cartoon by Eddie Germano; A man referred to as "the guy who does all the squawkin'." says,"As a taxpayer I demand we get a better shake for our money...etc...etc." In the second frame, he is shown sleeping in a chair, and this note is included ".in...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A worried mother looks down at her two children as they walk around in circles with protest signs. The signs say "we protest washing behind our ears" and "we don't like spinach." One of the boys tell the mother,"You said...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands in a pile of hurricane debris labeled, "Gulf Coast." He is looking up at an elderly man at the top of a spinning cloud. The man is holding a top hat in the style of...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a group of white and African-American civil rights demonstrators at the Woolworth's store in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1963. The sit-in was an attempt to...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A nervous looking man labeled "Congress" stands in front of the Capitol building, looking up at the dome, and yells "Careful!" A giant-sized hand labeled, "Proposed Adam Clayton...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated May 26, 1964, and titled "Whites Organize to Oppose Mississippi Summer Project." Statement warns those...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "La. taxpayer" stands in his living room, his head turning back and forth to items on the table indoors and his car outdoors. Indoors on the table are a liquor...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
cartoon by John Riedell; Two upright scales stand side by side. The scales on the left measure "Popular vote"; the base of these scales is labeled "People stand here" The scales on the right measure "Electoral vote - may not show true weight of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. George Wallace lies in a hospital bed holding a broadside with a picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a wheelchair. The picture is labeled, "F.D.R. the campaigner." The caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Bathing suit clad women of all shapes and sizes sit, lie, walk, and play on the beach. A fat elephant (drawn as a man) smoking a cigar and wearing swim trunks and hat with a "GOP"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head sits on a floor and leans against powder kegs. He is smoking a pipe labeled "Ancient hates and quarrels" and has a worried expression. Next to him...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large ship labeled "U.S. fiscal policies" is sailing through water in which floats three warning buoys and an iceberg. The buoys have signs: "Financial crisis--Federal Reserve...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dining with a woman labeled "Congress." They are seated on opposite sides of the table, and the table place card reads "The Spratts." A waiter brings a covered...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the top of the cartoon is a large "Oregon" and at the bottom "California." The N of Oregon extends down to end in the I of California to form the Oregon Trail, as indicated...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Four African American women relax on the grass during the second SNCC Orientation Session at Western College for Women located in Oxford, Ohio, between June 22 and 27, 1964. Annie Devine may be...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Three young female Freedom Summer volunteers arrive a few doors down from the COFO Headquarters at 507 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the end of June, 1964. One of the three may...
Photograph of campus buildings with Bennett Auditorium in the center. The view is from the southeast and may have been taken from the top of Southern Hall. Featured in the 1939 Neka Camon yearbook on page 9.