Oral history.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
Oral history.; Mrs. Clara Griffin Watson was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 15, 1933. During the 1960s, Mrs. Watson helped the COFO workers in Mississippi, marched on the Federal Building, and housed some of the civil rights activists in...
Oral history.; Mr. Wesley C. Webb was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 2, 1938. After his graduation from high school, Mr. Webb entered the Navy, boarding the U.S.S. Helena for Japan. For two years and nine months, Mr. Webb served in the...
Oral history.; Mr. O.W. Reily Jr. was born on June 17, 1924, in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a child, he attended public school in Louisiana and was active in sports, including track, basketball, and boxing. From October, 1941, through November,...
Oral history.; Mr. Sank Powe was born in the Delta in Elizabeth, Mississippi, on April 20, 1942. Growing up, Mr. Powe often worked in the cotton fields for meager wages. Mr. Powe attended Mound Bayou High School, Jackson State University and Delta...
From the Loomis (John Mason) Letter. Letter from Union Civil War Colonel John Mason Loomis of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Corps to Captain T. J. London, Assistant Adjutant General of the 1st Division, 16th Corps, July 20, 1863. Loomis...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of a store window display for Tennessee Coal and Iron Division featuring a cutout of a farmer, which reads, "TCI Farmer He uses the best."
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of two men looking at a display for Tennessee Coal and Iron Division. The man on the right is dressed in a long white lab coat.
Photograph of women's flag football players, with Jennifer Tregre diving for the football (caption from yearbook). From the 1997 Southerner yearbook, page 80.
Photograph of the International Relations Club. This group is affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It has for its purpose the creating of a spirit of world friendship among all people through the study and discussion of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the top of the cartoon is a stork carrying a sheet bulging with cars and trucks; the sheet is labeled, "Population explosion in vehicular traffic." Below the stork is a man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men are in the foreground of the cartoon, each with stern expressions and pointing their fingers to the sky overhead. One man is labeled "Sanitation Dept." and the other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A drug pusher in a car labeled, "Drug traffic," is about to nudge a young child labeled "Our youth" over a cliff. A long arm, labeled, "Beefing up of state's narcotic division,"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A man with an oversized head wears a vest labeled "Politics for U.S. division and defeat." He stands on the globe, which is labeled "College campuses" and college and university...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...
A collection of ten 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...
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...
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...
