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"The Real Criminals Are Those... "

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Description: Advertisement picturing a white woman and an African American man with the title "The Real Criminals Are Those Who Preach Racial Integration."
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SNCC Bumper Sticker

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) bumper sticker reading, "One man, one vote."
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Ku Klux Klan Meeting Program

Date: 10 04 1924
Description: Broadside advertising a meeting and picnic of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) at Miller's Park in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Little Rock Flyer

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Description: "Little Rock's 'Lady' of the Year", a flyer distributed by racists in Little Rock, illustrated by her 1946 police mug shot and arrest record. The text char...
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Little Rock Hate Literature

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Description: Page 2 of a leaflet entitled "The Little Rock Story", apparently intended by its publisher, American Nationalist, to persuade NAACP sympathizers in Little ...
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Ku Klux Klan Souvenir Programme

Date: 1925
Description: Cover design of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) programme from a State Klonvokation featuring an American flag.
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Bow Tie Club Membership Card

Date: 1924
Description: Membership card of the Bow Tie Club of Madison, Wisconsin. The card features a drawing of a bow tie with a jewel in the center of the knot and the words "T...
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A Southern Gorilla, (Guerilla)

Date: 1860
Description: Dressed in uniform with a Confederate hat, eyeglasses, and a belt with pistols and a sword, a gorilla stands with a rifle in his right hand and a knife is ...
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Humane Indian Policy Cartoon

Date: 02 08 1879
Description: A cartoon entitled: "The Latest Illustration of Our Humane Indian Policy" depicting an imprisoned, injured Native American man who has been served "boiled ...
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We Shall Overcome... (Selma '65)

Date: 1965
Description: Holiday card showing the Civil Rights March on Selma, Alabama, in 1965. The Christmas star shines overhead and has glitter on it. The card has a red border...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton).
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Martin Luther King Broadside

Date: 1963
Description: "Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was bei...
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An Appeal to March on Washington

Date: 08 1963
Description: A printed appeal "to MARCH on WASHINGTON, Wednesday August 28, 1963." Some of the text reads "American faces a crisis...Millions of Negroes are denied free...

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