From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels, and both sides are labeled "Beirut" on the ground at the bottom. In the left panel, a U.S. Army truck labeled "Peacekeepers" travels toward Beirut...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Mao Zedong is holding a paper that reads, "15 million North Vietnamese, 700 million Chinese," and he is making notes. He is thinking, "Now besides these, helping us are the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in an armchair has been reading a book, his feet on the footstool. The book is being tossed to the floor, and the man has put his hands on the chair arms and is lifting...
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...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Manuscript. "A Short Account of a Boy of Guile and the Pigsty." Cover with illustration and title, page 1 "Oh little girlee..." illustration and text; page 2 "And they played awhile..." illustration and text; page 3...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by William Sandeson. A military officer points with his left hand toward a sky darkened by smoke and labeled "War." In his other hand, he carries a drawn sword labeled "Calley verdict" with 2nd...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
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...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A mailman delivers mail on Monday and a dog growls at him. The mailman says,"Here comes m'pal again with th'usual greeting!" On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the dog runs after the mailman and bites at his...
cartoon by Ben Wicks; A mother is shown sitting on the edge of a bed with a baby in her lap. There are toys surrounding them and the baby is holding an ABC book. The mother is looking at a television screen where a man is speaking. She is...
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 fortune teller named Madame Clarity looks into a crystal ball and sees, "La. fiscal crisis." She appears dismayed. A man sits in a chair opposite, and he is labeled, "Special...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two boys are walking outdoors with their backs to the sun. One boy has put his hand over his mouth and says, "Bet it's pollution!" Behind the boys, the sun is almost fully eclipsed....
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of an old man with a pipe in his mouth holding a young child while standing in front of the Blue Ribbon School. According to the caption in the book A Boy in Rural Mississippi, “The Blue Ribbon School,...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Carver/Peterman House. Caption included reads “The last of Old Gainesville. Home built in 1865 by the Carver family and later owned by J. H. Peterman. It was located on the Lower Gainesville...
Certificate of survey for a 130 acre tract of land in the Natchez District owned by John Burnet. The survey was conducted by William Vousdan on land 45 miles north of the Fort of Natchez lying along Bayou Pierre in what is now Claiborne County,...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of the Coahoma County Hospital (now the Northwest Regional Medical Center) in Clarksdale, Mississippi, taken in September 1964. It shows a large multi-level building with numerous cars...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cartoon produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that shows the coffins of three civil rights workers (Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney) who were killed in...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Poster produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that reads "Now with your hand, pull the lever down." Voting booth levers are labeled Justice, Equality, and Freedom. Also shows...