Nine Million Americans Walk the Streets, Six Million Foreigners Hold Good Jobs, Why?
[Atlanta]: [Research Alliance], ©1936. An anti-immigration card issued during the Great Depression depicting a slovenly dressed immigrant kicking a nativist into the Atlantic with the caption, “Nine million Americans walk the streets, six million foreigners hold good jobs, why?” The verso lists immigration statistics and demands for a law requiring all illegal residents to return to the country where they were born. The bottom portion invites “voting Americans” to petition their Congressman. The card was issued by the Research Alliance, a Ku Klux Klan front group, and bears the copyright of H. W. Evans, the stridently nativist Imperial Wizard of the KKK from 1922-1939.
Printed on both sides of 6 ” x 3 ¼” card stock. Some toning, else Fine. Item #10654
Price: $75.00