Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
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...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is a bomb decorated with an upside down American flag and labeled "Another hike in the debt ceiling." In the background, Ronald Reagan and the Republican...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet published by the White Citizens' Council of Winona, Mississippi, Gillespie states that racial separation is the way to support racial harmony. He says that Soviet Communists are...
Photograph of freshmen students studying the Miss Southern Handbook. The caption reads, "Nail biting, humming, or cheating won't help. Freshmen girls must know the first verse of the Alma Mater for the Miss Southern Handbook test or else..." This...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A police officer kneels next to a junked car that is set up on blocks. The car has a hole in the windwhield, the hood is up, and a "Police notice" is attached to the front...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Mideast peace" rides a camel in the desert. He is dressed as an explorer (khaki shorts, pith helmet). His helmet has an olive branch on it, and he has his hand up...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. A cut-out of Richard Nixon's face appears in a wall, and a man looking through it says, " Hmmm...this must be one of those tax loopholes I've been hearing about."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vance Rodewalt. A panhandler sits at the base of a metal fence with two cups labeled "For me" and "For my friend" on the ground beside him. President Richard Nixon peers through bushes behind...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Charles de Gaulle shoots two pistols at the figure of a human body with a globe for a head (which has an angry expression). The figure holds a piece of paper labeled "Cyprus."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon looks excited at the large number of "telegrams and letters favorable to administration." He also has two feathers in his hat. The feathers are labeled, "Historic...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A voter stands before a curtained voting booth that has a sign that reads, "Vote on 2 proposed constitutional amendments." Above the voting booth on the wall is a sign that...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
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...
