From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands in a pile of hurricane debris labeled, "Gulf Coast." He is looking up at an elderly man at the top of a spinning cloud. The man is holding a top hat in the style of...
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 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. An elephant struggles to carry on his back a large box labeled, "Fall elections...Budget deficit...Recession." A donkey stands nearby and says, "And they call me the beast of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Yasir Arafat, labeled “PLO,” stands on a large block labeled "Cornerstone for peace" and yells, "Call for an oil boycott, it'll lead to war." Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon is listening in on someone else's phone call using a telephone labeled, "Extension '70." He appears worried. The cartoon caption reads, "Surtax call to Congress."
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the political and economic situation in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Includes a summary of the Fifth Circuit Court...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Victor H. Schiro and Louisana governor John J. McKeithen stand on opposite sides of a fireplace with two large stockings hanging from the mantle. One is...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. List of grievances from the students of Central High School in Liberty, Mississippi. They call for the integration of both the school and the school administration; the quality of the library,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "EPA rules reversal" rolls a 55-gallon drum labeled with "Hazardons liquid wastes." The drum has a skull and crossbones image on the end and is leaking some of its...
From the Map Collection. A map showing a bay on the coast of Chili. The orientation of each piece of land is relative to the center of the map. "Discovered by a Victualler to COMMODORE ANSON'S Squadron in the SOUTH SEA, 1741. This ISLAND is call'd...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
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 June 22, 2007 with Mark Jones. A relief worker with Urban Life Ministries, Mr. Jones describes his experiences distributing meals and supplies following Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Glynna Dozier. Mrs. Dozier discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 21, 1998 with Kenneth York (born 1948) in Neshoba County, Mississippi. York is an educator and advocate for Choctaw cultural heritage.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2006 with Jeff Weathersby, salesman at Pat Peck Honda in Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Weathersby describes Hurricane Katrina's destruction from Hattiesburg down to the Mississippi Coast.
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
