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Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery

This comic book reprints a fable about prejudice and racial harmony by Al Capp. The story first appeared in Capp's L'il Abner comic strip. The comic…
You've got it...USE IT! [Richmond Crusade for Voters flyer]

Richmond Crusade for Voters flyer. A hand brings down a heavy hammer that says VOTE, and breaks a chain. Text: you've got it...USE IT! Votes…
The Southern Frontier, vol. 1, no. 5 [Texas Issue]

Published by Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), The Southern Frontier was a monthly newsletter, first issued in January, 1940. Aiming to…