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.; Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 4, 2007 with Jeff Bennett, Director of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; In Panama City, Fla., a group of American businessman stand in a group chatting with an Arab man. They are all smiling and the ground at their feet is labeled, "Bulk of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A boy lies on his stomach in front of a television in a living room watching the Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing of the Bobby Baker case. On the television screen,...
Oral history.; Mr. Ray William (Buck) Wells was born August 21, 1916, on a dairy farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Mississippi Normal College (now The University of Southern Mississippi). Sometime around 1920 or 1921 he moved into...
Oral history.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Photograph of the Golden Eagle Rugby Club. Caption: Rugby is not a sport for the weak. Just ask Ralph Smith, who found himself on the bottom of the scrum during a match. Featured in the 1994 Southerner yearbook on page 119.
A complimentary matchbook used recruiting and marketing. The cover has printing: "Mississippi's fastest growing college...Compliments of Mississippi Southern College Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Hattiesburg, Mississippi...Close cover...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A building hosting a boxing match between Jefferson Parish (La.) sheriff [Harry] Lee and assistant district attorney [Art] Lentini is falling down. There is a large hole in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man wearing Middle Eastern clothing labeled, "Mid-East" holds a lit match to a cigar (drawn to resemble a stick of dynamite without a fuse) labeled, "Explosive nationalism."...
cartoon by John Riedell; A line of used matches with faces, arms, and legs are sitting on a bench. They are labeled,"past political firings," and the top of their "heads" are still smoking. A new match is walking by them wearing a hard hat...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. Hubert Humphrey is shown plowing a field with a donkey labeled "Demo." A farmer riding a tractor alongside Humphrey says, "Excuse me, Mr. Vice-President, but we don't plow with a...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon, with one of his shoes labeled, "Vietnam," tries to match the much larger footprints of President Dwight Eisenhower, three of which are labeled,...
A collection of ten 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 March 14, 2006 with Penny Dean, Hancock County Board of Supervisors board secretary. Dean discusses her experiences during Hurricane Katrina as well as recovery efforts.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
