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.; Mr. James Madison Johnson was born on March 17, 1955, in Laurel, Mississippi. During his childhood, he lived in George County, Lucedale, Leaf, and McLain, Mississippi. Mr. Johnson attended college at Mississippi Valley State,...
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...
An interview conducted on 06-08-1999 with Umoja Kwanguvu (born1925). Born William Jones, Umoja Kwanguvu actively protested and defied segregation while in the military, conducted protest activities against the prevailing Jim Crow attitudes and laws...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lech Walesa is sitting behind a desk in an office. Behind him on the wall is a large banner that reads, "Solidarity forever." Through the large office window can be seen...
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.
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...
Oral history.; Mr. Jeremiah O'Keefe was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on July 12, 1923. Mr. O'Keefe attended Sacred Heart Academy for high school. He entered the U.S. Navy and received his wings in the U.S. Marine Corps in May, 1943. Having...
Oral history.; Mrs. Clara Griffin Watson was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 15, 1933. During the 1960s, Mrs. Watson helped the COFO workers in Mississippi, marched on the Federal Building, and housed some of the civil rights activists in...
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...
Printed roster, dating 1 February 1869, listing the district headquarters, officers, and companies under Brigadier General Alvan Cullem Gillem, commander of the Fourth Military District, Department of Mississippi, established by the U.S. Congress...
Printed roster, dating 1 February 1869, listing the district headquarters, officers, and companies under Brigadier General Alvan Cullem Gillem, commander of the Fourth Military District, Department of Mississippi, established by the U.S. Congress...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 19 December 1862, promotes him to First Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry Regiment of Virginia Volunteers in the service of the United...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 2 May 1862, promotes him to Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, in the service of the United...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 12 September 1863, was awarded by the state of West Virginia and officially promotes Smith to the rank of Captain in the Ninth...
An orientation day, with a variety of military equipment on display was held at Camp Shelby for basic military science students at USM and area junior colleges. This group is looking over an M110 8-in Howitzer.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head wears a military uniform and is standing in the open hatch of a tank. He is labeled, "Unwise world" and looks through a pair of binoculars at...
