Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
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 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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier is on his hands and knees, acting as the fulcrum for a balanced lever (seesaw) being ridden by two overweight men. The seesaw is labeled "Election year results." One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant dressed in a suit and wearing a "Nixon & Agnew" button sees the ghost of Tom Dewey sitting at the top of a stairway and holding a paper that says, "Remember '48." On...
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant and a donkey wearing suits stand near a brick wall looking up at windows set into the wall. Each carries a briefcase; the elephant's case is labeled "Returning...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jack Jurden. An elephant labeled GOP is sitting in a pool of water next to a small sign labeled "Election year." A black cloud labeled "ITT" is overhead, and from it, rain is falling on the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 3, 1993 with Horace H. Harned Jr. (born 1920). He was a former Mississippi State legislator, a member of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, and an active segregationist during the years of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Labor party" is standing outside the door of a room, looking in. Margaret Thatcher sits at a desk yelling into a megaphone, "Early election call." On the side of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon is dressed in a football uniform with "Nixon 68" on the jersey and "GOP" and an elephant on the helmet. He is running and carrying a football labeled "Election...
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.; Reverend Sammie Rash was born in Sunflower County, Mississippi, on July 31, 1942. His parents were sharecroppers, and in 1949 they moved the family to the McGann plantation in Bolivar County, where Reverend Rash grew up. In 1963...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 30, 1977 with the Reverend Sammie Rash (born 1942). Reverend Rash, the son of sharecroppers, has been very active in both civil rights activities and Mississippi politics, in addition to being a minister...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
