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...
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...
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.; Two interviews conducted on April 3, 1995 and June 8, 1995 with Constance Baker (born 1912). Mrs. Baker has spent her life working for civil rights and in teaching. She was involved in the Head Start program from its inception and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Glynna Dozier. Mrs. Dozier discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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.
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; Father Peter Oliver Quinn was born on April 11, 1937, in Ireland. He was ordained when he was twenty-five years old in Ireland, and he came to Mississippi in September, 1962. Father Quinn's first assignment was at Sacred Heart...
Photograph of the annual Painting of the Eagle Walk during Golden Eagle Welcome Week. Incoming freshmen compete to see which team can paint their section of the Eagle Walk the fastest.
Photograph of the annual Painting of the Eagle Walk during Golden Eagle Welcome Week. Incoming freshmen compete to see which team can paint their section of the Eagle Walk the fastest.
Photograph of the annual Painting of the Eagle Walk during Golden Eagle Welcome Week. Incoming freshmen compete to see which team can paint their section of the Eagle Walk the fastest. Also found in the 1998 Southerner yearbook on page 230.
Photograph of the annual Painting of the Eagle Walk during Golden Eagle Welcome Week. Incoming freshmen compete to see which team can paint their section of the Eagle Walk the fastest.
Photograph of the annual Painting of the Eagle Walk during Golden Eagle Welcome Week. Incoming freshmen compete to see which team can paint their section of the Eagle Walk the fastest. Featured in the Talon, vol. 56, no. 4 (Spring 2002) on page 46.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large rooster labeled, "La.'s rooster emblem" is walking beside a board fence. Next to his feet is a sign wtih the words, "Hassle in the state Democratic central committee."...
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...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2006 with Odalee Fair. A resident of New Orleans, Ms. Fair discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 10, 2006 with Zondra Anderson. Miss Anderson was a case manager for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Fairfax County at the Northern Virginia Family Services Headquarters in Oakton, Virginia.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.