From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of a cotton field in Mississippi taken in September 1964. It shows a large field filled of cotton plants and five African Americans walking in the field.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
A collection of eight 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 with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 26, 1975 with Earl W. Banks, 1905-1986. He enrolled at Alcorn University in Lorman, Mississippi, for one year, then transferred to Jackson State University where he completed high school. He continued...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is holding a huge trophy cup labeled, "Sugar Bowl Week." From the top of it can be seen a football labeled, "Sugar Bowl Classic" and several papers that read,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wearing track shorts and shoes and labeled, "Candidate" on his back is sitting atop a track hurdle labeled "Qualification deadline." Ahead of him on the track are two more...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Uncle Sam is dressed as a baseball player. He stands on the pitcher's mound at the International World Series nervously tossing a beachball-sized Earth up and down in his right...
A collection of eight 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.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 3, 1995 and June 8, 1995 with Constance Baker (born 1912). Mrs. Baker has spent her life working for civil rights and in teaching. She was involved in the Head Start program from its inception and...
