Oral history.; Born on January 27, 1966, in Natchez, Mississippi, to Elisha and Vera Wilkins, Ms. Juanita Wilkins was the eleventh of twelve children. She was graduated from high school in Natchez, and left two weeks later, moving to Dallas,...
Oral history.; Dorothea Allsup was born on February 4, 1916. Her family resided in Nebraska, but they moved to Epes, Alabama and then Macon, Mississippi, when she was seventeen. While Mrs. Allsup attended high school in Macon she met her future...
Oral history.; Reverend Sammie Rash was born in Sunflower County, Mississippi, on July 31, 1942. His parents were sharecroppers, and in 1949 they moved the family to the McGann plantation in Bolivar County, where Reverend Rash grew up. In 1963...
Oral history.; Mr. Coygon Robinson Jr. was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on December 3, 1951. He attended Perkins Elementary School and Nichols High School. In the fifth grade, Mr. Robinson got his first set of drums, and he continued to practice...
Oral history.; Mr. Sank Powe was born in the Delta in Elizabeth, Mississippi, on April 20, 1942. Growing up, Mr. Powe often worked in the cotton fields for meager wages. Mr. Powe attended Mound Bayou High School, Jackson State University and Delta...
Cartoon by Ricky Nobile titled "From the Rock 'n' on a roll," celebrating the 2003 football season, including an 8-0 Conference USA record and a trip to the Liberty Bowl. Coach Jeff Bower and a large eagle labeled "Champions" ride in a muscle car...
Photograph of running back Sammy Winder moving the ball during the Tangerine Bowl against Missouri. Photograph also found on page 144 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Two uniformed soldiers with rifles have entered a clearing in a jungle. The one labeled "U.S. withdrawal plans" is moving away from the other and calls over his shoulder, "Double...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The box of a large truck is labeled, "Unlimited terms express" (on the side) and has a bumper sticker on the back that reads, "We love Dutch." The truck is moving, and its back...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three men are riding in a bus which is labeled "Unity" at the front and "Regional transit authority" on the side. The men are labeled "Tammany...Jeff...Orleans." The man labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter stands alongside a highway full of moving cars and trucks that are emitting clouds of exhaust labeled, "Oil supplies." The sign over the highway reads "Summer" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An evil looking Soviet general holding flowers sits on top of a man in a hospital bed. The chart hanging from the end of the bed has "Tito" and a graph line moving up and down....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial is writing on a chalkboard: "Rolling along." Sweat drop show he is relieved. He holds a newspaper with headlines, "Buses moving...Tentative pact...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled Chehardy is using a pointer to indicate areas of a poster showing weather patterns. The top of the poster reads, "Jefferson's assessment climate," and the weather...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head is covered in cuts and bruises and has a bandaged foot and leg. Using a crutch, he is moving toward the United Nations building. He also holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ho Chi Minh is on top of a large tank that is marked with the Communist hammer and sickle symbol. The tank is moving across a curved surface (part of the globe) that is labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Quebec" is in a dinghy tied to a very large ship labeled "Canada" which is moving through rough, choppy water. The man is holding a knife up ready to cut the rope...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey stand on opposite ends of a seesaw, with a third man labeled "The issues" standing in the middle. The third man's weight and stance prevent...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Brezhnev's head is floating through space surrounded by other heads moving in an orbit around him. One head thumbs his nose at Brezhnev. Brezhnev's head has an arm sticking out...
