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.; Tommie Dukes Sr. was born in 1906 in Richardson, Mississippi, a town that no longer exists. Mr. Dukes played baseball at Alcorn College and then played for semi-pro and Negro League teams. Among other teams, he played for the Memphis...
Oral history.; Mr. Sank Powe was born in the Delta in Elizabeth, Mississippi, on April 20, 1942. Growing up, Mr. Powe often worked in the cotton fields for meager wages. Mr. Powe attended Mound Bayou High School, Jackson State University and Delta...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, dressed as a boxer, stands in the center of the ring. His arm is being held up high by the referee, who is shouting, "The winner and still the titleholder...."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen, dressed as a boxer, has his arms raised high and his gloved hands clasped to appear as a winner. His back is turned, and “Kid Veto” is showing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is in the boxing ring facing an enormous boxer who has gloves labeled, "Energy" and "Economy." Carter's coach says, "Watch out for that mean left...and that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy is shown as a boxer who has taken a beating in the ring. One eye is blackened, and his face is covered in bandages labeled with state...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two boxes are stacked on top of each other, each labeled, "Vaccine...This end up." One box also has a sign attached that reads, "Orleans-St. Bernard K.O. measles...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. George Wallace is dressed as a boxer and is hitting two punching bags, one with his left hand and one with his right. One punching bag is drawn to resemble the head of a donkey,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Edward Kennedy is portrayed as a boxer knocking out an opponent with a "1-2 punch." Only the opponent's feet and lower legs on the floor are shown. Kennedy is smiling broadly....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon stands outside the open door of the "GOP dressing room." With one hand, he points toward the dressing room while he holds a suit coat and slacks in the other. The...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 14, 2005. Mr. Jones describes his struggle to survive as Hurricane Katrina struck Gulfport, Mississippi.
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...
Oral history.; Orene Ellis Farese was born May 20, 1916, in Choctaw County, Mississippi. She attended a local public schools, Holmes Junior College, and Blue Mountain College. She began her professional career as a high school English teacher. When...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 14, 1972 with Mr. Percy Greene at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Greene was born on September 7, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi and died on April 16, 1977. He was very active in the civil rights...
Oral history.; Miss Oseola McCarty was born on March 7, 1908, in Wayne County, Mississippi. McCarty attended Eureka Elementary School until the sixth grade when she dropped out to care for an aunt who was ill. While still in school, McCarty began...
Oral history.; Mr. Earl Napoleon Moore was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on December 19, 1914. His father was a ship and bridge carpenter, and his mother was a homemaker. Mr. Moore graduated from Biloxi Colored High School. He was a boxer and a...
