Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 27, 2007 with Ralph Buchhorn, who came to the Mississippi Gulf Coast from San Diego in 2005 to provide emotional and spiritual support to survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 6, 2009 and April 2, 2009 with James L. Black, a pastor at Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi, MS. Rev. Black describes the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Mississppi Gulf Coast as...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 9, 2007 with Perry and Bobbye Gibson. Long-time residents of the Gulf Coast, they discuss their ties to the community of Bay St. Louis as well as their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
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 Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a logger standing next to a long leaf pine log approximately four feet in diameter. Other logs in the photo are somewhat smaller. The original caption reads, "A Ramp of...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of pitch pine trees, named for the resin they produce. The original caption reads, "Pitch Pine Trees at Lyman, Mississippi".
Typewritten document describing the growth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the rural South, the importance of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the need for lobbying in Washington, D.C. for the MFDP...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a stand of tall, thin, moss-laden trees. The original caption reads, "Spanish Moss and Mixed Upland Timber at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Justice Earl Warren is hiding under the Supreme Court with a sign that reads, "Stop and frisk law OK, with limitations." A very tall man labeled, "Growth of U.S. Crime" and ...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing in front of a huge white oak tree in a forest. The original caption reads, "A Stick of White Oak Bigger Than Anyone Can Use".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of two men standing among tall hickory trees, dwarfed by their size. The original caption reads, "Tall Clear-Bodied Hickory Trees at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man who appears confused stands in the foreground looking at a huge chart labeled "Gross national product chart." A mostly upward trend line is labeled, "U.S. economic...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen and a man labeled "Par" sit under a large tree, apart from each other, and look back at each other over their shoulders. On the tree trunk...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing next to a large white hickory tree. The original caption reads, "An Unusual White Hickory Near Woodbluff, Alabama".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man looking upward at a tall white oak tree in a stand of hardwoods. The original caption reads, "White Oak at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing next to a huge white oak tree in a forest. The original caption reads, "A 30" x 30" x 50' White Oak Stick in the Tree at Woodbluff, Alabama".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a lush forest of white oak trees. The original caption reads, "White Oak Trees at Woodbluff, Alabama."
