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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by by Eddie Germano. Vice President Hubert Humphrey's face is seen speaking as the trumpet of an old-style (Victrola) phonograph player. President Lyndon Johnson is operating the player, which is...
Photograph of Hawkins Junior High student, Scott Wheeler, speaking with American Indian activist, Russell Means, at the reception following an Honors College forum lecture. Also found in the 1996 Southerner yearbook on page 53.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Jeff officials" holds a newspaper in his hand with the headline, "Drainage bonds pass." Buildings are in the background. The man is speaking to an elderly man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial carries a briefcase labeled "Joint ventures to benefit all." A paper sticking out of the case is labeled “Regional transit." Morial is standing...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
cartoon by Ben Wicks; One man is shown holding a telephone receiver to his chest and covering the speaking end with his hand. He tells Brezhenev,"It's the Russian Jews. They're all starting to write books." Brezhenev is holding a newspaper with...
Photograph of football coach Jeff Bower speaking to an unidentified football player during a game. Photograph featured in the 1992 Southerner yearbook on page 117. The yearbook caption reads: "Coach Jeff Bower's face reflects the frustration of...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated New Year 1962. The Mantinbands discuss their health problems, travels for the year, and the...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. Irene [last name unknown] writes to Rabbi and Rebetzin Ben-Ami from San Francisco about her speaking engagements there and how she misses Hattiesburg.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Dennis Renault. An elephant is tied to a bed labeled "Watergate," one leg to each bedpost. Gerald Ford, dressed in robes of a priest, is kneeling beside the bed with hands folded in prayer....
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Matthew Zwerling speaking at the Freedom Summer office in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the summer of 1964.
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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Freedom Summer volunteers and local activists at a meeting held in an African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Volunteer Johanna "Johnnie" Winchester is...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Volunteers and local African-American activists participate in a meeting held in a large room with square pillars in an African-American church during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg,...
