From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon walks toward the left of the cartoon dressed as a Hussar, wearing a chest ribbon labeled "Presidensy" [sic] and holding a sword upright. Behind Nixon, a group...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. A man wearing shirt and tie is reading the newspaper in his living room, and he appears displeased. He says, "Executive privilege...missing computer...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. The earth is against the dark background of space, with the moon in the distance. The earth is labeled "Public opinion" and has lines that resemble latitude/longitude. A tree branch...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The report documents a Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) executive meeting in Jackson to discuss the approach the White Folks Project would take.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Proposed agenda and schedule of events for the executive sessions of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, January 28-29, 1967.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records the purpose, history, and goals of the Southern Student Organizing Committee. It provides details concerning the SSOC's first conference, second conference and first...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor studying documents during Freedom Summer 1964. She is in Jean's Beauty Shop (her place of business) located at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Connor was...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor in her place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop, at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across the street from COFO-Hattiesburg headquarters at 507 Mobile Street,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 6, 2009 and April 2, 2009 with James L. Black, a pastor at Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi, MS. Rev. Black describes the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Mississppi Gulf Coast as...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Pamela L. Berry, a nurse who lived and worked in Biloxi a few days per week. She describes the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and her experience in the hospital immediately afterward.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 14, 2006 with Steve Grimm, CEO of what was then known as Crosby Memorial Hospital in Picayune, MS. Mr. Grimm discusses preparations for the hospital and the recovery effort after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Copy of an undated, typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband addressed to family. In the first three pages, Anna Mantinband discusses their travels to New York state and the surrounding area, including details of their...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
