Reid Dunn Jr., Sarah Carter, and Brodie Crump recall firsthand the most destructive flood in U.S. history.

Lanier Phillips and Lee Spearman recall blatant discrimination back home after returning from military service in World War II.

African American Lee Spearman recalls an unexpected ride with the KKK during the days of segregation.

Sister-in-law Elsie McWilliams remembers the legendary father of country music, Jimmie Rogers.

Comedian Jerry Clower muses about growing up in rural Mississippi and entering show business.

Vietnamese American Dat Duong relates the difficulties of growing up in Vietnam as a mixed-race child of the enemy.

Sandra Adickes, Unita Blackwell, and Fannie Lou Hamer relate their experiences forging a new path as civil rights activists for SNCC in Mississippi.

Clem Maples and William Redd share their experiences during the Great Depression when jobless men nicknamed "hoboes" rode the rails in search of work.

Gulf Coast residents Vincent Creel, Roland Weeks, and George Schloegel discuss the pros and cons of legalized riverboat gambling.

Author Minor Ferris Buchanan sheds light on Theodore Roosevelt's famous black bear hunt in the Mississippi Delta.

Fred Clark Sr. describes the experiences of those who attempted to integrate interstate bus travel in 1961. (photo of Mr. Clark)

World War II veteran Lloyd Smith and Vietnam veteran Thomas Collins III remember the brutality of life during captivity.

Amzie Moore and Florence Mars relate the tension in Mississippi in 1955 surrounding the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the subsequent trial.

Long Beach resident David bul Garang recalls fleeing war as a young boy in his native Southern Sudan, then immigrating to Mississippi after years in a refugee camp. 

Reflections from Fred Clark, William Joel Blass, and James Meredith himself on testing the laws of integration at Ole Miss in 1962.

Reuben Anderson and Ernestine Talbert recall the resistance to school integration in the early 1970s and the challenges it posed for African American students.

Jimmy Swan, J.P. Coleman, and Thomas McNeese reminisce about Mississippi's prohibition days.

Charles Evers, Aaron Henry, and Claude Ramsey remember the courageous life and tragic death of Medgar Evers, first field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP. 

Rims Barber, R. Jess Brown, and Aaron Henry recall the Freedom Summer volunteer effort in 1964 to assist African Americans in registering to vote.

Veterans Henry Eason, Jesse Broadus, and Julian Feibelman recall the meager training, gas attacks, and novelty of Europe in the First World War.

Veterans Julius Chambliss, George Thornton, and Samuel Abbott describe the challenges and horrors of fighting Japanese forces in the Pacific.

Vietnam veterans Richard Murchison, John Young, and Thomas Collins III relate their impressions of war as young soldiers in a far away place. (photo of Sergeant John Young in Vietnam, 1967 - on left)

World War II veterans William Pace, Patrick Carr, and Gen. Elmo Bell each recall personal experiences of the war, from the Normandy invasion to the Battle of the Bulge.

Mississippi musicians Wakefield "Big Moody" Coney, Sam Chapman, and Melvin Stacks share their feelings about the blues. (photo of Big Moody Coney)

Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker describe their encounter with a UFO while they were fishing near the Pascagoula River in 1973.

Lamar Gray of Gulfport, Elizabeth Brewton of Vancleave, and John Mason of St. Martin reflect on the impact of the storm.

John Mason of St. Martin and Barry Jones of Gulfport describe their narrow escape as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast.

Dr. Gilbert Mason remembers efforts in 1960 and 1963 to integrate Biloxi beaches.

Fannie Lou Hamer speaks about her involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and advocacy for African American voting rights in Mississippi. (photo of Ms. Hamer holding sign)

State representative Alyce Griffin Clarke relates her experiences as the first African American female legislator in Mississippi. 

Mary Anderson Pickard and William Anderson, children of famed Gulf Coast artist Walter Anderson, recall their father's demeanor and his admiration for ecology. (self-portrait of Walter Anderson)

John G. Anderson and Leif Anderson, children of famed Gulf Coast artist Walter Anderson, remember their father's devotion to the Gulf Coast. (photo of Walter Anderson with one of his pots, 1934)

Lounett Gore remembers sharecropping and the great migration during World War I.

William J. Simmons, M.W. Hamilton, and Erle Johnston recall both the influence and organizational faults of the White Citizens Council in Mississippi.  (photo of White Citizens Council operative on right with camera at voting site)