https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=B%27nai+B%27rith&output=atom2024-03-28T12:46:34+00:00Omekahttps://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/291L'il Abner comic strip. The comic book, printed and distributed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, tells a fable about prejudice and racial harmony.
When a family with square eyes moves into Dogpatch, the round-eyed residents form a mob to drive the newcomers away. When one of the square-eyed children is hurt, Mammy Yokum discovers that what she has in common with the new folks is more important than their differences. She stops the mob and helps her neighbors get to know the new family.
Mammy Yokum declares, "We is all square shooters, so we gotta give them folks wif th' square eyes a square deal!! Th' l'il diff'runces between folks shouldn't hide th' big things thass th' same 'bout all of us!!"
The foreward to this publication was written by Henry Edward Schultz, National Chairman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The postscript was written by American author, Herman Wouk.]]>2019-10-29T20:21:19+00:00
Title
Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery
Description
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 book, printed and distributed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, tells a fable about prejudice and racial harmony.
When a family with square eyes moves into Dogpatch, the round-eyed residents form a mob to drive the newcomers away. When one of the square-eyed children is hurt, Mammy Yokum discovers that what she has in common with the new folks is more important than their differences. She stops the mob and helps her neighbors get to know the new family.
Mammy Yokum declares, "We is all square shooters, so we gotta give them folks wif th' square eyes a square deal!! Th' l'il diff'runces between folks shouldn't hide th' big things thass th' same 'bout all of us!!"
The foreward to this publication was written by Henry Edward Schultz, National Chairman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The postscript was written by American author, Herman Wouk.
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]]>https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/249 Rockwell's white supremacist activism was influenced by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Rockwell equated "race-mixing" with Communism. He was also anti-semitic.
Rockwell ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Virginia in 1965. Mills E. Godwin, Jr. won the governorship with 296,526 of the 562,789 votes cast. Rockwell received 5,730 votes, coming in fourth behind Godwin, A. Linwood Holton, Jr. and William J. Story Jr.
Rockwell was murdered in 1967 by a recently expelled member of the American Nazi Party.
This flyer was folded in half for distribution. The two half-sized images appeared on the outside. Once opened, there were three full-sized pages of text inside.
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Title
George Lincoln Rockwell, Richmond, Va., July 4, 1963 [publicity flyer]
Description
A flyer promoting an appearance by George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, in Richmond, Virginia on July 4, 1963. The rally was to intended to motivate opposition to the March on Washington that would take place on August 28, 1963. Rockwell spoke in front of City Hall in Richmond.
Rockwell's white supremacist activism was influenced by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Rockwell equated "race-mixing" with Communism. He was also anti-semitic.
Rockwell ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Virginia in 1965. Mills E. Godwin, Jr. won the governorship with 296,526 of the 562,789 votes cast. Rockwell received 5,730 votes, coming in fourth behind Godwin, A. Linwood Holton, Jr. and William J. Story Jr.
Rockwell was murdered in 1967 by a recently expelled member of the American Nazi Party.
This flyer was folded in half for distribution. The two half-sized images appeared on the outside. Once opened, there were three full-sized pages of text inside.
Source
Aubrey Brown Jr. personal papers collection. March on Washington 1963 digital collection. Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Date
1963
Contributor
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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