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...You're in Klan Country.jpg
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.

speaking.jpg
This is a photograph of local NAACP leader Kelly Alexander speaking to a crowd.

KellyJr.jpg
This is a request that Kelly Alexander and his wife filed in the 1956-1957 school year to transfer their son to an integrated school. For the specific reason why they wanted a transfer out of Myers Street School, they wrote, "It is not a desegregated…

pats.app.jpg
This is a membership application for the Patriots of North Carolina. Written on the application is a statement of belief, space to input personal information, and a place to donate funds to the organization.

fred.bombing.jpg
This is a photo depicting the destruction of Fred Alexander's home from a homemade bomb in November 1965. Fred Alexander looks on as other repair part of the damage to his home.

Stoplight.jpg
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 the left side of the cover.

CarolinaIsraelite.jpg
This is the front page/typescript of the Carolina Israelite, a liberal newspaper edited by Harry Golden.

3.10.12.centralhs.jpg
This is a postcard of Central High School in Charlotte. It is a painted representation featuring bright colors.

table10.jpg
This is a graph prepared by Dr. Martin Jenkins for the NAACP in his report on the state of inequality in Charlotte schools in 1948. This graph depicts physical inequality, such as the presence of a gymnasium at each white school but not at the black…

NAACPflyer.jpg
This is a flyer advertising the NAACP in Charlotte and asking for more members. The flyer details certain activities the branch participated in.
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