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.; An interview conducted on February 19, 2009 with Dwight Gordon. A firefighter in Pass Christian, Mississippi, Mr. Gordon discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on October 23, 29, and 30, 1996 with Hollis Watkins (born 1941), the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Mr. Watkins was jailed for participating in the Woolsworth's lunch counter sit-in in McComb and a...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 26, 2005 with Joel Ellzie. A paramedic, Mr. Ellzie discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
cartoon by Ken Alexander; A depressed-looking man sits behind a booth in the desert. A placard above the booth is labeled "Poor Nations Mineral Mart And Garage Sale." He sells bauxite, copper, and tin. A second man wearing Arab attire sits behind...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon rides on top of a turtle with a carapace shaped like the U.S. Capitol Dome which is labeled, "91st Congress." He carries a sign that reads, "Race between man and...
cartoon by Jim Orton; A vehicle labeled "Computerized Car Pool" drives along a freeway lane. The freeway lane merges beneath an overpass with another section of freeway that is severely congested with traffic. The silhouette of a man can be seen...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 25, 2007 with Lieutenant General John C. ""Clark"" Griffith. General Griffith describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina, as well as his involvement in commissions planning for the...
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 July 7, 1993 with Lt. Col. Billie Hughes of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. Hughes was born in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He grew up in Pike County, Mississippi. After working for the railroad...
Oral history.; Born on January 19, 1958, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Jon Levingston grew up in a Jewish family in Cleveland, Mississippi. Mr. Levingston attended a boarding school in Rome, Georgia and then the University of Georgia and the Virginia...
Oral history.; Mr. Delmar Robinson was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, July 11, 1937. He attended Biloxi Colored School and M.F. Nichols School from which he graduated. Escaping the oppressive segregation of the Deep South, Mr. Robinson migrated to...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a uniformed officer standing next to an early model car at Camp Shelby. The license plate number on the car is: PHS U.S. 2, and it may be a Public Health Service vehicle put in use during...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. Jessie Collier, Sr. is pictured with his children Jesse Collier, Jr. and Vera Collier with what was thought to be the first commercial vehicle in Mississippi
From the Camp McCain, Mississippi World War II Slides. Photograph (from a color slide) of the vehicle decontamination instruction at Camp McCain, near Grenada, Mississippi, in the Spring of 1943. Photograph taken by Lt. Omer Austin Heacox, who was...
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of a burned-out vehicle taken during the riots at the University of Mississippi in the fall of 1962. Riots broke out in late September as a result of the integration of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Uncle Sam walks past a sign post on which are two signs pointing in opposite directions. The sign that points in the direction Uncle Sam is walking reads "Nuclear non-proliferation...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A policeman shoves a naked man into the front seat of a police vehicle. The naked mans says,"Honest...it's not 'streaking'...it's the cost of living...can't even find a barrel to wear" In the background, a number of people...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A tow truck with "We tow anything" on the door and two men in the cab is being driven into a vehicle garage with "Constitutional repairs & service" on the sign above the door....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal. Richard and Pat Nixon are shown leaving through the gates of the White House in the back seat of a chauffered vehicle. A bumper sticker on the car reads, "Impeach Dean." One...
