Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 26, 1993 with Pete Johnson, nephew of Paul B. Johnson Jr., at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Pete Johnson was born on May 12, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He received his B.S. degree in business...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 3, 1993 with Mr. George Saxon, formerly of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol as an investigator, at his home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Saxon was born on March 30, 1927 in Waynesboro, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Ms. Frances Elkin Joyner was born on November 23, 1909, in Tupelo, Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Maryland. She married Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. just...
Image of a red, white, and blue poster of Uncle Sam dressed in a white robe and hood, the traditional dress of a member of the Ku Klux Klan. A hole can be seen in the top left-hand corner of the poster where it was nailed to a tree on the property...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Supreme Court nominee Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., dressed in a judge's robe, is walking to the top of a flight of steps. At the top step, the base of a column is seen. On the top...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A huge boxer labeled "Organized crime" sits in an armchair. The robe he wears is trimmed in fabric printed with U.S. dollar bills. A man stands next to the chair and gestures over...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two exterior walls of a hardware store are seen (looking straight on at the corner), each with a large plate glass window. Above the store is the banner, "La.'s Sunday closing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon is dressed in academic regalia, and the robe is labeled, "Coordination of higher education." He is reacting in shock at being kicked from behind. The leg that has...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Newly elected Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards (portrayed as a child in shirt, bow tie, short pants and top hat) stands in a doorway labeled "Entrance." Father Time, in a long...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen, dressed as a boxer, has his arms raised high and his gloved hands clasped to appear as a winner. His back is turned, and “Kid Veto” is showing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An Arab man wearing a robe labeled "OPEC" runs across the sand in shoes labeled "Price...Hike." In the background are two oil derricks. The cartoon caption reads, "Oh, oh, looks...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An Arab man labeled "OPEC" looks down at a large spot on his robe. The spot is labeled, "Glut." Behind him on the wall is a graph with a downward trend line that spells, "World...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man who appears to be a gangster stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building. He smiles as he reads the words on a paper held in front of him by a long arm in a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wearing a royal robe and crown is lying among rubble. The wall behind him is labeled “Perez dynasty.” The man is looking toward a strong castle, labeled “Kingdom of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man dressed in a robe and wearing a "coolie" hat labeled "Vietnam" casts a shadow over the globe. The shadow is labeled "Ground Hog Day." The cartoon caption reads, "Spring...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man wearing a graduation robe and mortarboard kicks his heels together in excitement. He holds a rolled-up diploma labeled "'68," and the gown is labeled "Electoral college...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Reg Manning. A man labeled "Supreme Court" wearing dark robe and straw hat sits on a stool and plays an upright piano. The sheet music he is playing from is labeled "Constitution," but he...
