On August 14, 1966 over 5,000 people gathered at the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina to support Klan leaders under investigation by the Federal Government.
Archivist Edward Meyer highlights the most amazing of the 10,000 bizarre artifacts housed in the Ripley's Warehouse: miniature sculptures by artist Willard Wigan.
From shrunken heads to chewing gum statues to woolly mammoth hair, the Ripley's Warehouse in Florida contains 10,000 bizarre artifacts that grew from Robert Ripley's original collection.
Freedom Summer volunteers were aware of the danger involved in going to Mississippi—a danger confirmed early in the summer when three volunteers went missing.
