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.; 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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. On a road a man drives a car with "More and more cars" on the grill. He is being followed closely by a second car with "Record fatalities" on the grill, driven by the Grim Reaper (a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. An elephant dressed as Julius Caesar, with toga and laurel wreath, holds a clump of grapes in one hand. In his other hand is a grape he is about to eat. Behind the elephant...