From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Richard Nixon is shown raising both his hands in the symbol of victory. With two fingers of each hand, he also makes the "V" sign. The lines of his forehead are drawn in the shape...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground, a man holding a newspaper is standing in front of his house, which is labeled "Public." A second man stands in front of another building, labeled "Business." Both men...
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 Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a desk with a "Regional Transit Authority" nameplate. He appears to be rolling up his shirt sleeves. Behind him on the wall is a large poster, the top half of...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam sits at a table on which is a paper labeled "Paris talks with Viet Cong." He reacts with pain when he is hit in the back of the neck by a stone thrown from behind him...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Collins. The numbers 1-9-7-5 are linked to each other and placed underground to form a convoluted tunnel. Lions labeled "Inflation" and "Unemployment" guard the entrance and exit. Five men...
cartoon by John Riedell; A wreath of flowers labeled "Holt" are floating on the ocean waves. Four stars form the shape of a cross in the night sky overhead.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Beth More helps a local African-American girl fill out a form on the porch of a brick building during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964.
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A man whose shirt is labeled "Connally" is pumping the handle of a water pump labeled "accelerated tax depreciation" Money in the form of bills and coins is pouring from the spout of the pump into a bucket. To the right of...
Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" Describes the Congressional Challenge and the perceived accomplishment of the effort. Includes an...
Photograph of Chi Tau Epsilon, a national dance honor society that promotes a greater appreciation of modern dance as an art form. (Caption) Also found in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 172.
Letter to Hon. W. R. Smith form G. Tochman and correspondence. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 10 March 1863.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Complaint letter with accompanying instructions and cautions, for use to report civil rights violations pursuant to Title III of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. Letters are to be sent to the U.S....
Customs form for the Confederate States of America recording the shipment of whiskey via the Mississippi Central Railroad to J. P. Atkinson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, dated 13 May 1861.
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. With one hand, Richard Nixon holds a piece of paper labeled "Exchange of visits." With his other hand, he gestures toward an outline of Charles de Gaulle and says, "My friend, the...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-sided tri-fold brochure about the Freedom Registration drive sponsored by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" COFO explains who can register, how and where to register, and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Voter registration form distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), made up of two sections. The first section consists of 9 questions for the registrant to...
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...
