Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Uncle Sam has opened a door labeled "Limitation of strategic arms talks" and, with hand still on the doorknob, has stepped into a room looking puzzled. Henry Kissinger sits at a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A map shows Laos bordered by countries labeled Red China, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Laos is drawn to resemble a small dog that is facing toward North...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on December 12, 1975, January 19, 1976, and January 23, 1991 with Mr. C.J. Duckworth in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Duckworth was born in Summerland, Mississippi, Smith County, on February 25,...
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
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...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Beneath the ruins of a university campus, a quotation of H.G. Wells reads: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." One column of a ruined...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A uniformed Vietnamese soldier is smoking a missile-shaped pipe, which he holds in one hand. His other hand is held in a fist. The smoke from the pipe forms atomic symbols...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Fidel Castro sits at a desk and bangs his fist down on the desktop. He spits out his cigar as he reads the headline of the newspaper on his desk: "American expatriates now flock to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A small hippie shouts into a megaphone labeled, "Noisy minority," and shakes his fist at a much larger man labeled "Silent majority." The larger man is taller than the cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A young man labeled "Impressionable youth" rests with chin on fist and appears contemplative. Above him is the large word, "Smut," and falling from above him are many pages and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is dressed as an artist (smock and tam). He stands before a large canvas on an artist's easel with a small cabinet with painting supplies...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "U.N. Suez observers" wears a helmet with a U.N. emblem on it and looks through binoculars. What he is seeing is shown on the ends of the binocular lenses. On one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Uncle Sam, with a black eye labeled "U.S. Economy," has been knocked to the ground. The words "$2 billion loss" radiate from Uncle Sam's throbbing eye, and over his head are marks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A 1966 graduate dressed in gown and mortarboard holds his diploma on the lawn of the college. The college building is in the background. He looks up at a huge man with a globe...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Uncle Sam is shown standing tall as a giant, shaking his fist and boasting, "We're the most powerful nation in the world." At ground level, a small Ayatollah Khomeini has tied Uncle...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; Two hands are shown. One, labeled "U.S. Millions in Aid to Peru," has a fist full of money. The hand appears to be offering the money. The other hand is labeled "Peruvian Military Grab of U.S. Properties," and it is...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A disheveled-looking man is standing on a podium with his fist clinched and thrust into the air. With his other hand, he is pushing down on the top of a man's head labeled "press" who is sitting beside the podium. The...