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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Jimmy Carter is playing soccer with a ball labeled "Admin. domestic program." An opposing team player labeled "Special interests" blocks Carter's attempt to kick the ball...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement released by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to publicize the fact that eight people were arrested in Belzoni, Mississippi, and remained in jail on charges...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. In the foreground, an arm is shown pouring milk into a saucer from a bottle labeled "Milk fund." Many cats are gathering to drink from the saucer. Two cats are labeled "Election"...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet Carey Daniel contends that God created segregation. He uses Old and New Testament quotations to support his argument that Africans were turned black due to the transgressions of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two graphs are on a wall, and Paul Volcker is on top of them doing a balancing act. One foot is standing on top of a graph labeled, "Pull recovery up," and his hand has hold of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "A special tax raising legislative session" watches the pressure gauge on a boiler rise. The boiler is labeled, "Pressures for new revenues...$." Louisiana...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Susan Solf writes to Ed [Hamlett], state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), that despite strong pressure from her father, she will participate in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Two...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated November 14, 1963. Campbell discusses the pressures on members of the clergy from opponents of the civil rights movement. Many...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memorandum from the Washington office to support organizations of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains the political tactics that the MFDP will use to push for a decision...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
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...
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...
A collection of ten 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...
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...
