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...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; McKeithen, dressed in climbing clothes with a backpack labeled, "Tax increases," is holding a sign labeled, "I haven't abandoned hope, but..." and has a broken foot. In the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, wearing mountaineering clothing, has a coil of rope attached to his belt. He is standing at the edge of a cliff, facing away from the edge,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two boys are walking outdoors with their backs to the sun. One boy has put his hand over his mouth and says, "Bet it's pollution!" Behind the boys, the sun is almost fully eclipsed....
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A disheveled woman sits on a hillside and states,"..And where it's all gonna end if Ford doesn't give us some help!" A purse to her side is labeled "Dame Boston and N.E." The caption reads,"Bicentennial, where it all...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin are carrying a large plate of glass that is labeled "Peace treaty." Jimmy Carter stands behind the glass with index finger raised. In the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon climbs a tall tree with a trunk labeled, "Conservative base." He has reached leafy limbs and a sign that reads, "Climb for the G.O.P. nomination" and is reaching...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by William Sandeson. Richard Nixon stands in the doorway of the Oval Office with the door open. The door is drawn to resemble the cover of a book, and the thickness of the door resembles the page...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a baseball uniform is up to bat, and he is sweating nervously. The man is labeled "Legislature" and holds a bat labeled "Individual batting average." Home plate is in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" stands beside a car that has crashed into a tree beside a road. The car is labeled "Speeding bills" and is very badly damaged. A sign beside the road is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, representing Snow White, is dressed in a white dress that is labeled, "Workfare," and has a bow in his hair. He watches as a line of men, representing the elves,...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A policeman shoves a naked man into the front seat of a police vehicle. The naked mans says,"Honest...it's not 'streaking'...it's the cost of living...can't even find a barrel to wear" In the background, a number of people...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A man wearing a tie with dollar signs on it is holding a bag labeled "Congressional Pay Raises" in one hand and raising his other hand with his palm facing toward another man. This man is holding a paper that reads,"Ethics...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is dressed as an artist (smock and tam). He stands before a large canvas on an artist's easel with a small cabinet with painting supplies...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman rummages through her purse and is placing the contents on a desk. Her purse is labeled, "The case for ERA." A man labeled "La. Senate" watches her. She says, "I just...
cartoon Bob Beckett; A man is stacking logs onto a woodpile that sits beneath a window of his house. One of the logs is labeled "Possible fuel shortage" He tells his neighbor, who leans over the fence between their two houses,"I know I don't have...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a magician in tie and tails. A huge top hat is upturned and labeled "Deepening fed. deficit" on the inside. Reagan is reaching deep into the hat to...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
