Byron de la Beckwith papers
Creators:
Beckwith, Byron de la
Dates:
circa 1990
Size:
0.8 Linear feet (1 box)
Collection ID:
ACMA.06-051
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1990, contains newsletters from white supremacist organizations and photocopies of articles about Byron de la Beckwith. These items were used as stationery by de la Beckwith while he was in prison in Mississippi and most are liberally covered with his handwriting. On them, de la Beckwith expounds on his ideas of racial segregation and white power. Also present are notes in de la Beckwith's hand, as well as a copy of the Watchdog, a white supremacist newspaper.
