handle crossing its blade. The two are called "another cross."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A huge boxer labeled "Organized crime" sits in an armchair. The robe he wears is trimmed in fabric printed with U.S. dollar bills. A man stands next to the chair and gestures over...
