African American History

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NIAGARA MOVEMENT, 1905. Founding members of the Niagara Movement superimposed over		FOUR WOMEN, 19th CENTURY. A late 19th century photograph of four African-American women		TULSA RACE RIOT, 1921. Black residents receiving aid during the race riot in Tulsa		TULSA RACE RIOT, 1921. Furniture in the street during the race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma		HARPER'S WEEKLY, 1867. 'The First Vote
FREEDMEN SCHOOL, 1867. A Freedmen Farm-School near Washington, D.C. Wood engraving		FREEDMEN SCHOOL, 1867. A Freedmen School in Atlanta, Georgia. Wood engraving, American		COTTON PLANTATION, 1867. 'Sowing.' Wood engraving, 1867, after a drawing by A		COTTON PLANTATION, 1867. 'Prayer Meeting		ABOLITIONIST SONG, c1843. Song sheet for 'Prayer of the Abolitionist' by John
FREEDMEN'S SCHOOL, 1865. A freedmen's school in Memphis, Tennessee		NORTH CAROLINA: FAMILY. An African American family outside of their home in the		PORTRAIT: WOMAN. An African American woman carrying chickens and turkeys to market		PORTRAIT: MAN. Portrait of an unidentified African American man		RIVER BAPTISM, c1900. A crowd observing a river baptism. Photograph, c1900
CHICAGO: RACE RIOT, 1919. A police officer leading an African American couple to		CHICAGO: RACE RIOT, 1919. National Guardsmen questioning an African American man		CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. Battery A of the 2nd US Colored Artillery. Photograph, c1863		LAUNDRESS, c1918. An African American laundress with a washtub. Photograph, c1918		FISK JUBILEE SINGERS, c1880. The Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University, Tennessee
TINTYPE: WOMAN, c1875. Portrait of an unidentified woman, a resident of the historically		HARNETT: FRONT FACE, 1878. 'Front Face		RURAL CHILDREN, c1895. A group of African American children posing in playclothes		MOUNT GILEAD AME CHURCH. Built in 1834 in Buckingham, Pennsylvania		SHEET MUSIC: SPIRITUAL. Sheet music cover for the African American spiritual 'Go
GEORGIA: CHILDREN, c1886. A group of African American children outside a log building		AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN. Three African American children seated in a doorway		WOMAN, c1900. Portrait of a young African American woman. Photograph, c1900		ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, c1900. Group of African American women students seated on the		AFRICAN AMERICANS, c1883. 'Distinguished Colored Men
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN COMPANY. Lithograph poster for Palmer's Uncle Tom's		SINGLETON HANDBILL, 1882. Handbill announcing a celebration honoring Benjamin		BLACK EXODUS: HANDBILL, 1878. Handbill issued by Benjamin 'Pap' Singleton		STEVEDORES IN PORT. Photograph, c1875		VEGETABLE VENDOR, c1900. A New Orleans woman vendor carrying her vegetables in
BLACK HOMESTEADERS. A black family photographed in 1887 before their homestead		BUFFALO SOLDIERS. Members of the 9th (Colored) U		VIRGINIA: WASH DAY, c1900. African American women and girls washing the family laundry		SHARECROPPERS, 1899. African American sharecroppers tending their farm, Virginia		SHARECROPPERS, 1899. An African American family outside their house in Virginia
THE BAMBOULA, 1885. Drawing, 1885, by Edward Windsor Kemble		SHARECROPPER FAMILY, c1900. A sharecropper family at an old well in rural Virginia		AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN. A group of children in rural Virginia. Photograph, c1890		HARRIET POWERS' QUILT 1886. Bible scenes quilt made by Harriet Powers, an American		METHODIST CHURCH. John Street Methodist Church at New York City. Peter Williams
BLACK YALE STUDENT, c1885. Unidentified Yale student		THE VOODOO DANCE. Drawing, 1885, by Edward Windsor Kemble		BLACK EXODUS: HANDBILL, 1877. Handbill urging blacks to go to Kansas, printed, 1877		SHARECROPPER FAMILY, 1902. Sharecropper family in their collard patch near Snow Hill		UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1898. An 1898 poster of a theatrical touring company production
SONGSHEET: RECONSTRUCTION. Reconstruction! (As it should be/As it is): American		BLACK CANDIDATES, c1835. Election broadside, c1835, listing free black candidates		BLACK CONVENTION, 1831. Title page of the 'Minutes of the First Convention of		UNCLE TOM'S CABIN PLAYBILL. Theatrical playbill from the Pine Street Theatre		COTTON PICKING, 1902. Picking the school cotton crop at Mt. Meigs Institute, Alabama
COTTON PICKERS, 1900. African American migrant workers resting and shooting dice		RURAL VIRGINIA, c1900. Two children at the doorstep of a house in rural Virginia		BUFFALO SOLDIERS. Members of the 10th (Black) Cavalry camped on Diamond Creek in New		REVIVAL MEETING, 1882. American trade card, 1882, for Frear's Silk Department with		BLACK HOMESTEADERS. The Moses Speese family outside their sod house near Westville
JEWELER, 19th CENTURY. A late 19th century photograph of 'Mr		NEGRO BASEBALL. A late 19th century photograph of baseball players from Morris Brown		CHILDREN, 19th CENTURY. A late 19th century photograph of three African-American boys		GIRL, 19th CENTURY. A late 19th century photograph of an African-American girl, exhibited		FREEDMEN SCHOOL, c1867. A teacher and her pupils in front of a Freedmen's School
SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. A late 19th century photograph of the Sisters of the Holy		WWI: BLACK VETERAN, 1919. A wounded veteran of the U		WWI: BLACK TROOPS, 1918. U.S. troops of the 369th Infantry Regiment serving in		BLACK COUPLE, 1832. Lithograph from Frances Trollope's 'Domestic Manners of		RECONSTRUCTION, 1876. Radical members of the first South Carolina legislature after
NORTH CAROLINA: FAMILY. An African American family outside of their home in North		MOUNT GILEAD AME CHURCH. Built in 1834 in Buckingham, Pennsylvania		SHEET MUSIC: SPIRITUAL. Sheet music cover for the African American spiritual 'Deep		SHEET MUSIC: SPIRITUAL. Sheet music cover for the African American spiritual 'Swing		BLACK SENATORS, 1872. The First Colored Senators and Representatives in the 41st
ABOLITION CONVENTION, 1840. The Anti-Slavery Convention at London, 1840. Oil on canvas		ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY (1802-1837). American abolitionist. Contemporary silhouette