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Token for membership in the Ku Klux Klan

Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

Medium: brass
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Type: tokens

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: 1950s

Description: A round, brass token stamped with [MEMBER / KKK / IN / GOOD STANDING]. The letters "KKK" are punched out entirely and appear prominently at center, with "MEMBER" above and "IN GOOD STANDING" below in engraved text. The back of the token is blank.

Topic: African American; American South; Fraternal organizations; Race discrimination; Segregation; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961; White supremacy movements

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift

Object number: 2017.64

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster for voter registration made by the NAACP

Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
Subject of: Wallace, George, American, 1919 - 1998; Goldwater, Barry Morris, American, 1909 - 1998; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

Medium: colored ink on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 22 in. (35.6 x 55.9 cm)

Type: political posters

Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1964

Description: An NAACP poster, black and red ink on white cardboard, advocating voter registration to: "Stop / Goldwater, Wallace, and the Klu [sic] Klux Klan / Now". Included on the poster is a list of registration locations and a notice that the poster was created by the New York branch of the NAACP Youth Council.

Topic: African American; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.10.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Baker Anderson, Cynthia, American; Anderson, Fletcher, American, born 1938
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964; Crown Zellerbach Corporation, American, founded 1928

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:22:09

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 27, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.16.1a, 2011.174.16.1b, 2011.174.16.1c, and 2011.174.16.1d.; Cynthia and Fletcher Anderson remember the segregation and job discrimination they faced in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their decision to join the civil rights movement. Fletcher recalls working many different jobs at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill, the harassment of the police and Ku Klux Klan, and joining the Deacons of Defense and Justice. They discuss their job discrimination lawsuits, their friends involved in the civil rights movement, and the current state of race relations in Bogalusa.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0016

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Labor; Law; Race relations; Segregation; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.16.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Gwendolyn Annette Duncan Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette, American, born 1956
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; ACCORD Freedom Trail, American

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:33:37

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Lincolnville, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 14, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.47.1a and 2011.174.47.1b.; Gwendolyn Duncan recalls her family history in Saint Augustine, Florida, watching a Ku Klux Klan parade through the black neighborhood of Lincolnville, and integrating a white school. She discusses the efforts in St. Augustine to commemorate the local civil rights movement, including the ACCORD Freedom Trail.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0047

Topic: African American; American South; Civil rights; Education; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.47.1ab

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Robert Bagner Hayling, D.D Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: United States Air Force, American, founded 1947; Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, American, founded 1884; NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:54:48

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America; Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 14, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.48.1a, 2011.174.48.1b, 2011.174.48.1c, 2011.174.48.1d, 2011.174.48.1e, and 2011.174.48.1f.; Robert Hayling, D.D recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental practice in St. Augustine, Florida, leading the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and the exclusion of African Americans from St. Augustine's 400th anniversary celebration, and being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. He also discusses resigning from the NAACP, the support of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for local protests, and his move to Cocoa, Florida.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0048

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Hate crimes; Medicine; Military; Race discrimination; Social reform; World War II

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.48.1a-f

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Tuttle, Rick Ph. D., American, born 1940
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961; Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831; University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946; Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:04:49

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America; Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America; Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 11, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.; Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969; White supremacy movements

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.78.1a-f

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ku Klux Klan

Created by: Manos, Constantine, American, born 1934
Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 x 6 3/8 in. (24 x 16.2 cm); H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Date: 1959

Description: A black-and-white photograph of the head and shoulders of a member of the KKK wearing a hood so that only his eyes are visible.

Topic: African American; Hate crimes; Photography; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.107.36

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Untitled (protest rally on train)

Photograph by: Leipzig, Arthur, American, 1918 - 2014
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm); H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Date: mid-1940s

Description: A black and white photograph of an unidentified group of people on a train by Arthur Leipzig. The young men and women in this image are mostly seated in a circle and some have their mouths open as if in song. In the center of the group a man is standing playing the guitar. He is wearing slacks, a belt, and a short sleeved collared shirt. There are three men in the doorway behind the guitarist. The man in front is facing the camera and wearing a flower patterned tie. Train signage and rules are visible above the doorway. There is a seated group of three women and four men at the left of the image. Behind them is a sign which reads [SMASH / THE / K.K.K.]. On the right side another group is seated, including a man in an army uniform. There is a sign […/ THE CAROLINA / COP WHO DID IT / IS FREE] in the corner behind the group. There is a handwritten numerical inscription on the reverse.

Topic: African American; Activism; Military; Photography; Race relations; United States--History; White supremacy movements

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mildred Leipzig in memory of Arthur Leipzig

Object number: 2017.60.5

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Token for membership in the Ku Klux Klan

Poster for voter registration made by the NAACP

Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson Oral History Interview

Gwendolyn Annette Duncan Oral History Interview

Robert Bagner Hayling, D.D Oral History Interview

Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Ku Klux Klan

Untitled (protest rally on train)

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