From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection; Campaign poster with sample ballot and platform for J.M."Flick" Ash, a candidate in the 1967 race for Chancery Clerk of Marshall County, Mississippi.
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for T. Hendrix Byrd, candidate for State Senator for the 41st district. Byrd previously served ten years as a representative of George County in the Mississippi Legislature.
Photograph of Drs. William D. McCain and Charles Moorman with Dr. Walter Washington when Washington was presented the first doctoral degree from the university to an African American candidate. Photograph also fuond in Chester M. Morgan's book,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Independent presidential candidate John Anderson stands near two trees labeled "Reagan" and "Carter." Both trees are tapped to collect sap, with a bucket hanging from each tap....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Dave Treen, wearing an elephant button, looks at a shape that represents people fighting. It is labeled with names:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Second term Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Edwin Edwards, dressed in swimming trunks, surfs on a wave labeled, "2nd term popularity." A buoy in the water nearby points toward...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Judge David Gertler sits at his desk doing paperwork, with a desk nameplate that reads, "The judiciary." His left shoe, labeled "Candidate for mayor," has been kicked off his...