Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from P. D. East to Theron Lynd, dated November 26, 1962. East makes reference to an incident in which Lynd publicly accused him of being a communist and demands that Lynd either prove his accusation or go...
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 East (P.D.) Collection. Typewritten copy of an address by P.D. East titled "On the attainment of distinction" and delivered at Vassar College in December 1962. East discusses his newspaper, The Petal paper, public and commercial...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from P.D. East to friends, dated November 13, 1962, in which East discusses the continuous harassment to which he is subjected in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He also mentions the case of Clyde Kennard, an...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head sits on a floor and leans against powder kegs. He is smoking a pipe labeled "Ancient hates and quarrels" and has a worried expression. Next to him...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 14, 1972 with Mr. Percy Greene at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Greene was born on September 7, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi and died on April 16, 1977. He was very active in the civil rights...
Oral history.; Mr. Billy Joe McCain, Sr., was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936. When he was four years old, his parents divorced, and he returned with his mother to her parents' home in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended segregated schools,...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, dressed in an Army soldier's uniform, is descending stone steps into water that is up to his neck. The water is labeled "Mideast fray."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bear dressed in a uniform labeled, "Soviet threat" reads a sign that says, "Keep out of Middle East--this means you...U.S., Israel military pact."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head is covered in cuts and bruises and has a bandaged foot and leg. Using a crutch, he is moving toward the United Nations building. He also holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. The upper frame of this cartoon shows four characters. In the center, Yitzhak Rabin and Anwar Sadat look back over their shoulders at Henry Kissinger. Kissinger gestures toward the...
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...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Notes regarding P.D. East and the future of his newspaper, The Petal Paper. The writer had been in touch with East to gather information regarding the precarious future of his paper after suffering economic...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Materials pertaining to East's career as a newspaper publisher in Mississippi and as an advocate for civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s. For the full finding aid, see...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a Jeep driving on a road has had to stop due to a pile of rubble blocking the road. The rubble is labeled "Lebanon." The man is looking at his road map labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a cowboy, complete with pistols in his gun belt. He spins a large globe. Europe, Middle East, Central America, and the Far East are highlighted. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev and another man stand looking at a large map of the Middle East. A large push pin with a hammer and sickle symbol on it is stuck into Syria, and above this is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A jpassenger jet labeled, "Mideast peace lines" is under fire. An olive branch symbol is also on the plane. Patches on the wings show repairs, and other areas show new damage....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Philip Habib stands on top of a large stone labeled "Mideast," and he is trying in vain to remove a sword labeled, "War threat." A military jet flies overhead with the jet...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger are in a bedroom, and Ford is packing a suitcase that is open on the bed. The case is labeled, "European-Near East trip." Kissinger's arms are...
