Oral history.; Dr. John Paul Quon was born June 11, 1942, in Moorhead, Mississippi. His parents emigrated from China to Mississippi to participate in a family-owned grocery store. Dr. Quon was in the first public school class in Mississippi that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Charles de Gaulle stands at the base of a stack of giant coins labeled "Franc." His hands are on the stack, and he is pushing with all his might. The stack has begun to curve and...
Oral history.; Mr. Ray William (Buck) Wells was born August 21, 1916, on a dairy farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Mississippi Normal College (now The University of Southern Mississippi). Sometime around 1920 or 1921 he moved into...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is playing a guitar and singing while he watches cash and coins drop from a large pipe into an open truck that is labeled "1983 election kitty."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in a black overcoat labeled, "CIA" holds a large bag of money that has a hole in the bottom. Behind the man is a trail of collars and coins, labeled "Subsidies for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. In a casino, Uncle Sam carries his own top hat upside down filled to overflowing with coins. The overflowing hat is labeled "World-wide prestige." He is walking away from a...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A man whose shirt is labeled "Connally" is pumping the handle of a water pump labeled "accelerated tax depreciation" Money in the form of bills and coins is pouring from the spout of the pump into a bucket. To the right of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam fires a shotgun labeled "War on anything and everything" into a cloud of currency and coins labeled "Billions in $pending [spending] as a cure." Uncle Sam has his eyes...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lodie Marie Robinson-Cyrille was born on August 21, 1951 in Biloxi, Mississippi. As a child, she remembers meeting people from various cultures, including Africans; many were studying or serving at Keesler Air Force Base. ...