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.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is drawn in three panels. The first panel shows Jimmy Carter smiling and laughing while saying, "I'm ahead." The second shows Walter Mondale saying, "I'm back." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A boy lies on his stomach in front of a television in a living room watching the Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing of the Bobby Baker case. On the television screen,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. In the four frames of this cartoon, Uncle Sam sits at a table with Nikita Khrushchev in a room with a window and a grandfather's clock that is chiming the hour. The time on the...
Oral history.; Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, on January 22, 1938, Ms. Augustine M. Magee grew up on a truck farm, helping with the daily chores to keep the farm running. She remembers her childhood as a happy time although while she worked on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan works at a desk, writing on papers. Other papers are scattered on the floor around him. On either side of the desk are large charts on easels. One is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon has two panels, left and right. The left panel shows a military tank labeled "Sinai withdrawal" and has a Star of David. A construction sign in the foreground is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A television shows a baseball umpire holding a paper that reads, "Baseball strike ends." It also shows a football player, labeled "Football season," rushing across the screen,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. The Apollo 8 command module has just splashed into the ocean upon its return from the moon. Waves radiate out from the splashdown. Parachutes are deployed, and a Navy ship approaches...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The top frame shows a prehistoric man wearing an animal skin standing at the opening of a cave holding a rock labeled "Stone Age." In his other hand, he holds his club. The...
cartoon by Jim Lange; The top picture shows a rocket ready to launch on the right and a small dot on the left labled,"Common cold bug (highly magnified)" The dot is sneezing. The bottom picture shows the same dot in the same positon with the...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; There are 3 different scenes. In the first scene, Anwar Sadat is dressed as a marathon runner. He is handing Menachem Begin, who is also dressed as a runner, a baton labeled "Peace Initiative." The second scence shows Begin...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Karl Hubenthal. A cartoonist shows a huge, wide cartoon to his managing editor. One end of the cartoon shows Richard Nixon's face; at the other end is Charles de Gaulle's face. Each drawing has...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2006 with Odalee Fair. A resident of New Orleans, Ms. Fair discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2008 with Rev. Lee J. Adams, Jr., a pastor at Little Rock Baptist Church in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Adams discusses the role of the church in recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 11, 1972 with Mr. Owen Cooper at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Cooper was born on a farm near Vicksburg, Mississippi. He attended Culkin Academy in Vicksburg, and received a degree in...
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.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Tom Higgins, a retired shipyard manager and author of Sunshine on my Shoulders, a first-person narration of life after Hurricane Katrina. He describes his experience in Pascagoula,...
