We found no evidence that such "licenses" were widely available at the Roundup indeed, we found no one other than Randall who claimed to have seen one in the campground. Our investigation revealed ample evidence of shocking racist, licentious, and puerile behavior by attendees occurring in various years.įor 1995, Randall contended that "nigger hunting licenses" were openly available on the Roundup campground. The media attention given to this event prompted the Department of Justice to look into the matter, and while DOJ investigators found evidence of "shocking racist behavior," they could not prove racist hunting licenses had been sold at the event: A video reportedly taken at the event by Jeff Randall of the Gadsden Minutemen also showed a "Nigger Checkpoint" sign and a "No Blacks Allowed" sign: in the crosshairs of a rifle, as well as other racist memorabilia such as the aforementioned licenses. Reports claimed vendors at the event sold T-shirts showing Dr. In 1995, the New York Times and other news outlets published an articles detailing some of the racist behavior that allegedly took place at the Good Ol' Boys Roundup. It was a real piece of racist memorabilia said to date from the 1920s (but actually artificially aged), one which was reportedly sold at an annual party thrown by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) called "The Good Ol' Boys Roundup" in 1995. The pictured license was not issued by the state of Missouri, nor did it provide the holder the legal right to hunt and kill African-Americans. In October 2014, photos of a "nigger hunting" license circulated on social media sites, often accompanied by a message claiming the license had been issued by the state of Missouri:
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