Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
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.; Reverend Kenneth Haynes Sr. was born October 11, 1930, in Amite County, Mississippi. In 1958, he entered the ministry, enrolling in Harper Baptist College where he received a Diploma in Christian Education and a Doctorate of...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A shoe salesman labeled "Congress" sits on a stool. Two shoeboxes labeled "Congressional" and "Appropriations" sit on the floor next to the stool. The salesman is attending a woman labeled "Great Society," who is wearing a...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; A music conductor sits in front of the cavernous mouth of a tuba while holding sheet music entitled "Auto makers waltz" A man playing the tuba is sitting on a stool, and his face is turned toward a music stand that holds...
Oral history.; Mrs. Jane Michie Henry was born August 1, 1919, in Memphis, Tennessee. At that time her father farmed in Merigold, Mississippi. In 1928, Ms. Henry's father died, and in 1931 her mother moved the family to Cleveland, supporting them...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 24, 1998 with J.C. Fairley, Mamie Phillips, and Charles Phillips, who were all active in the NAACP during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the 1960s.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. George Wallace is sitting in a chair with his feet propped up on a stool and his hands behind his head. Lurleen Wallace enters the room carrying a tray with coffee and food....
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Eugene McCarthy sits on a three-legged stool playing a giant Sousaphone and tapping his foot. From the horn come the words "The Wisconsin primary march...and no April fooling."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man whose upper body and head are drawn to resemble a fat sack tied at the top sits on a stool. The sack is labeled "State agency spending," and the face on the sack appears...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A teenager dressed in leather jacket labeled "Hell raiser" is sitting on a stool at a lounge or diner (part of a wine or liquor bottle is drawn on a shelf behind the counter)....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An Arab man labeled "OPEC" stands on a short stool and rings a bell. He is next to an oil barrel that is placed under a wooden easel with a sign labeled "Give more." A Christmas...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Dave Treen (drawn to resemble the Dickens character Bob Cratchit) sits on a stool at a writing desk, making entries with pen and ink into a large book that is open on the desk....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev and another man stand looking at a large map of the Middle East. A large push pin with a hammer and sickle symbol on it is stuck into Syria, and above this is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is sitting on a stool looking down at a map of the United States. His chin is in one hand, elbow on knee. With his other hand, he holds a paper that reads, "Labor Day...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A farmer in overalls is holding a pail in one hand and a milking stool in the other. He is looking up at a giant cow's udder above him labeled "Milk prices."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A man is sitting on a stool a bar. He says to the barkeeper, "Gimme a New York disaster." The bartender, who is drying glasses, says, "A what?" The man replies, "Manhattan on...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A strong, healthy-looking man labeled "Nat'l economy" sits on a stool, looking pleased with himself. He is dressed in slacks and shoes but not a shirt, and he holds up his left arm to...
