Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Harry McDonald, Sr., a retired engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effect on his neighborhood, his experience with FEMA, and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Charles Benvenutti, a CPA in Bay St. Louis, MS. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 19, 2007 with Rich Westfall, Director of Community Development at Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi, who describes Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on the casino, the region, and the positive...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2006 with Victoria Cintra. Ms. Cintra discusses the problem of the exploitation of immigrant labor in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
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...
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...
A collection of six 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...
Oral history.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
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.; Mr. George A. Stevens was born in 1910 in Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Hattiesburg public schools but graduated from high school in Anthony, New Mexico. Mr. Stevens returned to attend The University of Southern...
cartoon by Jim Ivey; A couple visits Greece, and they look upon some columns from Ancient Greece. The man holds a "Greek Guide Book," but after seeing the columns he says, "I See Militant Students Have Been Here."
Oral history.; Interviews conducted on October 3, 1994 and October 10, 1994 with Mrs. Jane Menefee Schutt (born 1913). Mrs. Schutt was appointed to the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and served four years, the...
Football guide for the 1957 season, published by the public relations office of Mississippi Southern College, for the use of journalists and broadcasters. The guide contains information on the schedule, players, opponents, band, Dixie Darlings, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon, wearing a headset and standing in shirt sleeves at Mission Control, looks up at a large screen on which is seen the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, which is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A tour group stands by their bus in front of an open building labeled "Warehouse." A tour guide gestures toward the Liberty Monument, which is being stored there. Behind the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Edwin Edwards reads from a book called, "Guide to candidates in governor's race." He reads aloud, "Two Smiths...Two Edwardses...One Treen...!"
