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.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A fat man labeled "Inflation" is walking along holding a paper labeled "Consumer price increase." The man has brushed against Jimmy Carter, who is labeled "Tight race." Marks...
Oral history.; Gwin E. Douglas was born on November 9, 1923, in State Line, Mississippi. Douglas graduated from Leakesville High School in 1942 and worked briefly with his father in the naval store and the timber businesses until he was drafted...
Oral history.; Interview conducted December 13, 1995 with Mississippi civil rights activist Mrs. Pinkey Hall, a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She attended the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Oral history.; Ms. Frances Burney was born May 29, 1913, in Vancleave, Mississippi. When she was eighteen, she married and moved to Biloxi, Mississippi. Until 1951, she stayed home rearing her four children; at that time, her husband became ill,...
Oral history.; Mrs. Edith Ruff Thomas was born on February 12, 1920. She grew up on a farm that became well-established, providing products throughout Tupelo. In 1936, she lived through the Tupelo tornado, and in 1937 she was graduated from Tupelo...
Oral history.; Dr. Forest Kent Wyatt was born on May 27, 1934, in Berea, Kentucky. He graduated from Delta State College (now Delta State University) with a double degree in mathematics and health, physical education, and recreation. He then began...
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 8: I see a pig. The pig ran from a dog. Is this a fat pig? It is a fat pig. Lesson XVII is on the reverse side.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A rocket, part of which is painted with an American flag, is labeled "Inflation." The body of the rocket is fat and bulging instead of lean, and it is trying to rise from the...
cartoon by John Stampone; This cartoon contains four frames. Within the four frames, two bald, fat men shovel dirt and fill in a hole in the ground. One man is labeled "Soviets" and the other man is labeled "Red China" In the first frame, a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dining with a woman labeled "Congress." They are seated on opposite sides of the table, and the table place card reads "The Spratts." A waiter brings a covered...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A slim man with the head of a donkey is dressed in shabby, patched clothes, and he holds a newspaper with a headline, “The Conoco story.” A much larger man with an elephant...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial and a woman labeled, "Council," are arguing with each other. Nearby is a dinner table with dishes and a platter. On the platter is a small amount...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man whose upper body and head are drawn to resemble a fat sack tied at the top sits on a stool. The sack is labeled "State agency spending," and the face on the sack appears...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Bathing suit clad women of all shapes and sizes sit, lie, walk, and play on the beach. A fat elephant (drawn as a man) smoking a cigar and wearing swim trunks and hat with a "GOP"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. Richard Nixon, dressed in a trench coat and hat, is reminiscent of cartoon character Dick Tracy. He points to a fat mouse and says, "I'm out to get you, you dirty rat." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A fat man labeled "Military budget" is seen from the back. Dressed in a military uniform and smoking a cigar, he is walking through a doorway that is not large enough for him....
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. ...
