Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 2, 1976 with the Honorable Hervey O. Hicks at his home in Benton, Mississippi. Hicks was born on a farm near Benton, Mississippi, in Yazoo County in 1900. In 1931, he ran a successful campaign for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A windmill labeled "'68 election campaign" is shown in the lower part of the cartoon, and in the far distance is the horizon. The rotating arms of the windmill are labeled,...
cartoon by John Riedell; The top frame shows a dog with 3 heads and a forked tail."Leave all hope ye who enter" is written across the top of the frame. A scroll to the left of the frame reads,"In myth, Cerberus was the 3-headed dog that guarded...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on December 6, 2007 with Kathryn Anne ""Sally"" James. A lifelong Pass Christian resident, Ms. James describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on her family and the city of Pass Christian, Mississippi.
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...
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.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 1995 November 21 with Dr. Peter Orris (born 1945). Dr. Orris participated in his first civil rights demonstration when he was only eleven. In 1964, he was recruited to participate in the Summer Project in...
Oral history.; Dr. John Paul Quon was born June 11, 1942, in Moorhead, Mississippi. His parents emigrated from China to Mississippi to participate in a family-owned grocery store. Dr. Quon was in the first public school class in Mississippi that...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey and an elephant wearing Hussar uniforms pass one another at a gate in front of the White House. The brick entrance is labeled "1600 Pennsylvania Ave." Beside the donkey...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; Dwight D. Eisenhower carries his hat in one hand and gestures toward an open book with his other hand. The verso page of the open book is headed "1953-1961" and reads "Safe conduct through difficult and perilous times....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. On the left side, a man stands with the Eiffel Tower in the background. He is smiling and singing, "The last time I saw Paris..." On the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Mayor Ernest Morial is carrying a a box labeled, "Revenue raisers suggestion box." He is about to enter a door labeled "City council." The cartoon caption reads, "When all else...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, dressed as a doctor, carries a large sppon and bottle of medicine labeled, "Nixon inflation medicine...Slowing pains." He is about to enter a hospital room where...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A line of taxis files between planes parked on an airport tarmac. At the head of the line is carriage drawn by two bony, shabby looking horses. The driver of the carriage stands at the bottom of a set of stairs that are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by William Sandeson. A large white dove labeled "Peace" stands on the perch of a bird's nesting box, which rests on a tree branch. The nest box is labeled "Paris talks." The dove is trying to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon stands in a corridor just outside the partially open door of a room. He holds a doctor's bag with monogrammed RMN (Richard Milhous Nixon) in his left hand. In...
