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. A group of men in Arab dress is labeled "Soviet delegation," and one of the men carries a brief case labeled, "Kosygin." In the background is the United Nations building,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. In front of the United Nations building, a hen labeled "UN Assembly" sits atop a gigantic egg labeled "Peaceful settlement of Vietnam War." U.N. Secretary General U Thant and U.S....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man and a woman are walking past the United Nations Building and its lineup of national flags. They look up at a new skyscraper in New York, and they appear surprised to see...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. The upper floors of the United Nations building are shown, with a number of people hanging out the windows. One person, labeled South Africa, has apparently been pushed out of a...
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. 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. 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'...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. This cartoon parodies the United Nations symbol, which is a view of the continents seen from above the North Pole, with the globe wreathed by olive branches. Here, the countries...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Arthur Goldberg, dressed in a football uniform and carrying a football labeled "U.S.," is rushing toward the entrance of the United Nations building. The cartoon caption reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A dove labeled "Nixon's plea for peace aid" hangs dead, held upside down by its leg by a large hand. The dove still holds an olive branch in its beak. It has been killed by a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. The United Nations (depicted as a turtle with the head of Secretary General U Thant) is on a runway marked "Long record of inaction on hijacking & political piracy." An angry man sits...
cartoon by John Knudsen; United Nations Secretary-General U Thant stands at the base of the United Nations building. He has pulled open the face of the building, as if it were a door to a wardrobe. A giant skeleton labeled "30 years of communist...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2006 with Victoria Cintra. Ms. Cintra discusses the problem of the exploitation of immigrant labor in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on December 12, 1975, January 19, 1976, and January 23, 1991 with Mr. C.J. Duckworth in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Duckworth was born in Summerland, Mississippi, Smith County, on February 25,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...
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...
cartoon by Gene Basset; A man wearing a suit and hat holds up his hands as he stands in front of United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant. The man's hat is labeled "UN" Thant carries a suitcase labeled "Secretery-General U Thant peace keeping...
cartoon by Ken Alexander; A depressed-looking man sits behind a booth in the desert. A placard above the booth is labeled "Poor Nations Mineral Mart And Garage Sale." He sells bauxite, copper, and tin. A second man wearing Arab attire sits behind...
