Washington, D. C. Department of Civil Rights, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, [1956]. An early AFL-CIO civil-rights publication reproducing an address by secretary-treasurer William F. Schnitzler before the Jewish Labor Committee’s Third National Trade Union Congress on Civil Rights. Schnitzler declares racial equality a central obligation..... More
n.p. [Partisan Defense Committee?], [1994]. A poster announcing a demonstration organized by the Partisan Defense Committee against the Klan and other white supremacists in Springfield, IL, on January 16, 1994. The Klan was protesting the existence of Martin Luther King holiday, which was first observed in 1986. Approximately 55 white..... More
Raleigh: Black Workers for Justice, [198-]. A two-sided flyer calling for a boycott of Coors beer for its racist, anti-labor and anti-progressive corporate policies. The recto charges William Coors with being a slavery apologist and for propagating the theory that blacks are intellectually inferior to whites. At the bottom is..... More
Toronto: William C. Hopkinson League, 1991. A single issue of this anti-immigration newsletter focusing on the deleterious effects of rampant immigration into Canada. Printed in red & black on both sides of an 11" x 8 ½” sheet. Wilcox Collection stamp to the front page. More
Detroit: Motor City Labor League, 1971. The first of only six published issues of the newspaper issued by the Motor City Labor Coalition, a Marxist-Leninist group that formed in Detroit in late 1970 by activists involved with the Ad Hoc Action Group led by Sheila Murphy and People Against Racism..... More
Detroit: Motor City Labor League, 1972. The final of only six published issues of the newspaper issued by the Motor City Labor Coalition, a Marxist-Leninist group that formed in Detroit in late 1970 by activists involved with the Ad Hoc Action Group led by Sheila Murphy and People Against Racism..... More
Greenwood, Miss. Association of Citizens' Councils, [1957]. A condensation of a 1956 congressional investigation into Washington, D.C.’s recently desegregated public schools, selectively deploying testimony, enrollment statistics, standardized-test results, and reports of disciplinary problems to portray integration as an educational and social failure. The pamphlet culminates in the recommendation of four..... More
[Berkeley]: The Committee of Concerned Co-Op Members and Trade Unionists, [1985]. A flyer issued by Consumers' Cooperative of Berkeley (CCB) members who were opposed to the board's equivocation around the long-standing Coors boycott. The text cites Coors' anti-worker, racist, and homophobic company policies and reminds the board that selling a...... More
Berkeley: Racism Research Project, 1975. A Marxist critique of the Black Nation Thesis, which the Racism Research Project contends was a misapplication of Stalin’s thesis on nationhood and the perpetuation of arbitrarily assigned racial categories. Stapled wrappers (8 ½” x 5 ½”), 32 p. A near fine copy. More
Tuscaloosa, Alabama: United Klans of America, [1966]. An unnumbered issue of the United Klans of America's newspaper featuring a lengthy article titled, "Is the Justice Department & Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Conspiring Against White Patriots?" Other articles on focus on civil rights agitation in Selma, black crime, the arrest..... More
n.p. Fighting American Nationalists, [196-]. Unused letterhead from the Fighting American Nationalists (FAN), an American Nazi Party (ANP) front group formed by ANP leader George Lincoln Rockwell in Chicago in late 1960. The group, which had chapters in numerous cities, adopted the street fighting tactics of the ANP and often..... More
Portsmouth, VA: [United Klans of America], [197-]. A UKA brochure providing an abbreviated history of the Klan in American history. Tri-fold brochure. A near fine copy, some grazing along the bottom edge. More
[New York]: [The Committee for Decent Health Care], [1973]. A bilingual pamphlet issued by the Committee for Decent Health Care on behalf of patients and community members of the Lower East Side who either work or receive care at Gouverneur Hospital. The group demands the end to racist hiring practices..... More
Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Incorporated, 1929. The Kourier began in 1924 as the official magazine of the Ku Klux Klan and was distributed to both its members and the public. In early 1929, the Imperial Wizard and the magazine’s editorial board decided to issue a new internal..... More
Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Incorporated, 1929. The Kourier began in 1924 as the official magazine of the Ku Klux Klan and was distributed to both its members and the public. In early 1929, the Imperial Wizard and the magazine’s editorial board decided to issue a new internal..... More
Atlanta: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Incorporated, 1927-1928. Three issues of the Kourier all heavily focused on opposing the 1928 Presidential campaign of Catholic governor Al Smith. Although the Klan's popularity was waning from the height of its popularity earlier in the decade, they still commanded enough influence to..... More
Albany: [Women of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.], 1930. A pamphlet from an Albany-based women’s chapter of the Ku Klux Klan issued to “correct false impressions, erroneous conclusions and biased judgments, formed by the public generally, on the basis of insufficient evidence, as to just what the..... More
Richmond: Actions-By-Citizens Committee, [1976]. A flyer from a Klan front group protesting the naming of the Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge in Richmond, VA. Along the top is a photograph of King with a hammer & sickle superimposed on his forehead, supporting the long-held contention among right wing groups that..... More
Dallas: [American Nazi Party], [196-]. A large postcard issued anonymously by the American Nazi Party mocking civil rights legislation by arguing that men have been segregated from women's bathrooms. Argues for a new kind of "March on Washington" and a "revolution to mix the Nations' bathrooms." The lengthy lampooning concludes..... More
Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi State Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1962. A States Rights' perspective on the "invasion" of Mississippi by federal troops to quell riots associated with the integration of Ole Miss. Stapled wrappers (9" x 4"), 24 p. Wilcox Collection stamp to the front cover, toning to edges. More
Dallas: American Nazi Party, [ca. 1965]. A leaflet issued by the American Nazi Party featuring a cartoon lampooning a variety of peace protestors, including blacks, Jews and beatniks, and offering “FREE Gasoline & Matches for Peace Creeps.” Likely drawn by ANP leader George Lincoln Rockwell who began referring to beatniks..... More
n.p. George T. Parker, [196-]. George T. Parker was an NSWPP member from Massachusetts who also headed the New England Committee to Free Rudolf Hess. In 1976 his pamphlet, Dresden 1945: The Real Holocaust was published by George Dietz's Liberty Bell Publications, later republished by the New Order. Printed in..... More
[Birmingham]: [American Independent Party], [1968]. The first national platform of the American Independent Party, issued for George Wallace’s consequential third-party presidential campaign of 1968. Formed the previous year principally as a vehicle for Wallace, the AIP translated his segregationist states’ rights politics into a broader right-wing populist program opposing federal..... More
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[Rome, New York]: [International Order of Oddfellows], 1955. An event organized by Ft. Stanwix Encampment No. 73 (I.O.O.F.) to benefit the Cancer Society and featuring the interracial musical group The Mariners. The Mariners were founded in Brooklyn in 1945 by four Coast Guardsmen who began their career touring Pacific military..... More
n.p. [, [ca. 1923]. A valuable source of information on the 1920s era Klan in the form of 33 questions answered by an unidentified Klansman. Brochure format, stapled wrappers, 20 p. A fine copy. More