From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Fifteen-page pamphlet published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)" The pamphlet includes a summarized history of SNCC and a how-to guide for parties interested in...
Photograph of Yellow Jackets. Caption: "Yellow Jackets and freshmen show proceeds from a wonderful 'Help Day.'" This photo is featured in the 1959 Southerner yearbook on page 66.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Santa Claus stands next to a decorated Christmas tree gesturing to a group of children in the foreground of the cartoon. The children are in silhouette and nearby is a sign that...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon is exercising on the floor of the gym, using a small wheel to do abdominal exercises (modified pushups). He looks over his shoulder at a bloated man labeled "Economy"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man and Runtz's signature cat stand in a huge skillet labeled "Political discontent," looking over the lip and wiping sweat. Beneath the skillet is a roaring fire labeled, "Wallace...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in colonial clothing is standing on the deck of a steamship labeled "Port of New Orleans...Louisiana USA," and he is facing toward the rear. Nearby are the words,...
cartoon by Gene Basset; There are two men wearing suits. The man on the right has looped a belt around the neck of the man on the left, and has planted a foot on his back to help him tighten the belt. The man on the left is choking and is labeled...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized...
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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This brochure describes the United States Congress and its functions. It also explains what the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is and why it is challenging the 1964 election...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. The USS Pueblo is tied up at a dock, and it flies a flag that has a hammer and sickle and is labeled "North Korea." Lines indicate radio communications and are labeled "Inadequate...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of nine civil rights workers at a staff meeting in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A poster in a window in the background reads, "No...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This essay by Mike Miller details the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) voter registration project in Greenwood, Mississippi. The document discusses negative responses to the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. In Oxford, Ohio, demonstrators marching on city street with signs reading "Help Mississippi Negroes get the vote", etc.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Demonstrators in Oxford, Ohio march along city street with signs reading "Why not help Miss. Negroes get the vote?", etc.
