RESOURCES

ARTEFACTS: WHAT the collection includes

LINKS: to AUDIO, videO, articles, singles

ARTEFACTS

Rosa Parks and the American Civil Rights Movement

KKK Robes

• Two sets of 1930s Klan robes: 2 hoods, two robes with tie rope belts, two briefcases

Newspaper

The New York Times: August 29 1963 '200,000 March for Civil Rights, Washington'

Magazines

• LIFE: February 6 1913 the week Rosa Parks was born

• LIFE: October 3 1955 Murder trial of Emmott Till

• LIFE: March 5 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott

• LIFE : October 7 1957 Little Rock School

• LIFE: May 26 1961 Alabama Freedom Riders attacked

• LIFE: July 3 1964 Mississippi discovery of car driven by Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney

• LIFE: March 5 1965 Death of Malcolm X

• LIFE: March 19 1965 Selma March

• LIFE: March 26 1965 Selma March

• LIFE: April 12 1968 Death of Martin Luther King

• LOOK: January 14 1964 Norman Rockwell of Ruby Bridges

• JET: September 15 1955 report on murder of Emmett Till and open casket funeral

• JET: December 15 1955 first mention of Montgomery bus boycott

• JET: December 17 1959 interview with Martin Luther King on deciding to leave Montgomery

• JET: August 27 1964 Funeral of James Chaney

• JET: April 25 1968 most of issue given over to funeral and life of MLK

• JET: November 14 2005 most of the issue given over to Rosa Parks 1913-2005

KKK Booklets

• The Kourier November 1925

• The Christian American

• Ritual for Women 1940

• Ritual for American Krusaders

• Kloran White Book K-UNO Karacter Honor Duty

• The Obligation of American Citizens to Public Schools

• The Attitude of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Toward Immigration

• Send orders to Delaware County, PA order form for robes

• United Klans of America Inc Unit Monthly Financial Report

Books

• March Book One signed by John Lewis

• Rosa Parks My Story signed by Rosa Parks

Pins

• United We Shall Overcome

• Free Joanne Little nascar

• NAACP membership 1947, 1950, 1952

• Mason Dixon Knight Riders

• American Buffalo York

• KKK Realm of Pennsylvania

• David Duke

• Pewter figure of KKK rider on horse with banner

Postcards

• Montgomery x 8

• Montgomery Field Airbase x 3

• George Wallace x 1

• Alabama State Capital x 1

• Alabama White House x 1

Patches

• KKK state patches x 23

Stamps

• 1956 NAACP 10 x 10 Christmas greetings stamps

• 2013 USPS Rosa Parks Courage commemorative issue

Voter Registration

• You have not Registered - Register so as to be able to vote on Election Day

• To the registrars of Voters of the Town of East Hartford, Conn 191 registration forms booklet

• Voter registration card 11th August 1943 Knox County, Tennessee

Print of poster

• NAACP Mass Meeting May 23 Liberty Baptist Church, Evansville, Ind Harry T Moore Day

The My Lai Massacre,      Vietnam 1968

Kit belonging to Captain Ernest Medina

• Duffle bag named

• Two mess tins

• Canvas helmet cover

• Mattress

Records

• Single: 'The Cry of My Lai' by Ivan Lee 'Lt can you hear a baby cry?' - anti-Calley Nashville song

• Single: 'Battle hymn of Lt Calley' by Julian Wilson and James Smith - pro-Calley, patriotic little boy grows up to save his country and faithfully follow orders (200 souls dead)

Books

• Report of the Army Report of the Investigation: Volume I March 1970

• Yearbook 1962 Miami Edison Senior High School (William Calley)

• US War Crimes In Vietnam published 1968

Booklet

• Investigation of the My Lai Incident Report, House of Representatives 1970

Newspapers

• Pacific Stars and Stripes March 18 1968 First official report of massacre

• The Marietta, Ohio Times: September 19 1969 'Where the men are in Vietnam' single page map

• Fitchburg Sentinel: November 20 1969 'US GIs accused of village massacre'

• Winnipeg Free Press: November 27 1969 'Pictures sicken Congress'

• Winnipeg Free Press: December 5 1969 'Captain Medina denies ordering civilians killed'

• Pacific Stars and Stripes: June 25 1970 'Clear 3 army officers of covering up My Lai'

Magazines

• LIFE: March 22 1968 feature on Ho Chi Minh

• LIFE: December 5 1969 Ronald Haeberle photos of the massacre

• LIFE: March 5 1971 'Calley takes the stand' court martial (with illustration of courtroom)

• Harper's Extra: May 1970 'My Lai, the first detailed account of the Vietnam massacre by Seymour Hersh

• Esquire: 'The Confessions of Lt Calley' John Sack

• Evergreen: April 1971 'Interviews With My Lai Veterans' Richard Hammer

• American Heritage: February 1990 'The Untold Story of My Lai' William Wilson

Pins

• Free Lt Calley Now

• Commit LBJ not the USA

• What if they had a war and nobody came

• Too many Hawks Too few owls

• No Way LBJ

• Give Peace A Chance

• Two Americal Division shields, one with Vietnam

• Dove caught in Pentagon net

Postcards

• Set of 15 (one a text card) 1966 Soviet produced postcards on the war in Vietnam

• Photo of crashed USAF jet in Vietnam

Patch

• Americalley

Newswire photos

• Col Aubrey Daniel

• Col Oran Henderson

• Sgt David Mitchell

• Cpt Ernest Medina with lawyer

Poster

• Spoof film poster 1971: 'The Battle of My Lai' 'See the heroic U.S. Army do battle with ferocious old men, women and children'

Print of poster

• "Q: And babies? A: And babies." The Art Workers Coalition anti-war poster using Ronald Haeberle's photograph

LINKS MY LAI

The My Lai Inquiry The Economist/YouTube

My Lai: Legacy of a Massacre, BBC News BBC News

The Heroes of My Lai: transcript of Hugh Thompson and Ron Ridenhour speaking at Tulane University, New Orleans, 1994

LINKS ROSA PARKS

Audio