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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the large, brick building that housed Barron Motor Company, the local Lincoln, Ford and Fordson dealer. The company was located at the corner of Main Street and Batson Street; 10 x 8
cartoon by Allen Johnson; A proud looking young man carries books and wears a uniform labeled "ROTC" He walks along a university sidewalk. A disheveled looking man wearing sandals and long hair runs up to the uniformed man; he carries a board with...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Beth More helps a local African-American girl fill out a form on the porch of a brick building during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey and an elephant wearing Hussar uniforms pass one another at a gate in front of the White House. The brick entrance is labeled "1600 Pennsylvania Ave." Beside the donkey...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial, dressed in overalls, hammers a sign to a brick building. The sign reads, "Every litter bit hurts! New city penalties: municipal court special...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A shivering Uncle Sam is outdoors in the snow at night, and the snow is labeled "Freeze movement." Uncle Sam is standing outside a brick building with a large window into the kitchen....
cartoon by Wayne Stayskal; There are four scenes in this cartoon. In the first scene, two men carry rifles and conceal themselves against a brick wall labeled "Belfast Pub," around the corner from a sidewalk. The first man peers around the corner...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An apparently naked man labeled "N.O." wears a barrel labeled, "Homestead exemption" and a pair of shoes. He stands on a sidewalk next to a brick building that has a sign...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant and a donkey wearing suits stand near a brick wall looking up at windows set into the wall. Each carries a briefcase; the elephant's case is labeled "Returning...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; This photograph shows Freedom Summer volunteers gathered outside a brick building with SNCC Field Secretary Cordell Hull Reagon (third from right, wearing a hat) for instruction in nonviolent...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wearing ammunition belts has an arm band labeled "Red Brigades." He carries a newspaper with the headine, "Police storm hideout, free Dozier." He is looking with a shocked...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man who is labeled, "Warmth of compassion for others" on the arm of his coat also wears a large round pin on his coat front with a check mark and the words, "fair share...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards and then-current governor Dave Treen are throwing punches at each other next to a brick building onto which a worker is attaching a large...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. A one-story brick building on the Mississippi Woman's College campus identified as the Mary Ross Memorial Hospital, which was completed in 1923.
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...