Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 conducted with Ella Kliger, an independent filmmaker, who describes her experience with various volunteer and relief efforts in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A policeman labeled, "Under-staffed police" stands under a night sky with a city skyline in the background. Club in hand, he is watching a man watching in the foreground of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jesse Jackson stands next to a huge fish hanging by its tail above a pier. The fish is labeled "Goodman release." Ronald Reagan walks away with a fishing pole and thinks, "Talk...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), entitled "Temple Turns Away Mixed Trio," designated for immediate release. Describes an incident in which a temple...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 7, 1999 with Terri Shaw (born 1940). Ms. Shaw graduated from Antioch College in Yellow springs, Ohio, in 1963, then went to work for the Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express before spending the summer in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 7, 1993 with Ken Fairly, a Mississippi law enforcement officer and journalist. Fairly was born on February 18, 1928 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Now retired, he had two careers: one as a journalist and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
Transcribed copy of a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) report of the results of the June 7, 1966, primary elections in Mississippi. Although the MFDP candidates did not win the primaries, members of the party were encouraged by the large...
