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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Leviathan

Date: 1970
Description: Cover of "Leviathan," an underground newspaper, featuring a profile of a Muslim with the barrel of a gun in place of his eye. Topics referenced at the top ...
Print

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.
Book or Pamphlet

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Date: 1917
Description: Cover design of a pamphlet of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), "an urgent call to real men from the imperial palace" in Atlanta, Ga., Col. W. J. Simm...
Print

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...
Print

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...
Document

Telegram to President Kennedy

Date: 1962
Description: A telegram to President John F. Kennedy from James Farmer, the National Director of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). The message reads, "Continued armed...
Print

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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