1914

Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939

Booklet

Title: Segregation, the Caste System, and Civil Service

One booklet entitled, "Segregation, the Caste System, and Civil Service," dated 1914. Written by Kelly Miller.

GLC10052

1964

Banner, Melvin E., 1964

Pamphlet

Title: A Short Negro History of Flint

One pamphlet entitled, "A Short Negro History of Flint," written by Melvin E. Banner dated 1964. Pertains to the history of Flint, Michigan and its autoindustry employees including sections divided by notable African American residents from Flint. Includes articles and photographs of early residents that date back to 1884-1885.

GLC10053

April 29, 1933

The Advocate

Newspaper

Title: The Advocate [Vol. 29, No. 20 (April 29, 1933)]

One issue of The Advocate dated April 29, 1933. Contains articles of local news. Front page contains articles related to the Scottsboro trial.

GLC10054

1944

Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964

Booklet

Title: What the Negro Wants and is Going to Get

One booklet entitled, "What the Negro Wants and is Going to Get," written John Haynes Holmes dated 1944.

GLC10055

2000

The Republican Chairman, fl. 1891

Magazine

Title: [Magazine pages highlighting history of Black people in the Midwest]

Six pages containing three articles related to Black people's history in the American Midwest. Articles are entitled, "Go West Black Man," "Shaped by a Dream" by Luther P. Jackson, and "A town called Boley." Contains images of people and archival items.

GLC09968.06

April 8, 1865

Armstrong, Halleck, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong]

One letter addressed to Mary from Hal dated Browder's Crossing, April 8, 1865. Pertains to daily life while stationed in the military. Mentions "long trains of army wagons," which contain prisoners of wars, enslaved people held as contraband. Also notes that he has seen many African Americans travelling to Petersburg seeking emancipation.

GLC06734.038

1945

Photograph

Title: Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Uniform

One photograph of Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball uniform. That season, he played 47 games for the Monarchs at shortstop.

GLC10105

1948

Photograph

Title: Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians Uniform

One photograph circa 1948 of Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians baseball uniform.

GLC10106

circa 1900

Photograph

Title: Cuban X-Giants

One photograph of the Cuban X Giants Negro league baseball team circa 1900. A group photo with twelve men. The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. They were one of the most powerful independent black teams around the turn of the century winning the 1903 Colored World Championship, beating the Philadelphia Giants five games to two. The legendary Andrew "Rube" Foster, the father of Negro League baseball, pitched four of the five victories.

GLC10107

1942

Photograph

Title: Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson

One photograph of Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs and Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays at the 1942 Negro League World Series.

GLC10108

1922

Photograph

Title: Bessie Coleman

One photograph of Bessie Coleman with her airplane dated 1922. Bessie Coleman was born to a family of sharecroppers, picking cotton as a child. She became the first African-American woman (and first Native American) to hold a pilot license by earning her license while training in France because she was not allowed to earn such license in the United States. Bessie was also the first Black person to earn an international pilot’s license.

GLC10109

1948

Photograph

Title: Jesse Brown

One photograph of Midshipman Jesse L. Brown, US Navy dated October 1948. Photographed at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, while serving as a Naval Aviation Cadet. Brown was the first African American to complete Navy flight training. Jesse Brown was a hero fighter pilot and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and also the first African American naval officer killed in the Korean War.

GLC10110

1945

Photograph

Title: Kansas City Monarchs

One photograph of 1945 photograph of the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball team.

GLC10111

1921

Photograph

Title: Tulsa Race Riot

One photograph showing ruins of buildings, including a Black church, destroyed during the Tulsa Race Riot dated 1921.

GLC10112

1921

Photograph

Title: Hilldale Athletic Club

One photograph of the Hilldale Athletic Club (informally known as Darby Daisies), a professional Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania. The team would eventually become a powerhouse Negro League baseball team over time. 1921 Hilldale Club Top row, L-R: Ed Bolden (owner), George Johnson (RF), Chaney White (LF), Dick Whitworth (P), Jim York (C), Connie Rector (P), Louis Santop (C), Willis Flournoy (P), Toussaint Allen (1B), James Byrd (treasurer) Bottom row, L-R: Otto Briggs (CF), Bunny Downs (2B), Jake Stephens (SS), Flammer, Nat Dobbins (SS), Bill Francis (mgr./SS), Chance…

GLC10113

1925

Photograph

Title: Oscar Charleston

One photograph of Oscar Charleston in his Cuban Winter League Almendares baseball uniform dated 1925. Charleston hit .361 lifetime during his 9 years playing baseball in Cuba. He was elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

GLC10115

circa 1921

Photograph

Title: Louis Santop

One photograph of Louis Santop, one of the first major stars in the Negro Leagues. He played for Philadelphia Hilldale.

