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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This flyer advertises a speaking engagement for James Houston, a candidate for the third Congressional district of Mississippi, in 1964. The backside of the flyer explains the Mississippi...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; United States Senator James O. Eastland, from Mississippi, defends states' rights and segregation in schools, proclaims the integration efforts of such organizations as the National Advancement for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In war-torn Lebanon, an unexploded bomb lies in some rubble and is ticking. A soldier with "Peacekeeper" on his helmet looks on and says, "We could use a bomb disposal expert...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Robert Waller's Negative File for commercial work between 1947-1956, detailing negative numbers and a brief description of the job as kept by the photographer.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local African American teenagers and boys and two Freedom Summer volunteers pick up litter in the yard of the house at 1100 Dewey Street, which was refurbished for use as a second...
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...
The following regulations are prescribed for the government and directions of all officers of the Revenue, to carry into effect the provisions of the Act to prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessary or of common use;...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The brochure discusses the use of food stamps and the unequal distribution of commodities in Mississippi, lists the food categories from which everyone should eat to maintain physical health,...
From the Maud and Miska Petersham Papers. Promotional material for new Petersham story books including THE STORY BOOK OF WHEELS, SHIPS, TRAINS, AND AIRCRAFT, THE STORY BOOK OF EARTH'S TREASURES, and THE STORY BOOK OF THINGS WE USE.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. The earth is personified with a human face in outer space with several bandages over wounded areas on the sphere. The bandages are labeled, "Vietnam; Cuba; Africa; Captive...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; In the lower left corner of the cartoon, a miniature man is pictured holding a piece of paper labeled with dollar signs and the words "Tax Cut" He is approaching the sign at a crossroads. The various shingles attached to the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ken Alexander. An extraterrestrial being stands before a smiling woman sitting at a desk, which is labeled "Democratic headquarters." On the wall behind the woman are eight large posters...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is standing before a shop with a sign above it labeled, “Swap Shoppe.” A grandfather’s clock is in the window, but not standing straight up...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three identical-looking men are sitting on the platform outside a railway depot reading books. The depot is labeled, "Louisiana state government." The men are labeled,...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing in front of a huge white oak tree in a forest. The original caption reads, "A Stick of White Oak Bigger Than Anyone Can Use".
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This transcription of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) chairman John Lewis's address to the Equal Rights Subcommittee of the Democratic National Committee explains what SNCC is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A Vietnamese man with a rifle over one shoulder stands behind a short-barreled cannon. Inserted into the barrel, as if to replace it, is a long tube labeled with "Viet Cong claims...
Special Report. Confederate States of America, Treasury Department. Regarding donations to the Confederate States from Churches and a suggestions to use the funds for the sick and wounded.
