cartoon by Eddie Germano; A father tells his wife and children,"Not me, I'm not drivin' to any beach with those roads clogged!" In the second frame, a father bird tells his family,"not me, I'm not flyin' anywhere with th' skies slogged with jets!"...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2006 with Victoria Cintra. Ms. Cintra discusses the problem of the exploitation of immigrant labor in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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 06-11-1981 with Mr. Wilson Evans II (born 1924). Evans began his long career as a union leader in Gulfport in 1950, later becoming president of the union. This interview covers topics as diverse as his service...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones was born on July 19, 1909, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her mother's family were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, of Creole heritage; her grandmother, Olivia Lewis, spoke only in French. Her father Lamar...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on February 7 and 21, 1992 with Mr. Thomas Knight Sr. at the University of Southern Mississippi. Knight was born on July 9, 1920 near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1941, he began working at the Reliance...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 24, 1978 with Mr. Nathaniel H. Lewis at his home in McComb, Mississippi. Lewis was born in McComb, Mississippi. In 1928, Lewis and his father organized the McComb Independent Lodge NO. 846 of the...
Oral history.; Ms. Juno Gwendolyn Nichols-de Marks was born November 25, 1924, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Ms. Nichols-de Marks graduated from Biloxi Colored High School in 1941 at which time she entered Alcorn University. In 1945 she was elected Miss...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
Oral history.; Viola Brown Sanders was born in Sidon, Mississippi, on February 21, 1921. After Miss Sanders finished her education, she taught school for two years in Glen Allan, Mississippi. In 1943, Miss Sanders joined the United States Navy...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 18, 1980 with Phillip West (born 1946). He has served as president of the NAACP of Adams County and as second vice-president for the state.
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...
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...
cartoon Bob Beckett; A man is stacking logs onto a woodpile that sits beneath a window of his house. One of the logs is labeled "Possible fuel shortage" He tells his neighbor, who leans over the fence between their two houses,"I know I don't have...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; LBJ is leaving the office and tells a man representing the "Democratic Congress" that, "My departing request is, 'Give him a chance'." Nixon is sitting at a table covered with...
cartoon by Jim Ivey; The "Tallahassee City Commission" tells a young boy, "Hang Your Head on a Hickory Limb, But Don't Go Near the Water." The boy sweats as he looks at a pool representing "Tallahassee City Pools."
cartoon by Jim Ivey; Governor Claude Kirk stamps "Veto" all over bills with a pogo stick stamper. Kirk tells the shocked Legislaure, "Say! This Is Fun!"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Two men with a tape measure find the length of a long line of cars waiting for gasoline. One of the men tells President Jimmy Carter, "The lines are short today--it means we're over...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; Santa Claus and his eight reindeer travel above the Earth. Santa Claus tells Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,"Keep glowing Rudolph, traffic's pretty crowded around here!" The "GT6" and "GT7" orbit high in the sky in front...
