Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 28, 1964. In the short note, he mentions voter registration work and the up-coming Freedom Day.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ben Wicks. A man is holding a map and, looking over his shoulder, speaking to Lyndon Johnson. Johnson, who has been looking out a window toward the U.S. Capitol, looks toward the man. The man...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local people and volunteers cross arms and join hands to sing the anthem of the civil rights movement, "We Shall Overcome," at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 3, 1964. Discusses an incident in which Zwerling was arrested for speeding, but not jailed. He also asks his parents for money for the project and...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Folk singers Roger Johnson and Pete Seeger lead the audience in the singing of "We Shall Overcome" at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, as part of Freedom...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 11, 1964. Discusses work in Marks, Mississippi, the possibility of future work in Tunica, and the recent convention of the Mississippi Freedom...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 17, 1964. Discusses plans to return home from Mississippi.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A man and woman, apparently a married couple, are riding up the "Vietnam escalator." Lyndon Johnson is drawn as an older woman and is labeled "Ma Johnson." Johnson is ahead of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. In the top panel, labeled "Two years ago," a man labeled "City council" stands at a podium and points with his index finger while saying, "We must...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed as Napoleon descends a staircase toward a living room. He wears a uniform with epaulets, and his hand is tucked inside his jacket. In the upstairs room is a woman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Social security" stands outside a door that is labeled "Old-age trust fund." The man holds a pen and has written on the door and nearby wall: "We can find some...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A dinosaur labeled, "Scientific creationism issue," breathes fire as it stands among cat tails and other vegetation. In the background is the Louisiana State Capitol. A person...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Japanese man sits in the office of an automobile manufacturing plant. The desk name plate reads "Japan." Behind the office building are three smoke stacks billowing out the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled, "City council" are shown. One is speaking to the other, who looks dejected. The man is saying, "We might buy NOPSI and part of LP&L...but we can't afford the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Two men are panning oil from the "LA. Oil Reserves" flowing like a river in front of them. Behind the men, a caption reads "state surpluses." One man says, "We're rich beyond...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; In Moscow, there are balloons floating up toward an elderly man resting in the curve of a "hammer & sickle" labeled, "Harvest Moon." The balloons are labeled, "50th...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Reprint of Stokely Carmichael's article, What we want, which had been published in The New York Review of Books. Carmichael discusses Black power, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; Three gentlemen wearing suits are pictured in an elegant and comfortable sitting room called the "Tuesday Through Thursday Club." One of the men reads a newspaper headline that states "Airline Mechanics' Strike Continues."...
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....
