From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial stands with a second man, who is labeled "Council." On the wall behind them is a large graph with two lines that spell out different sentences....
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of an unidentified house taken in September 1964. The location of the house is unknown. (Note, same house, different view, see mus-zz083)
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 John Stampone. In the four frames of this cartoon, Uncle Sam sits at a table with Nikita Khrushchev in a room with a window and a grandfather's clock that is chiming the hour. The time on the...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; An "airport traffic controller" is seen sitting up in bed and very distressed. It appears he has had a dream about jets flying all different directions. He is sweating and biting his nails.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. In an open field, labeled "Plain of jars," are many large jars with wide necks and without lids. Among them is a different type of jar, its lid half off. It is labeled "Jam in...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A long line of people are waiting to talk to a man in a window labeled "State Department Complaints." Each person is a leader from a different part of the world, and holding a sign. The signs read:"torture of political...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. Richard Nixon, carrying a valise labeled U.S., stands next to a building at a street corner in Paris under a street sign: "Waiting for Reds to stop aggression in S. Vietnam." He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. President Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, and Robert Kennedy are dressed in football uniforms. Kennedy's uniform is a different color than the others. Johnson, the quarterback,...
From Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
Oral history.; An interview with Arneshia Jenkins conducted on October 31, 2006. An eighth grader in Biloxi, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit, Jenkins describes her experiences during and after the storm.
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.; An interview conducted on March 29, 2006 with Jeffrey J. Bower, who was the head football coach at Southern Miss during Hurricane Katrina. He discusses the hurricane's impact on his players and their season.
Transcribed copy of a journal written by Joseph Ellin in which he discusses government and political issues in relation to racial discrimination, education, economic conditions, and other aspects of society and culture in Mississippi.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 12, 2008 with Teri Eaton. An agent with State Farm Insurance, Mrs. Eaton discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 22, 2007 with Mark Jones. A relief worker with Urban Life Ministries, Mr. Jones describes his experiences distributing meals and supplies following Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 14, 2005. Mr. Jones describes his struggle to survive as Hurricane Katrina struck Gulfport, Mississippi.
