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What's Wrong with Civil Rights?

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Belmont MA, American Opinion: 1960's

Seller ID: 10112

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Folded in thirds for mailing, else NF; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2 pages; Propaganda piece from the John Birch Society detailing how the Communists created the American Civil Rights movement. Includes a list of American Opinion publications on Civil Rights and how to order .
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Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Incorporated)

By: (Ku Klux Klan)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan: 1921

Seller ID: 16590

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

This small (4X4 approx.) booklet contains the Constitution and Laws of the Ku Klux Klan in 1921. The booklet has no author, but I would guess that this was written by William Joseph Simmons, who had revived the Klan in 1914 but had been forced out by 1921. These rules and regulations have the tone and imagination of Simmons who was truly into the claptrappings of fraternal organizations -- secret handshakes, odd attire, and strange hierarchical positions -- think Imperial Wizard, Kligrapp, Klaliff, Klokard, Kludd and Klabee. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard has signed in print at the end of the bo...
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Tom Hayden Handbill / Chicago Red Squad

By: (Tom Hayden)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, Tom Hayden, Wolfe Lowenthal Defenders: 1969

Seller ID: 14280

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

ORIGINAL--NOTA?REPRODUCTION. Near Fine. Stored flat for 40 years: Clean, one small curl on bottom left corner, tears.Some age discoloration at the edges.8.5 x 11 handbill from 1969, printed black on white stock, promotes upcoming trial of Tom Hayden and Wolfe Lowenthal to be held at Chicago’s notorious south side Criminal Courts building at 26th and California. Hayden and Wolfe had been arrested during the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention “Festival of Life” events in Chicago’s Lincoln Park for “Obstructing Justice” after they allegedly let the air out of the tire of a police car...
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House Un-American Activities Committee: Bulwark of Segregation

By: Braden, Anne

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, National Committe to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee: 1964

Seller ID: 15242

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

This copy is near fine except that some pencil writing at the top of the front wrap has been erased leaving a light residue. See scan. The booklet is a strong argument against HUAC in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. Printed request for donations from the Southern Conference Educational Fund laid in. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 49 pages
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Southern Journey

By: Dent, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York City, William Morrow: 1997

Seller ID: 6574

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

The book is about NF with only a trace of wear. The dustjacket is VG+ with dings on top of spine and at top right corner. ; B & W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; This book recounts a journey to the South, twenty years after the Civil Rights movement, to see what changes have occurred. The work received a positive reception on its publication in 1997.
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Southern Rebel in Reverse : The Autobiography of an Idol-Shaker

By: Dodge, D. Witherspoon (with Clair M. Cook)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The American Press: 1961

Seller ID: 14870

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Book has very light general wear and aging, with some light toning along the cover edges. Jacket is similar to the book but has some small chips and tear, mainly near corners. Square and securely bound. Review copy with annocement sheet laid in. Dodge was a Southern minister, who actively worked for unionization and Civil Rights in the South from the 1930's in the 1960's. This book is autobiography along with an unusual perspective on the South before Civil Rights legislation was enacted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 178 pages
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Segregation Issue Must be Settled in a Christian Spirit

By: Editors, Progressive Farmer

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Progressive Farmer: 1955

Seller ID: 11617

Binding: Other

Condition: Very Good

Single teardsheet, reprinted fromProgrssive Farmer Magazine. Toning along edges, some small tears at folds, and a couple of stray pencil marks. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages; This is an editorial from the Progressive Farmer, asking for restraint and a Christian spirit in dealing with the issue of segregation in the South (ca. 1955). The editorial calls for reason but staunchly opposes segregation. A second editorial on the same page hopes that 1955 will be good for both races.
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Cover Letter and Synopsis of the Report of the Sibley School Study Committee

By: Felts, M. Richard

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Atlanta, M. Richard Felts and Associates: 1960

Seller ID: 11409

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Near Fine

This letter and the accompanying report are NF except for expected age-toning on paper. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 4 pages; This is a synopsis of the Report of the Sibley Committee which had been appointed by Georgia Governor Earnest Vandiver to study Georgia's response to court-ordered integration in the Atlanta Public Schools. The report offered a mild movement to integration but it, along with the peaceful integration of the University of Georgia, kept the public schools open and ended massive resistance by the state against integration. The Sibley plan did provide ways that many s...
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National States Rights Party Receipt with Autograph

By: Fields, E. R.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Knoxville, National States Rights Party: c. 1970

Seller ID: 15331

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Postcard-sized, white card stock receipt for contribution to National States Rights Party, signed by co-founder, Dr. E. R. Fields. The recept has minimal wear and is about fine. The National States Rights Party was a neo-Nazi organization, opposed to racial integration. It was founded in 1950 in Knoxville, Tennessee by Edward Reed Fields and J. B. Stoner. This organization was one of many groups opposed to the Civil Rights movement. Eventually Fields became more involved with the KKK and Stoner went to prison for the bombing of Bethel Church in Birmingham. The National States Rights Party was ...
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Autograph of Roy Innis on Photo, framed.

By: Innis, Roy

Price: $150.00

Publisher: N.D.

Seller ID: 15362

Binding: Photograph

Condition: Very Good+

Roy Innis, National Chairman of CORE, Congress of Racial Equality from 1968 until his death in January, 2017. Signed 8x10 photo, matted to 10x13. and framed.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author
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The First Freedom Ride: the Walter Bergman Story

By: Kaufman, Dorothy B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Detroit, ACLU Fund Press: 1989

Seller ID: 6217

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light wear to edges and corners. ; B & W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages; ACLU Press book detailing FBI involvement in violence against first freedom riders.
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A Tale of 22 Cities Report on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Compiled from NAM Seminars

By: Kothe, Charles A. (ed.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, National Association of Manufacturers: 1965

Seller ID: 9767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: with no dust jacket

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Square with a secure binding and light edge and corner wear. VG+ to NF . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages; Essays and reports from the National Association of Manufacturers on their response to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Interesting and unusual relic from another time.
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The Supreme Court, the Broken Constitution and the Shattered Bill of Rights

By: Pittman, R. Carter

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Atlanta, States' Rights Council of Georgia, Inc.: ca, 1958

Seller ID: 16599

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

This 4X9, stapled pamphlet has only light, general wear and aging. It is about near fine. R. Carter Pittman, from Dalton Georgia, was one of the most intellectual defenders of segregation in the Civil Righta era. A proponent of George Mason and an early Libertarian, Pittman argued that the concept of liberty was embedded in the Constitution in ways that the concept of equality was not. Pittman thus became an intellectual spologist for segregation. As this pamphlet, published by the States' Rights Council of Georgia shows, Pittman could easily ignore the destructive legacy of slavery and segreg...
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