Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 5, 1998 with Judge Fred L. Banks, Jr. (born 1942). In the late 1960s, Judge Banks began his law career by serving for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He was elected three times to the House of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is in two parts. In the left panel, Leonid Brezhnev is a ventriloquist sitting in a chair while holding a toy bear in his lap. The bear has the five Olympic rings on...
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.; Interview conducted on July 19, 1978 with Mr. W.S. Griffin at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Griffin was born on October 15, 1913 near Mantee, Mississippi, in Webster County. In 1936, he accepted a position as a teacher and coach...
Twenty-page typescript of the diary of Jinny Glass, dated August 7, 1964, through August 25, 1964. Glass was a Freedom Summer volunteer from California who worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center, south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In a toy store, a little boy sits on Santa's lap and asks, "When will I see my daddy again?" On the floor next to Santa's chair, Runtz's signature cat holds up a newspaper with the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A malnourished and naked child labeled Cambodia sits with a large bowl in its lap. The outside of the bowl is shown as the Southern hemisphere of Earth. The words "Empty bowls"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In an office, a man holding a Christmas card list in his lap sits across the desk from the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General says, "A choice for you this Christmas" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Hubert Humphrey picks flowers from the grassy areas inside a racetrack. On the ground are the words, "Convention delegates." He looks happily over his shoulder at two track...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A father sits in a lawn chair in his backyard with his small son in his lap. They are reading a newspaper with headlines: "Interplanetary travel seen in twenty years" and "Apollo 10...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. An ill President Jimmy Carter sits on the edge of a bed dressed in a bathrobe with his feet soaking in hot water. On the bedside table are various medications. Zbigniew Brzezinski...
cartoon by Ben Wicks; A mother is shown sitting on the edge of a bed with a baby in her lap. There are toys surrounding them and the baby is holding an ABC book. The mother is looking at a television screen where a man is speaking. She is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Uncle Sam is sitting in a small boat holding a fishing pole in his lap. A swordfish labeled "U.S. interests" is tied to the side of the boat, and the swordfish has a large hole in...
cartoon by John Riedell; The figure of Justice is seated. She holds up a set of scales that is tipped heavily to one side by a question mark. In her lap, Justice displays an unrolled scroll labeled "Ray case".
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.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2007 with Rita W. Baldwin who managed Loaves and Fishes, an organization that helped Biloxi's homeless, as well as the Coastal Family Health Center. Ms. Baldwin discusses her experiences before and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.
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...
