Oral history.; Discusses Murchison's time spent in the United States Army. Particularly focuses on his participation in the Vietnamese Conflict. During that time, Murchison served both as an adviser and in an actual unit. He received a number of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two fish (one with spectacles) watch as a box labeled "Hi-test nerve gas--Caution" sinks from where it has been dropped into the water from a boat. The fish with spectacles shows...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is driving a car labeled "U.S." at high speed down the unprotected road that is descending around a cliff. He passes a sign with "Caution" and a sharply curving arrow....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "La. taxpayer" stands in his living room, his head turning back and forth to items on the table indoors and his car outdoors. Indoors on the table are a liquor...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; The Grim Reaper hides behind a sign that reads, "School Zone (not in effect during summer months)." Children carry school books and approach the sign. A caption reads, "More...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Grim Reaper is labeled, "Orleans Parish 1967 traffic fatalities," and holds a pointer indicating a sign on the wall that reads, "76 to date." Words next to the Grim Reaper...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Senator J. William Fulbright wears the apron and hat of a grocery store produce section employee. He stands with his back to a huge display of fruit labeled, "Fulbright's...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
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 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.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 17, 1995 with Mr. Roger Barnhill. He was born on November 12, 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Barnhill was recruited into the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in his senior year at...
From the Kitson (John) Letters. Letter to John Kitson, dated February 23, 1826. It is a reply to an inquiry by Kitson concerning several legal matters, including the details of an unnamed will and problems concerning the executors of the document. ...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
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...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
