"...You're in Klan Country"
KKK
North Carolina
Race
Racism
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.
KKK; Fiery Cross magazine 1969
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=335.php">Robert E. Scoggin Papers</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1969
Evan Faulkenbury
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magazine
North Carolina
1969
A Passionate Speech
Kelly Alexander Sr.
NAACP
This is a photograph of local NAACP leader Kelly Alexander speaking to a crowd.
unknown
<a href="SELMA%20TO%20MONTGOMERY,%20CIVIL%20RIGHTS%20MARCH">Kelly Alexander Papers at UNC Charlotte Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1950/60s
Evan Faulkenbury
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photograph
Application for Change of Pupil Assignment
Desegregation
Kelly Alexander Jr.
Charlotte
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 school."
Charlotte N.C. School Administrative Unit
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=55.php">Kelly Alexander Papers at UNC Charlotte Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1956/57
Evan Faulkenbury
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paper application
Charlotte
1956/57
Application for Membership
Patriots of North Carolina
Segregation
White Supremacy
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.
Patriots of North Carolina Inc.
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=413.php">North Carolina School Desegregation Papers</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1955/56
Evan Faulkenbury
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1955/56
Bombing
bombing
Charlotte
civil rights leaders
Fred Alexander
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.
Unknown
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=55.php">Kelly Alexander Papers at UNCC Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1965
Evan Faulkenbury
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photograph
Charlotte
1965
Can We Afford to Close our Public Schools?
public schools
North Carolina
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.
NAACP
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=91.php">Fred Alexander Papers at UNCC Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1959
Evan Faulkenbury
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booklet
1959
Carolina Israelite
newspaper
civil rights
Harry Golden
This is the front page/typescript of the Carolina Israelite, a liberal newspaper edited by Harry Golden.
Harry Golden
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=20-part1.php">Harry Golden Papers at UNC Charlotte Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1956
Evan Faulkenbury
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newspaper
1956
Central High School
Charlotte
Schools
Segregation
This is a postcard of Central High School in Charlotte. It is a painted representation featuring bright colors.
Mary Boyer
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=121.php">Mary Boyer Collection at UNC Charlotte Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1920s/1930s
Evan Faulkenbury
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postcard
Charlotte
1920s/1930s
Certain Characteristics of White and Negro High Schools
NAACP
Charlotte
segregation
civil rights
schools
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 schools.
Dr. Martin D. Jenkins
<a href="http://jasmine.uncc.edu/search/X?%28martin%20jenkins%29&b=spec&SORT=D&Da=&Db=">Rare Book Collection at UNC Charlotte Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1948
Evan Faulkenbury
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book report
Charlotte
1948
Charlotte Branch NAACP
NAACP
Charlotte
Membership
This is a flyer advertising the NAACP in Charlotte and asking for more members. The flyer details certain activities the branch participated in.
Charlotte NAACP
<a href="http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=55.php">Kelly Alexander Papers at UNCC Special Collections</a>
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1953
Evan Faulkenbury
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flyer
Charlotte
1953