Oral history.; Jack Winton Gunn was born January 14, 1916, in Waco, Texas. His mother died in 1924, and his father remarried in 1925. Jack Gunn graduated from Baylor University and for a brief time worked in Tyler, Texas, and got a private pilot's...
Oral history.; Charles C. Jacobs Jr. was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on January 13, 1921. Mr. Jacobs attended the University of Mississippi and returned to its law school after serving as a Marine during World War II. During his career, he was...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 26, 1993 with Pete Johnson, nephew of Paul B. Johnson Jr., at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Pete Johnson was born on May 12, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He received his B.S. degree in business...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 19, 1975 with Otho Monroe (born 1912). Mr. Monroe was superintendent of the Senatobia School District from 1949 until 1968, when he resigned in protest of school desegregation.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 13, 1974 with Mayor Bennie G. Thompson at his office in Bolton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on January 28, 1948 in Bolton, Mississippi. He received a BA in political science from Tougaloo College...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 7, 1979 with Mrs. Minnie Ripley on the street named after her, Ripley Street, in Mayersville, Mississippi. Ripley was born on August 22, 1900 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She attended public schools in...
Photograph of Nick Revon (with the ball) during a basketball game against an unidentified team (jersey with ARPOMS). [Revon was the most prolific scorer in the school's history. His 2,024 points led the basketball team to many victories, including...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. In the upper half of the cartoon, Uncle Sam is dressed as a soldier. Holding a rife, he is walking in the direction indicated by a sign that reads "The war." Behind him is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In Audubon Park, two men prepare to duel with pistols. One man is labeled "State" and the other is "City." An arrow on a nearby tree points to the zoo.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. In the top panel, labeled "Two years ago," a man labeled "City council" stands at a podium and points with his index finger while saying, "We must...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A sunburned man wearing swim trunks and sandals, and with a dazed or painful expression, stands before a vanity and mirror. The man is labeled "Burning Cyprus question." Heat from...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial and Louisiana governor Dave Treen have finished dinner in a restaurant, and the table is covered with dishes. The cover of a platter is labeled,...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Charles de Gaulle stands on one side of a dotted line border, holding a paint can in one hand and a paint brush in the other. He is painting on a two-part sign beside him. Each...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, with "Americans in Uganda" on his vest, is suspended in the air with his hands up. Ugandan president Idi Amin points a handgun at Uncle Sam and says, "...Not until...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" is holding under one arm a rolled up piece of paper that is labeled, "Bill to raise legislators' out-of-season expenses." With his other hand, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon, dressed as an eye doctor, stands beside an eye chart and points to it with his pencil. Letters on the chart spell out "ABM vote crucial" on the first three lines and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Next door to the "State of La. Treasurer's Office," Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is building a "State Fiscal Advisory Committee" building, smaller but in other respects...
