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 Merle Cunnington. A crowd of people stand just outside the large, open entryway of a building that is labeled "The wonderful world of tomorrow (super technology)." A sign just inside the...
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 John Stampone; A giant-sized, shabbily dressed hobo sits on the steps of the Capitol building. His hat, labeled "Left-over problems," is pulled down low over his eyes. A second man carrying a briefcase labeled "91st Congress" walks up...
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. Judge Haynsworth's arms are being pulled from both sides. One set of arms pulling him in one direction is labeled, "For confirmation," and the other set is labeled, "Against...
From the Weston Lumber Company Photographs; This collection consists of two oversized, panoramic views of the H. Weston Lumber Company in Logtown, Mississippi, which show the mill in full operation. The photographs were taken sometime between 1920...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Hattiesburg Grocery Company on Second Street, with several men standing on the front porch, and another pulled up front in a horse and buggy. Reproduced in McCarty on page 24. Retouched:...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Hattiesburg Grocery Company on Second Street, with several men standing on the front porch, and another pulled up front in a horse and buggy....
cartoon by Ken Alexander; A depressed-looking man sits behind a booth in the desert. A placard above the booth is labeled "Poor Nations Mineral Mart And Garage Sale." He sells bauxite, copper, and tin. A second man wearing Arab attire sits behind...
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 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 six 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...
cartoon by Allen Johnson; A distinguished looking man sits in a plush chair behind a desk. A second man has pulled up to the desk and offers the first man a cigarette, which he declines. Behind the desk is a huge window that looks onto a series...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled “Lottery” is wearing old-fashioned clothing and a bowler hat, and he has a handle-bar moustache. He is standing beside a raffle/lottery wire cylinder basket...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant dressed as Santa Claus is riding in a sleigh pulled by reindeer as they fly over homes. Large sacks are in the sleigh and are labeled, "Tax cuts for one and...
Oral history.; Mr. George A. Stevens was born in 1910 in Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Hattiesburg public schools but graduated from high school in Anthony, New Mexico. Mr. Stevens returned to attend The University of Southern...
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.