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 Jon Kennedy. Georgia Governor (and later Lieutenant Governor) Lester Maddox stands behind the counter of a cafeteria (restaurant). The counter is labeled "Maddox political cafeteria." Maddox...
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...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Exterior view of the Choctaw Restaurant, whose specialty was barbecued ribs. Reproduced in McCarty, page 177. Retouched: orange lines removed; 7 x 5
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of former baseball star, Dizzy Dean and Boyce Holleman at the Choctaw Restaurant in Hattiesburg, 1964. The Choctaw was Dean's favorite eatery. Reproduced in McCarty, page 177. Retouched:...
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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of an unpaved Front Street lined with buildings and shops on both sides. Dozens of people are in the streets and on the sidewalks; 9 x 5
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 Merle Cunnington. A placard on the wall of a restaurant reads, "The country needs not submergence in internationalism but sustainment in triumphant nationality!" and the quotation is attributed...
Photograph University President Horace Fleming and Gene Carlisle, President of Carlisle Corp., as they flip burgers at the announcement of Carlisle's gift of the Wendy's Restaurant on Westover Drive in Hattiesburg to the USM Foundation. Featured...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. The concrete block restaurant in the path of Hurricane Camille...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. This wood-framed house withstood the storm, though a...
