cartoon by Eddie Germano; A man is looking at a young boy labeled "cost of living" and saying,"My, how you've grown." In the next frame, the young boy is taller and the man is saying,"And grown." The last frame shows the boy even taller and the man...
cartoon by Jim Lange; A small fish with a human head is shown asleep in the water. A larger fish labeled "Gov't Control" is behind the little fish with its mouth open. A bigger fish labeled "Socialism" is unknowingly behind this fish with its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. George Shultz and Andrei Gromyko, from opposite directions, walk toward a door labeled "Stockholm meeting." A large thermometer on the building beside the door is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, wearing a train engineer's cap, drives a long train, the engine of which is labeled "Recession line." George H. W. Bush, also wearing an engineer's cap, is in the engine...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. Uncle Sam holds a piece of paper labeled "U.S. Mideast peace plan." From left and right, he is being slapped in the face by two hands at once. On one side, the arm is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A ticker tape machine sits on a table near an open window. It has dispensed yards of punched tape, which are in a pile on the floor. Above it are the words...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon is holding a large piece of paper that reads, "New U.S. mail setup to Congress." Facing him is a second man holding an even larger piece of paper that reads, "The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Karl Hubenthal. A cartoonist shows a huge, wide cartoon to his managing editor. One end of the cartoon shows Richard Nixon's face; at the other end is Charles de Gaulle's face. Each drawing has...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Part of the Earth (a globe with lines of latitude and longitude) forms the bottom of the cartoon. On top of the Earth is a mountain with a flat top (butte shape). On top of this...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Presidential candidates Hubert Humphries, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eugene McCarthy look at a mirror in the shape of the the state of Indiana, labeled, "Indiana primary." Humphries...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Lobbyists" is presenting a horse labeled "Gifts OK'd by state board of ethics" to a man labeled "Legislature." The lobbyist says, "You no longer even have to look inside...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 26, 1965. Discusses plans to leave Mississippi and offers suggestions for spending time with his family upon his return to New York.
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A policeman shoves a naked man into the front seat of a police vehicle. The naked mans says,"Honest...it's not 'streaking'...it's the cost of living...can't even find a barrel to wear" In the background, a number of people...
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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 29, 1991 with Mr. Richard Boyd and on September 29, 1992 with Mrs. Earline Boyd. Mr. Boyd was born on July 21, 1916 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated from Eureka High School in 1935. ...
Oral history.; Ms. Margaret Keith Andresen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 3, 1943. She attended Perkinston High School and the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. As a teacher at Moss Point High School from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1996 with Mr. Charles Cobb (born 1943) in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1962, he was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in Ruleville, Mississippi, where he and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
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...
