"How Blacks Have Died for the Right to Vote." Leaflet issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Inside is a list of African Americans who were killed from 1955 to 1968: Lamar Smith, George W. Lee, Herbert Lee, Medgar...
The symbol of the Alabama Democratic Party is on the front page of the program: it features a rooster with banners above and below the bird that say "White Supremacy / For the Right." The Jeffersonian Club hosted this banquet in honor of Boykin...
When Senator John Bankhead died in office in 1946, Boykin competed unsuccessfully for the vacant seat seat. This paid political ad consists of four pages of articles describing Boykin's congressional achievements and qualifications for the...
This dinner was held annually to honor President Andrew Jackson. The inside cover of this program includes the signatures of several guests at the event.
This event honoring Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn featured an enormous buffet of wild game from across the country, followed by a nine-course meal. The affair, entirely paid for by Boykin, cost about $20,000 in 1949.
This flier from the 1952 congressional campaign contains articles outlining Boykin's political career and accomplishments. Though it claims to be a newspaper (the District Reporter), it is actually a paid political advertisement.
This humorous certificate makes Boykin an honorary admiral in the naval section of the Sumter Guards, a remnant of the nineteenth-century military unit from South Carolina.
This dinner was held to honor President Kennedy on his birthday. Boykin is listed in the program as a member of the Democratic Congressional Committee.
The Alfalfa Club is a social club in Washington, D.C. The annual dinner honoring the birthday of Robert E. Lee is its only event, and each member is allowed to invite two people to attend. Boykin received this invitation from General Nathan...