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...
Transcribed copy of a three-page letter from Jinny Glass to Zoya Zeman. Glass writes about her decision to go to Mississippi to work on the Mississippi Summer Project and discusses how the decision to go was hard to make because of her family....
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.
cartoon by Eddie Germano; The "ol' Mr. World" wears a mortar board labeled " '68 graduates." Two graduates anxiously look at the world from the top of the mortarboard. The world looks back at them with a scowling face.
cartoon by John Riedell; The 1970 census is the topic of this cartoon. A Texas ten-gallon cowboy hat gallops past, with an Illinois stovepipe hat trailing behind. Illinois and Texas are represented as people at the bottom of the cartoon, and...
Oral history.; Tommie Dukes Sr. was born in 1906 in Richardson, Mississippi, a town that no longer exists. Mr. Dukes played baseball at Alcorn College and then played for semi-pro and Negro League teams. Among other teams, he played for the Memphis...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as a cowboy, stands in the corner of a room holding a dripping paint brush. A bucket of paint labeled "LBJ's fiscal policies" is nearby, and he has...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man identified as "Little ol' you-know-who" is walking through a clearing in a wooded area ringed by huge trees. The man is accompanied by Runtz's signature cat. The massive trees...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man labeled "Congress" sits at a student's school desk in a classroom. He is holding a textbook open to the section on "Legislation," and the textbook is slanted up so the open...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A 1966 graduate dressed in gown and mortarboard holds his diploma on the lawn of the college. The college building is in the background. He looks up at a huge man with a globe...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial clothing labeled, "N.O." leans on the bar at the Blue Dollar Saloon, a drinking establishment. A large bottle labeled "Ol' fiscal crisis" stands on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is dressed as a cowboy and is walking up toward the head of a huge, snorting bull. The bull is labeled, "Inflation" on its side, and "Prices...Wages" on the horns....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans chief administrative officer [?] Levy sits at his desk in the center of a giant "X." A sign nearby is labeled, " 'X' marks N.O.'s financial spot." A huge foot in a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Melvin Laird, running, carries a board labeled "Board to examine role of military" toward the edge of a cliff. There is a gap between this part of the cliff and the other side, on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Supreme Court nominee Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., dressed in a judge's robe, is walking to the top of a flight of steps. At the top step, the base of a column is seen. On the top...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 06-11-1981 with Mr. Wilson Evans II (born 1924). Evans began his long career as a union leader in Gulfport in 1950, later becoming president of the union. This interview covers topics as diverse as his service...
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...
