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Pamphlet, "The Public School Problem in America," 1924
This 1924 Ku Klux Klan-authored pamphlet attacked the problems of the American public educational system -- lack of school funding and high rates of illiteracy. The pamphlet also stirred up fears about immigrants and Catholics -- targets of Klan assaults. These groups, the Klan believed, were not becoming assimilated into an American way of life because of poor schooling or the role of church-dominated institutions.
Pamphlet, "Segregation or Death," circa 1957
White supremacists agitated for continued segregation after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. This pamphlet laid out their racist view arguing for the continued separation of whites and blacks. Civil Rights activists urged Americans to reject this mindset and to continue the march toward equality. |