Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University 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...
Oral history.; Mrs. Clara Griffin Watson was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 15, 1933. During the 1960s, Mrs. Watson helped the COFO workers in Mississippi, marched on the Federal Building, and housed some of the civil rights activists in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On the left side, a man is a patient in a hospital bed that looks too small for his size, and he is surrounded by medical equipment. He is looking up and appears to be in distress. At...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Pamela L. Berry, a nurse who lived and worked in Biloxi a few days per week. She describes the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and her experience in the hospital immediately afterward.
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 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 17, 2007 with Chris Rowell, who describes Hurricane Katrina's impact on Hattiesburg and his experiences in the days following the storm.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 20, 1979 with Dr. Dewey Lane at the Robinson Lane Surgical Clinic in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lane was born on September 27, 1934 in Starkville, Mississippi. He attended Vanderbilt University from...
Oral history.; Mr. Monroe (Bill) Winston was born September 12, 1907, in Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi. His parents were sharecroppers on the Red Star plantation, the same plantation where his grandmother had been a slave. Mr. Winston...
Message of the President to the House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, a Report of the Apportionment of the General Hospitals in and around Richmond, by William A. Carrington, Medical Director,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. An injured U.S. soldier lies in a bed in a U.S. military hospital. His right leg is broken and in traction. The soldier's purple heart medal is on the bedside table. He is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and two other men are running toward the double doors in a large building. Above the doors is a large sign that reads, "Big Charity emergency...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large man is carried on a stretcher from an ambulance to “Baton Rouge emergency entrance” of a hospital by three ambulance attendants. One of the attendants holds an IV...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen looks around a corner in the hallway of Charity Hospital. A sign with "Big Charity...Visiting hours" is on the wall above him. Litter is on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A doctor labeled "Big Charity" stands in a hospital corridor. Litter is on the floor, and the wall behind him is cracked. Medical equipment is nearby and in an adjacent room....
