cartoon by John Stampone; Melvin Laird stands before a row of giant men labeled "Growing public and Congressional opposition" Laird holds a piece of paper labeled "Anti-Ballistic Missile Funds Request" Each of the men in the row look down at Laird...
cartoon by John Stampone; Missiles shoot out from the upper windows of the dome of the Capitol building, which is labeled "Congressional critics' fire" In the foreground, in front of some bushes, a military official runs for cover. He carries a...
cartoon by John Stampone; A drunken man labeled "Critics" is slumped against a wall. He sniffs an imaginary rose, outlined with a dotted line. He holds a wine bottle labeled "Anti-U.S. military posture" in his right hand. On the floor nearby, a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. An American bald eagle stands on the curved globe, with a U.S. Air Force roundel symbol on its wing. A forearm with "Ho Chi Minh's overtures" on the sleeve reaches from the right...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. This cartoon parodies the United Nations symbol, which is a view of the continents seen from above the North Pole, with the globe wreathed by olive branches. Here, the countries...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In war-torn Lebanon, an unexploded bomb lies in some rubble and is ticking. A soldier with "Peacekeeper" on his helmet looks on and says, "We could use a bomb disposal expert...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Uncle Sam kneels on hands and knees next to a genie's lamp labeled "All-volunteer force." From the spout of the lamp comes smoke which forms the words "Cost: billions $$." In one...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. The seaward end of this building felt the full force of the tidal...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Soviet sailor sits with a Cuban woman at a table at the port. Behind them are two ships tied up, one labeled, "Soviet task force." The sailor is tickling the chin of the...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In his testimony before the House Subcommittee on Approbations Regarding Communist, Racial and Extremist Groups, J. Edgar Hoover stated that the New Left movement has been a growing subversive force...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Richard Nixon holds a briefcase in one hand and a bird cage in the other. The briefcase is labeled "Guam meeting with Thieu." A label attached to the handle of the cage reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A booted leg labeled "Soviets" moves to stomp on a flame labeled "Quest for freedom." The flame burns from a torch that is set into ground marked by a gravestone labeled...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon has two frames, upper and lower, and the cartoons are identical except for the people shown. In the upper frame Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew are in a rowboat...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. The horizon line of the cartoon is the curve of the earth, with Paris and the Eiffel Tower on the horizon and Vietnam in the foreground. A giant megaphone with a hammer and...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Kenneth Dean to Robert Nash dated April 4, 1967, in which Dean voices his concerns about the continued racial violence and discrimination in Mississippi. Dean describes an incident...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Three military jets are seen flying away from a village which was just bombed. People, houses, and carts are seen in the destruction. The bombed area is labeled, "Delayed admission...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A U.S. military jet plane flies in a sky labeled "International air space" as missiles from below labeled, "Libya" and "Korea" fly past. Around the jet are shapes of explosion....
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter on official letterhead from Assistant Attorney General John Doar to Mrs. Joseph Ellin, dated February 15, 1965, written in response to a letter written by Mrs. Ellin on...
