This is an editorial written by Harry Golden in the Carolina Israelite in 1956. It is a satirical piece on if desks were removed from schools and all students were made to stand all day, then equality could be achieved.
This is the left side of a full page spread in The Fiery Cross, the KKK magazine. This page features Klansmen marching, making speeches, etc. with captions below each image.
This is the second page in the spread from the Fiery Cross, the Ku Klux Klan magazine. It depicts six images of Klansmen marching and demonstrating in various locations throughout North Carolina.
Governor Luther Hodges spoke out against desegregation and called for North Carolinians to promote "voluntary segregation" even after the Supreme Court order made such action illegal. This brochure contains a radio speech Hodges made on the issue in…
This is a postcard featuring five new schools in Charlotte. The schools are Fourth Ward, Elizabeth, Wesley Heights, First Ward, and North Charlotte Graded School.
This is a pamphlet printed by the NAACP detailing the decision reached by the Supreme Court that overturned the principle of "separate but equal" in American public schools. Kelly Alexander, President of the Charlotte branch of the NAACP, signed the…
This is a brochure printed by the NAACP with an address by Roy Wilkins, the longtime executive chairman of the organization. In this image, only the cover is viewable. Inside, the entire text appears from a speech delivered on June 26, 1955 to the…
This is a pamphlet printed by the NAACP in 1955 explaining the Brown v. Board of Education decision. On this particular one, Kelly Alexander signed the cover with a blue pen.