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...
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 Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an aerial view of the Leaf River Bridge construction taken by Robert Waller, 6 April 1950. The bridge was built by Cook Construction Co.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an aerial view of the Leaf River Bridge construction taken by Robert Waller, 6 April 1950. The bridge was built by Cook Construction Co.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an aerial view of the Leaf River Bridge construction taken by Robert Waller, 6 April 1950. The bridge was built by Cook Construction Co.
Photograph of construction on campus. The construction was an ongoing occurrence with the addition of two new buildings for the College of the Arts and College of Liberal Arts.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisana Governor Dave Treen christens a cement block labeled "New bridge cornerstone" and "Cost estimate $575 million." A large man wearing a construction helmet and labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon has two panels, left and right. The left panel shows a military tank labeled "Sinai withdrawal" and has a Star of David. A construction sign in the foreground is...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2006 with Victoria Cintra. Ms. Cintra discusses the problem of the exploitation of immigrant labor in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 21-22, 2007 with Carter Bise, Chancery Court Judge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Judge Bise describes his experience in Gulfport during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with David Baria, a resident of Bay St. Louis during Hurricane Katrina. He describes his experience before, during, and after the storm.
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
Oral history.; Mr. Terry Allen Broadus was born on October 11, 1938. Mr. Broadus enrolled at Perkinston Agricultural High School in 1952 and later received a baseball scholarship to attend Perkinston Junior College. In the late 1960s, Mr. Broadus...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an aerial view of the Leaf River Bridge construction taken by Robert Waller, 6 September 1949.
