Oral history.; Born on March 28, 1914, Dr. Eleanor Byrd Walters was born in Gunnison, Mississippi. In 1934, she received her B.S. in education from Delta State Teachers College and went on to earn several advanced degrees. From 1934 through 1943...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
Oral history.; Discusses race relations in New York and Mississippi, the problems of freedom-of-choice desegregation, and the power of Joe Patterson, John Bell Williams, and James Eastland in Mississippi politics. This interview reviews the lawsuit...
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 March 26, 1974 with Rabbi Julian B. Feibelman in his office at the Temple Sinai in New Orleans, Louisiana. Feibelman was born on March 23, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi. He remained in Jackson for the first...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 1, 1972 with Dr. Aaron Henry in his drugstore in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Henry was born on July 2, 1922 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he went to Xavier College (now Xavier...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Richard Nixon reclines on a sofa with a book titled The Final Days, written by Woodward and Bernstein, lying open face down on his body. Behind the sofa, a series of four pictures...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A young man walks along a sidewalk holding a piece of paper labeled "Voting at eighteen." Two hands reach down and pat him on the head. The sleeve of one hand is labeled "Goldwater,"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Gamble. This cartoon is in four parts. In the first frame, Richard Nixon is speaking on the telephone to Leon Jaworski. Nixon says, "More tapes? Look, Jaworski, I've just about lost all my...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal. Richard and Pat Nixon are shown leaving through the gates of the White House in the back seat of a chauffered vehicle. A bumper sticker on the car reads, "Impeach Dean." One...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Pat (Patricia) Amlin Scudder, a Holly Springs civil rights worker, kneeling beside a dog. Kathleen Dahl and Pat were both from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pat married Ken...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of General Wood and Congressman Harrison standing with a crowd of people during a visit to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2 July 1917.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the 1939 YMCA State Junior Basketball Champions. They are identified as: (front) John McLain, Jr. and Cecil Jones, (middle) Milton Evans, Pat Howell, Roland Heidelberg, and Claude Pittman,...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign pamphlet for Wall Doxey, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi. The handout contains biographical information and quotes about Doxey from Mississippi politicians, including Theodore Bilbo,...
