From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is sitting on a stool looking down at a map of the United States. His chin is in one hand, elbow on knee. With his other hand, he holds a paper that reads, "Labor Day...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Lyndon Johnson stands in front of a cracked mirror straightening the knot in his tie. The mirror is labeled "Polls," and the crack is labeled "Popularity." The crack in the mirror...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. Richard Nixon kneels outside a brick building in which is set a plate glass window covered by a pull-down shade labeled "Nixon's political enemies." With both hands, Nixon holds an...
cartoon by Bob Taylor; There are two scenes in this cartoon. In the first scene, a man stands with his back facing forward. The back of his coat is labeled "Congress," and it looks like someone is hugging him. In the second scene, the man is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon is in his bathroom, standing at the sink before the mirror, preparing to shave his face. He has a full cup of shaving foam and has applied a large coat of foam,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Uncle Sam, labeled "Our affluent society," stands before a large mirror and looks at his reflection. He is shocked to see a horrifying figure with claws and fangs, labeled...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
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.; An interview conducted on August 31, 2009 with David Elliott. A newscaster at WLOX-TV, Mr. Elliott describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 6, 2009 and April 2, 2009 with James L. Black, a pastor at Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi, MS. Rev. Black describes the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Mississppi Gulf Coast as...
Oral history.; An interview with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on December 19, 2006 with Kurt Brautigam, Distinguished Lecturer in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at Southern MIss. Mr. Brautigam discusses preparing for Hurricane Katrina and its effects on...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 12, 1997 with Winifred Green (born 1937). After earning a bachelor's degree in English from Millsaps College in 1963, Mrs. Green and four other women formed Mississippians for Public Education, one...
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...
