Oral history.; Mr. Coygon Robinson Jr. was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on December 3, 1951. He attended Perkins Elementary School and Nichols High School. In the fifth grade, Mr. Robinson got his first set of drums, and he continued to practice...
Oral history.; Kathleen (Kat) Bergeron was born on April 23, 1950. She attended Gulfport East High School and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshal University in Huntington, West Virginia. From 1995 to 1996, Ms. Bergeron attended...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 21, 1997 with Rims Barber (born 1936). In 1964, he participated in Mississippi Freedom Summer with the National Council of Churches and returned to Mississippi with the Delta Ministry in 1965 to work in...
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...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and is labeled, "GUIDE-Lines." He appears anxious. Two men labeled "Prices" and "Wages" run up a hill past Carter, saying, "We'll...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Social security" stands outside a door that is labeled "Old-age trust fund." The man holds a pen and has written on the door and nearby wall: "We can find some...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man [Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill?] labeled "Demo. House" is dressed as the Easter Bunny and is digging a hole beside a tree on the lawn of the White House. A large basket...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A witch (Uncle Sam?) flies through the sky on a broom above houses, a huge moon in the background. A plane flies by in the opposite direction, and a man leans out the window...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A giant-sized Fidel Castro bends at the waist, holding one hand behind his back. In his other hand, he holds a huge magnifying glass and looks through it to see Senator George...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man and woman, apparently a married couple, are riding up the "Vietnam escalator." Lyndon Johnson is drawn as an older woman and is labeled "Ma Johnson." Johnson is ahead of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Karl Hubenthal. Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, dressed in western clothing, are having a gunfight in an Old West town. Ford wears a sheriff's star on his shirt. Storefronts are labeled,...
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...
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 six 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 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 conducted on June 18, 2006 with Kai Drobish, a ceramicist and resident of Bay St. Louis. Mr. Drobish discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 19, 2009 with John Dubuisson, Chief of Police in Pass Christian, Mississipi. Mr. Dubuisson discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview with Linda Hayles conducted on August 1, 2006. A former resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ms. Hayles discusses her experience evacuating before Hurricane Katrina as well as in its aftermath.
