Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 19, 1978 with Mr. W.S. Griffin at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Griffin was born on October 15, 1913 near Mantee, Mississippi, in Webster County. In 1936, he accepted a position as a teacher and coach...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A ship flying a banner with "Port of N.O." is labeled "General cargo trade." The ship is sailing in choppy waters. Large waves labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam stands in front of a space shuttle ready for launch (attached to Saturn rocket and fuel assembly, upright on the pad). It is labeled "Columbia...First space cargo."...
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.; Mr. Donald Evans grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and attended Arkansas A and M College on a football scholarship. In the late 1960s, he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. In 1968, Mr. Evans married Hiawatha Williams and...
An interview conducted on 06-08-1999 with Umoja Kwanguvu (born1925). Born William Jones, Umoja Kwanguvu actively protested and defied segregation while in the military, conducted protest activities against the prevailing Jim Crow attitudes and laws...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the top of the cartoon is a large "Oregon" and at the bottom "California." The N of Oregon extends down to end in the I of California to form the Oregon Trail, as indicated...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A long tractor trailer truck and a short cargo truck are travelling on a road that skirts the base of a cliff wall. The large truck is being driven by Ronald Reagan and is...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 19, 2008 with Vincent Creel. An employee of the City of Biloxi, Mr. Creel discussesthe city's preparation, response and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
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.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
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.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of cargo being loaded onto the ship Hattiesburg Victory. The voyage was part of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Heifer Project,...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of cargo being loaded onto the ship Hattiesburg Victory. The voyage was part of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Heifer Project,...
