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hatemail2.jpg
This is an unsigned piece of hate mail sent to Chambers during the Swann case. The author warns Chambers and cites his disagreement with the plan to bus students to integrate schools.

Hatemail1.jpg
This is a piece of "hate" mail, apparently written by an elementary student, but perhaps under parental influence. Also, it appears the student may be African American based on what is written, though this is unconfirmed. The author writes to…

patriots.letter.jpg
This is a letter sent out by the Patriots of North Carolina in either 1955 or 1956 asking for committed people to join their reactionary organization. With a deep fear of racial desegregation, the group formed to preserve the white social hierarchy…

SCappeal1970.chamb.jpg
This is the brief for petitioners in the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education Supreme Court case, October 1970.

SCappeal1970.blue.jpg
This is the brief for the Attorney General of North Carolina in the Supreme Court case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.

SCappeal1970.wagg&hor.jpg
This is a brief for the cross petitioners, Benjamin S. Horack and William J. Waggoner, in the Supreme Court case "Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education" in October 1970.

KKKstopbusing.jpg
This is a flyer that discourages school integration created by the KKK. In large font is written "Stop Busing! Save Our Free Public Schools." In the bottom left is the KKK emblem, a hooded Klansman on horseback with their slogan "The Klan: Yesterday,…

pearsall6-7.jpg
These are pages six and seven of the report.

pearsall4-5.jpg
These are pages four and five of the report.

pearsall.2-3.jpg
This is page two and three of the Pearsall Plan. Text only.
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