GLC10116

circa 1942

Photograph

Title: Josh Gibson

One photograph of Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays, considered one of the best catchers and power hitters in the history of the Negro Leagues. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Known as the "Black Babe Ruth."

GLC10117

April 11, 1914

The Colored Alabamian Co.

Newspaper

Title: The Colored Alabamian [vol 8. No. 7 (April 11, 1914)]

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume VIII. Number 7. dated April 11, 1914 . Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. The Colored Alabamian was published weekly in Montgomery from 1907 to 1916. This issue has news of the first annual debate between students at Selma University and Tuskegee Institute as well as an article about educator John C. Leftwich upsetting African Americans in Cleveland by endorsing segregation in a talk at a white church. There are also over 50 advertisements from Black-owned business and notice of a revival at the Dexter…

GLC10120

August 13, 1910

The Colored Alabamian Co.

Newspaper

Title: The Colored Alabamian

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume IV. Number 25. dated August 13, 1910. Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. This issue has a report from S.R.W. Smith, the dean of Selma University's literary department, reporting on positive changes for African Americans in politics in Knoxville, Tennessee. There's also mention of a short-lived, little known African American periodical for which OCLC locates no copies: James E. McCall's “The Colored Servant Girl.”

GLC10121

1920

Commission on Interracial Cooperation

Pamphlet

Title: An Appeal To The Christian People of the South

One pamphlet entitled An Appeal To The Christian People of the South dated 1920. This is an early publication by a group known as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (“CIC”). According to the Georgia Encyclopedia online, the CIC was made up of mostly white church leaders and was founded in Atlanta in 1919 to “to oppose lynching, mob violence, and peonage and to educate white southerners concerning the worst aspects of racial abuse.” This report derived from the group's meeting in Blue Ridge, North Carolina in August, 1920. The booklet contains a two page report on how the CIC came about…

GLC10125

1828

Rogers, William, fl. 1828;

Manuscript document signed

Title: Statements regarding Andrew Jackson

One document detailing statements regarding Andrew Jackson dates circa 1828. The statements are from two men - "William Rogers" and "W.B." - claiming that Andrew Jackson was the illegitimate son of a prostitute - Fanny Jennings - and an enslaved man, "one fourth in the African blood." A acourt allegedly gave him his name and bound him to Lawyer Avery. Neither statement is dated or attested, and no location is given. The identity of William Rogers and W.B. is unknown.

GLC10128

October 26, 1817

Griffin, Edward D. fl. 1817;

Pamphlet

Title: A Plea for Africa

One pamphlet entitled A Plea for Africa: A Sermon preached October 26, 1817, in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New-York, before the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, at the request of the Board of Directors of the African School Established by the Synod, by Edward D. Griffin, D.D., pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newark, New-Jersey published in 1817. Includes brief biographies for many notable Africans living and dead birth international and in the United States.

GLC10102

1866-1867

Newspaper

Title: National anti-slavery standard. [Vol. 26, no. 35 (January 6, 1866)- v. 28, no. 34 (December 28, 1867)] [with gaps]

Volume 26 is missing issue numbers 43 and 47. Volume 27 is missing issue numbers 8,13,and 35. Volume 28 is missing issue number 28. The January 5, 1866, Vol. 27, no. 35 most likely contains a misprint in either the date or the Volume and issue number. The issues contain information on the 14th Amendment & impeachment of [Andrew] Johnson, speeches of Sumner, women's suffrage, and advertisements for colored soldiers to collect bounties. 41 issues housed in 003 MS-D.

GLC05825.02

1866-1867

Newspaper

Title: National anti-slavery standard. [Vol. 26, no. 35 (January 6, 1866)- v. 28, no. 34 (December 28, 1867)] [with gaps]

Volume 26 is missing issue numbers 43 and 47. Volume 27 is missing issue numbers 8,13,and 35. Volume 28 is missing issue number 28. The January 5, 1866, Vol. 27, no. 35 most likely contains a misprint in either the date or the Volume and issue number. The issues contain information on the 14th Amendment & impeachment of [Andrew] Johnson, speeches of Sumner, women's suffrage, and advertisements for colored soldiers to collect bounties. 44 issues housed in 002 MS-D.

GLC05825.01