From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson and Leonid Brezhnev are in drag strip cars shaped like nuclear missiles. Each car has the atomic symbol near the nose of the rocket shape. The cars are side by...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Democratic donkey is driving an automobile labeled “Off to Chicago” on a highway. Luggage is stacked on the car trunk. The Republican elephant is running in the opposite...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey is visiting a fortune-teller and is seated at a table on which stands a crystal ball. The fortune-teller is also seated at the table and both are looking at the crystal...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Mrs. B. J. Gaillot, Jr. seeks to convince readers that God gave Moses a law of segregation along with the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai. She quotes many Bible passages to prove, according to her...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Merle Cunnington. A placard on the wall of a restaurant reads, "The country needs not submergence in internationalism but sustainment in triumphant nationality!" and the quotation is attributed...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan sits on a throne on a Mardi Gras float decorated to look like a throne room. He is wearing robes trimmed in fur and holding beads instead of throwing them. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, wearing the uniform of a letter carrier, is standing beside a truck labeled "U.S. mail" which has a flat tire. The back doors of the truck are open and a device...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a bar. He has a cigarette in his hand. On the bar are a pack of cigarettes, an empty shot glass with spilled liquor, and a bottle. Ronald Reagan and David Stockman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An apparently naked man labeled "N.O." wears a barrel labeled, "Homestead exemption" and a pair of shoes. He stands on a sidewalk next to a brick building that has a sign...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A childlike Hubert Humphrey looks and points at a stuffed bear labeled "Teddy for VP" in a store window. Humphrey is portrayed as a young boy, dressed in clothing and straw hat...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Supreme Court bench is drawn like a large ballot box. A hasp and lock are attached to the front of the box. Ronald Reagan stands nearby holding a sign that reads, "I'd...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a car labeled "Economic development" has stopped at the drive through teller window of a bank. A large sign above the bank reads, "Multiparish banking," and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, with angry expressions, are throwing mud at each other. A man watching says, "If nice guys finish last, you guys both look like winners."
cartoon by John Riedell; The top frame shows a dog with 3 heads and a forked tail."Leave all hope ye who enter" is written across the top of the frame. A scroll to the left of the frame reads,"In myth, Cerberus was the 3-headed dog that guarded...
cartoon by John Riedell; A large man in boxing trunks is leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring. He is wearing a boxing glove on one hand and is making a fist with the other hand. The bare hand and forearm are shaped like a missile.
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
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...