"The FBI Wants Information About Three Missing Civil Rights Workers"
The three murdered civil rights workers from the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project are pictured on this FBI "missing" poster. On June 21st, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner were abducted and killed by Klansmen in an effort [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)
A Visit from the Ku Klux
After the end of slavery, African Americans, particularly those who attempted to exercise their right to vote, were often the victims of harassment, intimidation, and murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan was a secret society founded by [...]
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)