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...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
cartoon by Bob Beckett; A bartender rolls a pair of dice onto a bar in front of a teen. The bartender has a skull for a head. The dice are labeled "Teen drinking" and "Teen driving." A placard above the bar states,"Welcome 18-yr. olds." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge skeleton wears a pullover shirt that is labeled, "Metro Safety Council's report on accidental deaths in La. during 1968." Across the skull's forehead is a car, its wheels...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a fishing boat on Lake Pontchartrain appears dismayed to see the image of a large skull in the water. The image is near a buoy that has a sign that reads, “Dead...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "EPA rules reversal" rolls a 55-gallon drum labeled with "Hazardons liquid wastes." The drum has a skull and crossbones image on the end and is leaking some of its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Pletcher's Everyman character, labeled, "La. taxpayer," sits in a chair in front of a desk across from a man dressed as a doctor (smock, head lamp). The desk has a nameplate...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two 55-gallon drums are in the foreground at the edge of a body of water, and in the background are other drums. All drums show marks that indicate corrosion. A drum in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ariel Sharon walks out of a building labeled "Defense ministry." Above his head is a dark cloud labeled "Massacre findings." Marks drawn on the cloud indicate the hollow eye sockets and...
Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 13, 1978 with Mr. M.W. Hamilton in Petal, Mississippi. Hamilton was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1909 and lived in the area until his death in 1990. He worked as a mechanic, electrician and...
Oral history.; Judge John H. Whitfield was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, on July 4, 1962. Prior to integration of the schools, Judge Whitfield attended Nichols Perkins Elementary School in Biloxi until 1973. When Mississippi public schools in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 18, 1992 and March 9, 1993 with Mr. C.B. "Buddie" Newman at his home in Valley Park, Mississippi. Newman was born on May 8, 1921 in Valley Park, Mississippi. In 1942, he left his job with the Southern...
