From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. A man labeled "Mr. average Joe" reads a newspaper with headlines, "Kennedy-Kopechne secret inquest" and "Panther inquiry in Chicago." He asks, "Wonder if they'd do as much for me?"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting in his office reading the newspaper, the headline of which reads, "Duarte leads Salvadoran vote." He comments, "It'll be easier to get more aid through...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Graves are marked with crosses in a graveyard. One cross is topped with a U.S. soldier's helmet, and the soldier's identification tag is nailed to it. The cross has the words,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed as a professor labeled, "Times-Picayune poll," uses a pointer to indicate the words on a chalkboard, which are, "Top concerns in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the center of the cartoon is the Earth in the sky, and a newspaper is on top of it. The headlines read, "National newspaper week...Helping keep everything in focus." Below...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Two American soldiers are on patrol in Vietnam, one watchful with his rifle at the ready. The other holds a rifle, pointed to the ground, with one hand. In his other hand, he...
From the Higdon (May) Collection. A newspaper from Blue Mountain, MS dated May 14, 1903. The paper features articles by the students and faculty of Blue Mountain College, including a lengthy article titled, "An Address", written by May Higdon’s...
Photograph of three men and two women reading copies of a 1953 Hattiesburg American newspaper with the headline "Southern mops up Tide" following a victory over the University of Alabama football team in 1953. Photograph also found on page 93 of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A man and woman are sitting in a living room. The man is reading a newspaper and the woman is knitting. The man says, "So 'Cuckoo's nest' is up for an Academy Award? I didn't...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A slim man with the head of a donkey is dressed in shabby, patched clothes, and he holds a newspaper with a headline, “The Conoco story.” A much larger man with an elephant...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Report by Terry Cannon on the status of The movement, a newspaper described in the report as SNCC's only regular publication. Cannon describes the status of the paper and lays out goals for the...
Photograph of a sign protesting censorship, attached to a campus building. The sign reads: "Dr. Lucas: further censorship of the Student Printz shall not be tolerated." Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Ho Chi Minh sits in a chair reading a newspaper with the headline "Cool weather could drive doves to southern Ill" [Illinois]. The cartoon caption reads, "Personally, I'm against...
Twenty-page typescript of the diary of Jinny Glass, dated August 7, 1964, through August 25, 1964. Glass was a Freedom Summer volunteer from California who worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center, south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
From the Kershner (Charles) Papers. A seven page speech by Charles “Chuck” Kershner, the editor of The Student Printz in spring 1964. The speech was delivered during the Symposium on Social Justice held at USM’s Thad Cochran Center on...
Transcribed copy of a speech given by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) during her campaign for the United States Senate in 1964. Discusses Section I, Title I of the Civil Rights Bill and its effects on African Americans in Mississippi. Also describes...
