Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
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...
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memorandum describing the legal basis of the Federal government's authority in dealing with civil rights issues, whether by court action or force.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief memorandum regarding the legal authority of the federal government in matters related to civil rights. According to the memo, the federal government has the authority in court to...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; March-April issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 105, features an article about Freedom Day in Canton, Mississippi, held on...
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 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. 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...
Excerpt from the football program for the game between Mississippi Southern College and Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, played on 29 September 1951.
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,...
A Bill: To be entitled, " An Act to increase the effective force of the 'Provisional Army of the Confederate States.'". By Mr. Atkins; Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed by the...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to increase the military force of the Confederate States." By Mr. Barksdale; Read first and second times, referred to a select committee of one from each State, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the...
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...
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...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Williams maintains the states have the right to declare a decision of the federal government, such as the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, as illegal, invalid, and of no force...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
