J. Murrey Atkins Library

Special Collections at UNC Charlotte

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Can We Afford to Close our Public Schools?

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This image displays the cover of a booklet printed in 1959 in response to the threat of the Pearsall Plan in North Carolina. A stoplight appears on…

Charlotte's Complacency

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This is a cartoon drawn by Eugene Payne depicting Charlotte's reaction to the bombing of four civil rights leaders' homes in November 1965.…

Trick or Treat?

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This is another cartoon drawn by Eugene Payne. A trick-or-treater with the appearance of someone old is at the door of the federal court. The bomb of…