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Items with subject 'Racism'
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Photograph of Children in Ku Klux Klan outfits
by Unknown (circa 1920s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photograph depicts two children wearing Ku Klux Klan outfits, likely in Pennsylvania in the 1920s.
Pro-Segregation Pamphlets
by Association of Citizens' Councils of Mississippi; Georgia Commission on Education (circa 1954 – 1957)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Pro-Segregation pamphlets include 9 pamphlets published in the 1950s that supported racial segregation. Eight are from the Citizens' Council (of Greenwood, Mississippi) and one is from the Georgia Commission on Education. These pamphlets were used to rally public and political resistance against the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling on school segregation. The Citizens' Council encouraged resistance to integration through legal means and education through propaganda like these pamphlets rather than through physical and violent actions like those of the Ku Klux Klan.
Race-related Postcards
by Unknown (circa 1900)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 28 race-related postcards, some of which are dated, depict African Americans and Native Americans illustrated in different manners. Six postcards depict Native Americans and 22 depict African Americans, all of which represent common stereotypes and racist imagery.
Race-related Postcards (2)
by Unknown (circa 1900)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These five race-related postcards depict African Americans, one of which is a racist illustration. The other four postcards are real photograph postcards and the subjects are wearing suits, ties, and dresses.
Racist African American and Chinese Advertising Cards
by Unknown (circa 1890s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These two advertising cards depict racial stereotypes of African Americans and Chinese, such as the belief that Chinese people ate dogs.
Racist Postcard
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This racist postcard depicts a white woman asking an African-American mother if she would be interested in a pair of white kids. The back of the card contains correspondence.
Racist Postcard (2)
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This racist Christmas postcard depicts an African American child reading from Webster's Dictionary.
Second World War in India Calendar Comic Card
by Unknown (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These two calendar cards from 1945 each have comics on the verso of the calendar. The comics depict British soldiers receiving attention from Indian people who are presented with stereotypes.
Soviet Union Anti-Racist Monochrome Postcards
by Unknown (circa 1960)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Soviet Union Anti-Racist Monochrome Postcards are four postcards from a circa 1960 collection of postcards called "Artists Stigmatize Colonialism." The four images are of an African American man behind a barbed-wire fence and soldier, an African American girl getting ready for school who is then met by white protesters and the Ku Klux Klan outside the school, a white explorer using Africans as slaves and Africans capturing the white explorer, and a man in a mask beside a lynched African American man. All the writing is in Russian.
Soviet Union Anti-Racist Postcards
by Unknown (1968)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Soviet Union Anti-Racist Postcards are a set of 12 postcards with color images depicting anti-racist sentiments in 1968. Many of the pieces of art featured on the postcards were painted earlier. Included with the postcards is a booklet written in Russian. One of the most identifiable postcards is of an image with the Ku Klux Klan.
Teaching American History program records
by Wicomico County Board of Education (2004 – 2006)
3 boxes (2.25 linear feet)
The Teaching American History program records document the creation and implementation of teaching methods using original local source records for Wicomico County teachers. The materials date from 2004-2006, with the bulk of the material dating to 2004. These records include compact discs containing lesson plans on American history created by the participants of the program. The records also contain audio cassettes and compact discs of oral history interviews. These interviews focus on a variety of topics relating to the Eastern Shore, including segregation and integration, education and World War II.
Texas Siftings Racist Trade Cards
by Texas Siftings (circa 1880s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These two trade cards contain illustrations of racist jokes from Texas Siftings, circa 1880s.