From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very tall gangster-type character leans against the Washington Monument, his elbow on top of the monument. The gangster is labeled, "Monument to Washington," and he is holding...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A tour group stands by their bus in front of an open building labeled "Warehouse." A tour guide gestures toward the Liberty Monument, which is being stored there. Behind the...
Oral history.; Ms. Frances Elkin Joyner was born on November 23, 1909, in Tupelo, Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Maryland. She married Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. just...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Mardi Gras balloons are floating in the air above the U.S. Capitol. In the distance is the Washington Monument with a crown at the top. Between the Capitol and the Monument are...
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 May 14, 1996 with Frances Thornton Smith (born 1916). In 1971, the year that elementary schools were integrated, Smith volunteered to teach at Fair Elementary School, an African-American school in Pascagoula,...
Photograph taken at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. The band was enroute with the "Know Mississippi Better" train through the eastern states and Canada August 12-31, 1926. A.F. Fugitt was the band director. Image featured in Dearly...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is walking away from the U.S. Capitol. He is dressed for winter weather and is carrying a briefcase labeled, "Reduction in weapons concession." Behind him, the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in a Colonial general's uniform is driving a car labeled, "Long-standing La. tidelands dispute." Luggage labeled "37 1/2% movement" is on the car's trunk. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon rides on top of a turtle with a carapace shaped like the U.S. Capitol Dome which is labeled, "91st Congress." He carries a sign that reads, "Race between man and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A tombstone of RFK with a wreath next to it reads, "Restoration of America's Moral Values"and "Control of Crime and Violence."
cartoon by Wayne Stayskal; The Washington monument and the dome of the Capitol building can be seen through part of an arched doorway. To the right of the doorway, a priest sits in one side of a confessional booth. In response to a confessor, the...
cartoon by Eugene Payne; A triangular cardboard shelter labeled "Leadership" has a "Vacancy" sign posted. There are other shelters in this homeless community. The Washington Monument stands in the background.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Richard Nixon is sitting at the end of a desk in an office in Washington, DC (the Washington Monument can be seen on the horizon outside the office window). On the desk is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon walks toward the left of the cartoon dressed as a Hussar, wearing a chest ribbon labeled "Presidensy" [sic] and holding a sword upright. Behind Nixon, a group...
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 October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history; An interview conducted on February 21, 2008 with Rev. Rick Brooks, pastor at Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Rev. Brooks describes Hurricane Katrina's destruction to his home and to the community; he also...
