» College of Charleston Library vertical file on The Independent American, 1958-1973

The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes three publications produced by the staff of the Independent American. It was a conservative newsletter published in Louisiana from 1955 until 1971 by Free Men Speak, Inc. After 1971, it was published in Littleton, Colorado. The file includes a special issue of the newsletter from 1968 titled Special Emergency Mailing Regarding Riots, and two pamphlets. Both pamphlets decry the abuse of power by federal authorities.