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May 1970
Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970)
[Ohio State Highway patrol car]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured is a Ohio State Highway Patrol car. The vehicle's window has been broken.
GLC09650.199
[Ohio State Highway patrol car near tear gas]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured is a Ohio State Highway Patrol car. Tear gas flows in the background.
GLC09650.200
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks standing by a bus. One officer is captured tossing a tear gas cannister in the direction of students.
GLC09650.201
[Ohio State Highway police officer tosses tear gas at students]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks surrounding a cannister on the ground expelling tear gas.
GLC09650.202
[Ohio State Highway trooper tosses tear gas cannister]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks standing by a bus. A state highway trooper prepares to toss a tear gas cannister.
GLC09650.203
[Ohio State Highway police officers by a charter bus]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks lined up by a charter bus. A smokestack or chimney is seen in the background.
GLC09650.204
[Ohio State Highway police officers prepare to toss more tear gas]
One photograph dated May 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured are police officers wearing gas masks, and carrying batons. They are standing between a Volkswagen wagon and a bus. A cannister expels tear gas while another officer prepares to toss...
GLC09650.205
11 February 1971
Unknown
[Press Photograph of Natalie Hinderas]
One press photograph of concert pianist, Natalie Hinderas, dated February 11, 1971. Reverse side contains biography of Hinderas who would play music by black composers at the 27th annual Hackley Concert at the Detroit Public Library on February 14...
GLC09848
31 January 1991
Carson, Richard (fl. 1991)
[Photograph of Lillian Davis]
One black-and-white image taken by Richard Carson dated January 31, 1991 for the Houston Chronicle. Pictured is Lillian Davis for a Black History Month assignment. She holds a portrait of her grandparents who were formerly enslaved people, Mitchell...
GLC09854
13 May 1944
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
to Addie Frizielle
In this letter from 1944 Mrs. Roosevelt responded to one of her critics, Addie Frizielle, who worried about the desegregation of restrooms and forced social interaction between the races in the government's movement toward racial equality in some...
GLC09544.01
1880
Brown, William Wells, (1814-1884)
My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People
One book entitled "My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People" written by William Wells Brown and published in 1880. Brown is a noted abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. This book is broken into twenty nine chapters and...
GLC09932
1919
Scott, Emmett J. (1873-1957)
Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War
One book entitled "Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War" written by Emmett J. Scott dated 1919. This book is a history of African American roles and efforts during World War I. It is broken into thirty one chapters. There...
GLC09933
1943
Various
Dorie Miller photographs and pinback [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC09934
1927
Anderson, Robert Ball, (1843-1930)
From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave
One book entitled "From Slavery to Affluence: Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-Slave" written by Robert Ball Anderson dated 1927. Recounts Anderson's life as an enslaved person. In 1864, Anderson heard that a Union recruiting officer was nearby the...
GLC09935
1940
Jones, Henry L., (fl. 1940)
The Negro's Opportunity
One book entitled "The Negro's Opportunity" written by Henry L. Jones published in 1940. This is a vocational guide book geared towards African Americans.
GLC09936
1902
Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar, (1823-1915)
Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries
One book entitled Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Centuries by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs with an introduction by Booker T. Washington dated 1902. An autobiography that recalls a life of myriad transformations...
GLC09937
1906
Suggs, Eliza, (1876-1908)
Shadow and Sunshine
One book entitled Shadow and Sunshine by Eliza Suggs dated 1906. Elizabeth "Eliza" Gertrude Suggs, born with Osteogenesis imperfecta (commonly called "brittle bone disease") was not anticipated to live past childhood. Her father, a former slave...
GLC09938
1926
Ray, Emma J. Smith (fl. 1859-1926)
Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Ray
One book entitled Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Ray dated 1926.
GLC09939
1912
Rosselle, F.A., (fl. 1912)
1912 Lower Mississippi Flood photo postcards [Decimalized .01-.03]
Three postcards by F.A Rosselle dated 1912. Feature the effects of the Mississippi Flood of 1912, efforts to contain the rising waters, and refugees from the flooding. A late snowfall coupled with heavy spring rain gave way to devastating flooding...
GLC09940
1863
Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]
One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in...
GLC10021
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