Edward Lee moved to the Farish Street District in 1925 and went on to own several restaurants in the area. He also booked and promoted dances and concerts for clubs and dance halls in the district. Mr. Lee talks about his education, life on a farm, family, and his youth. The transcript is heavily edited with handwritten notes.
Edna Jordan Morris was born in 1908 in Pachuta, Mississippi. She retired in 1973 after a 25 year teaching career. Ms. Morgan talks about her childhood and the games she played, her education, and church experiences. She also talks about her memories of encounters with White people. The transcript contains handwritten edits
Eddie Smith was founder and first director of Institute of Community Services Head Start program that originated in Marshall County, Mississippi, through Rust College. He talks about how he first got involved with the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) and Head Start and his work organizing since the Civil Rights Movement.
Ed Perry served as a Democrat in the Mississippi Legislature from 1968-2000, later serving as House Clerk for 4 years. In this interview Mr. Perry discusses his educational background and how he landed in the Mississippi government and his experiences working with Robert Clark.
Mr. McElroy was born in 1891 and was a lifelong resident of Clinton. He talks about being the son of a former slave and discusses the oral traditions around the Clinton Riot as well as his education and childhood.
Henri Linton was an artist and art professor from Tuscaloosa, AL. Easy for One, Hard for Two is a polyptych depicting the domestic labor expected of wives. The husband sits at the table while the wife's feet and calves are visible as she prepares food for the family in the well-kept house she cares for.
Leroy C. Weaver was an artist and art educator from Prarie View, TX. East Texas Oil Field is a print depicting an oil field in East Texas. The print features several oil rigs and workers' living quarters. In the background, a landscape of forest and trees is visible. The drawing shows the oil field from a pilot's perspective.
Warren L. Harris was a draftsman from Brooklyn, NY. East River is a watercolor painting of its namesake in New York City. Harris captures a scene of multi-floor buildings, a water tower, phone lines, and a factory along the bank of the river. There are several boats in the water.
Joseph Delaney, younger brother of Beauford Delaney, was a Harlem Renaissance artist from Knoxville, TN. East River depicts the waterway that separates Queens from Manhattan. The impasto piece shows Queens and two boats by the Queensboro bridge with Manhattan in the distance.
Eartha M. M. White’s letters to President W. H. Gray covered scholarships for women and land purchases for FAMC’s Jacksonville expansion. She was honored as the “Angel of Mercy” for her humanitarian work, with continued dinner invitations from President Gray to discuss her impactful efforts in shaping FAMC's future.
In 1975, Earth, Wind, and Fire, a funk and soul band headed by lead singer Maurice White and best known for their hit song “September,” visited Florida A&M University. According to the caption in the yearbook in which these images were featured, the group drew “the largest crowd to ever crowd Gaither Gym.”
Earnest Crawford moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1940 to work for the Coca-Cola company and retired from there in 1965. Mr. Crawford talks about his experience sharecropping and his time spent as an airplane mechanic instructor during World War II. Only a biography, a summary, and an index are included.
This undated, black-and-white photograph shows an aerial view of Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, during some type of performance, most likely of the Marching 100, Florida A&M University’s marching band. The stadium appears unfinished, with construction and large ditches surrounding the outer seats.
This is a brochure for Jones’ senior art exhibition. The culmination of the Texas Southern art curriculum is a senior exhibition where students showcase artwork created over the course of their undergraduate studies. The brochure features a portrait of Jones, a brief biography, a catalog of the artwork featured in the exhibition, and several photos of his paintings, designs, weavings, and sculptures.
This painting is an Afrocentric self-portrait of Earl Jones, who attended Texas Southern University in the mid-1970s. Jones painted himself wearing a detailed shirt with various patterns reminiscent of African textiles. The background includes round homes with conical roofs. The buttons of Jones' shirt are in the form of humans and the shirt bears the design of a plowed field.
In this interview, Texas Southern art alumnus Earl Jones, Jr. discusses his experience as a student who graduated in 1996. During his first period of study at TSU, Jones painted a mural reflecting on environmentalism and racism—these themes continue into his current works. Nowadays, Jones primarily creates intricate wood carvings.
Myrlie Evers, later Myrlie Evers-Williams, is a Civil Rights activist and journalist, who served as chairwoman of the NAACP and wrote several books on Civil Rights and her husband Medgar Evers, who was killed in 1963.
Houston Chandler was a sculptor, printmaker, painter, and teacher from Saint Louis, MO. Duel in the Sun is a print artwork of an avian match on an abstracted landscape. One colorful rooster looks down upon the other it just defeated. The roosters are set on a green field against a blue sky with a swirling yellow sun.
Charoennimuang's senior notebook includes her written philosophy of art, photographs of the artist’s works and her process, and a copy of her senior exhibition brochure. As a part of the Texas Southern art curriculum under Dr. John T. Biggers and Professor Carroll Harris Simms, students would create these notebooks to explain their artistry and showcase the works they created as students.
A draft of a speech about the Black Panther Foundation. The speech covers their purpose, preserving the Black Panther legacy, and the lasting effects of the struggle against oppression. The speech calls members to action to do the work for the foundation. The speech ends with a recap of the first few meetings and the members’ personal growth.
Draft of a Press Release from the NY Host Committee of the Black Power Convention of 1986. The NY Host Committee of the Black Power Convention recognizes the Black Panther experience for their struggle and sacrifice for Black liberation.
A draft of a letter from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to "Moma." Frankye Adams-Johnson is requesting her mother to pick up some court documents dating from 1963 and 1964.
Dr. W.E. Miller was a physician and surgeon. He was born in 1903 and attended Smith Robertson School from 1908-1913. Dr. Miller talks about his time at Smith Robertson School and the community around the school, recounting the activities that were available for young people at the time. The transcript is edited with handwritten notes.
A black and white photo Dr. Russell W. Brown working in a lab. Dr. Brown worked in a variety of roles in Tuskegee's administration, serving twice as Director of the Carver Research Foundation. During his career, Brown worked extensively in research on bacteriology, immunology, and HeLa cells.
Dr. Robert Smith was founder of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, a Civil Rights Movement organization that fought for better treatment of African Americans in the 1960s. Dr. Smith continued this work as the Head Start medical director in the early days of the program. He talks about his responsibilities and experiences in that position.
Dr. Rejohnna Brown was working as a teacher in the Delta region of Mississippi when she left her job in the summer of 1965 to join a group that were the forerunners to the region’s first Head Start program, which became known as the Mid Delta Education Association. Dr. Brown decided to do this work because of the poverty she witnessed in the area.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge, Governor William. W. Brandon of Alabama, and Dr. Robert R. Moton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, were the main speakers at the dedication of the Government Hospital on a 464-acre tract at Tuskegee Institute.
A letter from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Chaplain Wynn stating that he plans to arrive in Tuskegee on 11/15/1956 around 10:15 for Sunday service at the Chapel.
