From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon is standing on top of the earth, shown by latitude and longitude lines at his feet. He is hidden from view, except for his head, by a tall curtain. A sign on the...
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.; The family of Dr. Isaac Thomas moved to Hattiesburg from Beaumont, Perry County, Mississippi, in 1935. He entered Eureka High School that year, graduating in 1938, one of a class of thirty three. Dr. Thomas stresses how important...
Oral history.; Mr. Lee Owens, Jr. was born on May 7, 1921, in Natchez, Mississippi. As a child, Mr. Owens worked in a cotton field for half a day while attending school for half a day. Because his parents could not afford to send him to school, he...
Photograph of the curtain painting in the old auditorium on the third floor of College Hall. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 23; 11 x 8
Oral history.; Howard Dudley (Blue) Long was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on October 18, 1927. As a child, Mr. Long canvassed for votes with his father, the chancery clerk, and he heard many political speeches, including some made by Theodore...
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...
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. The curtain on a proscenium stage has comedy-tragedy masks and the label "State fiscal theater." The comedy mask labeled "Surplus" resembles Dave Treen, and the tragedy mask...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale is at a podium on a platform or stage in front of a curtain with a banner that reads, "Campaign 84." Mondale says, "I say Ronald Reagan is running away from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a magician, is reaching deep into his upturned top hat and appears anxious. The hat is on a table, and the setting is a magic show...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. City Hall in New Orleans is shown in the background with "City in crisis" above it. In the foreground is a voting booth with curtain open to reveal the voting machine inside....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Shirley Temple Black stands on a stage and speaks to an audience. She holds a large paper labeled, "Politics." The curtain above Black's head is labeled,"Famous Entertainers Series."...
A collection of six 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.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 2, 1974 with Mrs. Ellie J. Dahmer at her home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dahmer was born in Jasper County, Mississippi in 1925. After completing high school at Jasper County Training School she...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on December 12, 1975, January 19, 1976, and January 23, 1991 with Mr. C.J. Duckworth in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Duckworth was born in Summerland, Mississippi, Smith County, on February 25,...
Oral history.; Mr. King T. Evans was born on March 19, 1913 near Uniontown, Alabama, in Perry County. In 1925, Mr. Evans moved to Mississippi with his parents. His father was a mechanic and farmer. For a brief period, Mr. Evans attended the...
