A handwritten list of Freedom Summer volunteers and staff in Hattiesburg written by Joe Ellin. The list gives the volunteers' religion, race, approximate age, and their work site. There are tally marks for the statistics on the lower right corner....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Dennis Renault. The Statue of Liberty is shown very pregnant. Her abdomen is labeled, "Equal rights amendment."
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 Bob Beckett. An elephant wearing a straw hat labeled "Smith" and a donkey labeled "Yates" stand arm-in-arm (front legs). The donkey's other arm is on the shoulder of a man labeled "Burlington...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter, as the Statue of Liberty, smiles and watches as a Soviet ship labeled, "Red star," steams by in New York harbor. The ship has a flag with a hammer and sickle...
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. Lyndon Johnson and Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin sit on opposite sides of a table that is labeled, "Glassboro N.J. Summit meet...Roughly halfway 'geographically' between New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Alexsey Kosygin is flying a plane shaped like a man's shoe and labeled, "Flying trip to N.Y.?" Below him is the United Nations building, labeled, "U.N. Middle East 'Peace'...
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...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Campaign button reading "I am a registered voter are you?" and "N.A.A.C.P. Voter Registration Committee"
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Unit VII, Part 2 of a larger document. The information is to educate Freedom School teachers and prepare them to converse on topics covered, including the history and goals of the Council of...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Human Relations Committee, whose purpose was to promote voting rights and media use of titles when identifying African American citizens. Included in the photo are: (l-r, front row)...
Photograph of the front of a commemorative T-shirt signed by basketball players. Printed on the front of the white shirt is a large red apple overprinted with a golden "1" with "USM" in black. The words "Golden" and "Eagles" in color gold are above...
Photograph of the March 31, 1987, article in Student printz about the National Invitation Tournament basketball victory over La Salle University. The headline reads, "Eagle fever riding high."
Letter from John Lion, Director of the American College Theater Festival, to President Aubrey Lucas. The letter announces the selection of USM's production of Catfish Moon for performance at the American College Theater Festival during April 1995...
Photograph of a Southern Miss basketball player (No. 23) holding up a banner at the National Invitation Tournament. The banner is gold with black letters and reads: "Southern Mississippi 1987 NIT champions." The crowd of fans is seen in the...
Photograph of Shannon Reed and Marty Baggett hanging a banner in front of College Hall after the Golden Eagles basketball team won the National Invitation Tournament in 1987. Featured in the 1987 Southerner yearbook on page 345.
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 Casey Fisher, captain of the Golden Eagles basketball team. During the 1987 NIT championship, Fisher set a school record for career assists and entered the 1000 point club. Also featured in Chester W. Morgan's book, Dearly bought,...
