J. Murrey Atkins Library
Special Collections at UNC Charlotte
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"Allow Me!"
In this Eugene Payne political drawing, the "South", symbolized by a woman, looks down nervously at a black puddle labeled "school desegregation."…
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The Impact of Swann
In September 1964, Darius and Vera Swann petitioned the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education for their son James to attend an...
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Can We Afford to Close our Public Schools?
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
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?
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…