From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large bear with the hammer and sickle symbol on its chest growls angrily as, with one front leg, it swats at and strikes a commercial airliner [KAL 007]. The airplane is falling out...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Soviet official with a star on his chest walks into a room and catches a second man watching the Olympics on television. A cityscape [Moscow?] can be seen outside the window....
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. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards leans against an open chest labeled, "$1 million war chest," overflowing with money. He is thinking about a futuristic race car labeled, "Races...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A line of six white men dressed in suits and ties stand before John F. Kennedy. They are labeled "Responsible leaders of Southern communities," and Kennedy is pinning a medal on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A lion sits on a small island holding a book with "Commandos par excellence" on the cover. The lion has a British flag on its chest and a military helmet on its head and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Gene Basset. A very short husband, standing between Lyndon Johnson and his large, fierce wife, does a double-take. Johnson's open right hand is extended toward the husband. Johnson's other hand...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wears a drum strapped to his chest that is labeled, "N.O. mayoral campaign,"and he is beating on it with two drumsticks as he marches. A second man beating a drum that is...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a treasure chest that to be awarded to the person who had the closest guess as to the amount of money in the chest.
cartoon by Ed Valtman; Two men, one Russian and one Chinese, are fighting over a ship's wheel labeled "world communism." One of the men is wearing the communist hammer and sickle on his chest.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
cartoon by Ben Wicks; One man is shown holding a telephone receiver to his chest and covering the speaking end with his hand. He tells Brezhenev,"It's the Russian Jews. They're all starting to write books." Brezhenev is holding a newspaper with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. A smiling Japanese man sits cross-legged on a cushion with arms folded across his chest. Before him is a flower pot on a mat on the floor. The single stem, which rises and drops,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Lyndon Johnson is sitting on top of a large hat. His legs are crossed, his arms are across his chest, and he wears a satisfied expression. The hat conceals many papers, parts of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial, labeled "Short revenues," is shown as a short man with the New Orleans skyline in the background. Morial is carrying a book labeled "Budget."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon is suited up in astronaut gear and floating in space. An apparatus strapped to his chest is labeled "Tour and report" and attached is a long air hose. 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...
A collection of ten 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...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A strong, healthy-looking man labeled "Nat'l economy" sits on a stool, looking pleased with himself. He is dressed in slacks and shoes but not a shirt, and he holds up his left arm to...
