Transcribed copy of a journal written by Joseph Ellin in which he discusses government and political issues in relation to racial discrimination, education, economic conditions, and other aspects of society and culture in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is standing in a wooden stall or kiosk labeled, "Public workers' aid center...Outgrowth of fed. budget cuts." A first aid kit hangs from a nail at...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Uncle Sam and a man with a clipboard are standing in front of two doors. One door is labeled, "Dept. of Fed. Anti-Smoking Warnings," and the other reads, "Dept. of Fed. Tobacco...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. In the foreground, an arm is shown pouring milk into a saucer from a bottle labeled "Milk fund." Many cats are gathering to drink from the saucer. Two cats are labeled "Election"...
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 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...
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 July 17, 2007 with Chris Rowell, who describes Hurricane Katrina's impact on Hattiesburg and his experiences in the days following the storm.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Mr. Larry Hudson Jr. was born on January 16, 1936, in Biloxi, Mississippi. After serving in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1958 to 1960, Larry Hudson Jr. earned a B.S. degree from Jackson State University in 1963. He worked in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 7, 1976 with Dr. W. B. Thompson at his office at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on November 5, 1920 in Columbus, Mississippi. After returning from service in World War...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 23 and October 30, 1974 with Mr. Joe Reyer at his home in Poplarville, Mississippi. Reyer was born in 1893 in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He attended an agricultural high school, now Pearl...
Oral history.; Mr. Lee Owens, Jr. was born on May 7, 1921, in Natchez, Mississippi. As a child, Mr. Owens worked in a cotton field for half a day while attending school for half a day. Because his parents could not afford to send him to school, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Roy Carless. A man wearing a business suit is in the turret of an armored tank, with his head holding up the hatch. The turret is marked with a Canadian flag, and the tank is labeled "Labor law...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards has some small patches of tar and a few feathers stuck to him. Walking away from him is a man labeled "Fed. grand jury tax-shelter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan sits at his desk with a worried look on his face. On his desk are two large books, labeled "Tax cuts" and "Budget cuts," a telephone, and papers labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is standing before the White House with a card that reads, "Incumbency clout...$$$$ Fed. grants and aid."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a magician in tie and tails. A huge top hat is upturned and labeled "Deepening fed. deficit" on the inside. Reagan is reaching deep into the hat to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two huge grouper are hanging from large hooks (from ropes tied around the tails). They are labeled "Smuggling" and "Ring." A man with rod and reel is labeled "Fed. undercover...
