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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A man in judge's robes labeled "Fortas" and carrying a briefcase walks up the steps to the Supreme Court building. A ragged looking dog labeled "Wolfson affair" follows him. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An officer labeled "Open meeting law" carries a baton labeled "Judge's ruling" and rings the doorbell outside a meeting roomdoor in a hallway. A man has opened the door, and he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Knudsen. From his high bench, a judge labeled "Supreme Court" (Chief Justice Earl Warren) pours the contents of a pitcher onto the head of a draft protestor in the guise of a hippie with...
Confederate States vs. John H. Gilmer: Substance of the Opening Argument of John H. Gilmer, with Authorities and the Opinion of Judge Halyburton Construing the Sequestration Act, &c.
Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the case of John. B. Lane and John H. Leftwich, in relation to their exemption, as mail contractors, from the performance...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Judge Haynsworth's arms are being pulled from both sides. One set of arms pulling him in one direction is labeled, "For confirmation," and the other set is labeled, "Against...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A man helps a judge put on a robe labeled "Judicial ethics" The robe has a number of holes in it, and it appears to be very worn and tattered. The man helping the judge put on his robe says,"Hardly inspires confidence,...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A judge drives a carriage labeled "Our courts" He brandishes a whip toward the horse. Far in front of the carriage, a man and a woman in a convertible labeled "Modern living" speed away. A cat sits in one of the tree tops...
cartoon by Reg Manning; A man labeled "Uno who" stands at a judge's bench and asks the judge,"-Do you mind if I make a suggestion, Judge?" Behind the man, a police officer brings in two men labeled "Members of auto-theft ring." A sign indicates...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Circuit Judge M. M. McGowan, in a question and answer format, explains the meaning of interposition, and discusses its varied aspects.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. A man in judge's robes labeled "Justice Fortas" stands holding a gavel at his side and looking over his right shoulder. Behind him is the very large shadow he is casting, labeled...
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 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...
