JBAKC was formed in 1977 (1978?) in response to the struggle of Black and Puerto Rican prisoners against KKK organizing among New York State prison guards. The goal was to combat the growing resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the south and elsewhere, and promote the mobilization of white people to fight white supremacy. The organization took its name from John Brown, the radical abolitionist who led the 1859 armed attack on a government arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia that played an important historical role in the militant anti-slavery movement that preceded the US Civil War. JBAKC was politically connected to and influenced by the New Afrikan People's Organization (NAPO) and the politics of New Afrika.

Major efforts of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee included organizing counter protests at KKK and neo-Nazi demonstrations, reporting on Klan activity throughout the United States, and publishing communiques from clandestine organizations.

The collection includes several issues of JBAKC’s publications, Death to the Klan!, (published in New York, NY) and No KKK! No Fascist USA!, (published in San Francisco,CA), as well as flyers for events and demonstrations.

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