Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Anti-Wallace Broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4732
Scope and Contents
This mimeographed flyer, produced by the Congress of African People in Philadelphia in 1970, promotes “The People’s Ball,” an event opposing George Wallace and his segregationist policies, referred to as “Wallace-ism.” The flyer invites attendees to meet John Cashin, an African American dentist, civil rights activist, and gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, and to support the fight against racism in the South. It features an illustration of George Wallace with a footprint on his face,...
Dates:
1970
Camille Maxwell Elebash Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0478
Abstract
Documents, interviews, and source material used by Camille Elebash,in co-producing with Joe Terry, the documentary George Wallace: A Politician’s Legacy.
Dates:
1964-1988
Ku Klux Klan pamphlet
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3892
Abstract
Pamphlet lists the names of residents who "signed the petition sent to Governor [George] Wallace," and the names of the employers of the signers.
Dates:
1963 May 29