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to Mr. R.J. Hinton

A letter to the Director of Dependents Claims Services at the Veterans Administration, in which Cordelia Williams explains that when she initially filled out the form to claim LeRoi's life insurance, she stated that she recieved no allotment from any...

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

"please except my many thanks for your many [illegible]"

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

asks him to send two books by the name of "The Memorial Addresses, Life and Character of Hon. Chris S. Ferry and the Statutes of the United States of America.

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

asks him to see Chalmers regarding an appointment.

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

writes to thank him for standing by him.

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

a thank you note and request for a book (The Memorial Addresses of the Life and Character of Orvis S. Ferry)

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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

sends letters and address of a friend; Andrews

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What the Supreme Court Said...

One pamphlet printed by the Southern Regional Council in 1955 on the school segregation decision by Robert A . Leflar. The publication includes an analysis of the Supreme Court decision which diverged from the position that NAACP counsel and...

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The Civil Rights Cases

One essay regarding the services rendered by the Voter Education Project (VEP) written circa 1970 to 1971. The essay gives a historical background behind the inception of the organization as an off-shoot of the Southern Regional Council. Topics...

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Recognizing the Problem

One editorial dated April 23 announced by Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of CBS Radio and General Manager at WEEI radio entitled "Recognizing the Problem." The broadcast covers the radio's Advisory Committee's findings on racial inequality in...

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[Group of press photos of the 1967 Detroit riots][Decimalized .01-.43]

Collection of forty-three press photographs dated 1967-1971. Images were taken by United Press International related to the Detroit Riots. Display scenes of violence, residents of Detroit amidst rubble, police activity, and other types of...

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[Two variations of the classic uplift poster, "Onward"] [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two variations of the classic uplift poster, "Onward" created by W.L. Haskell. They feature portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner-Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, Wilford Horace Smith, Abraham Lincoln...

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to Mrs. Webster Knight

The letter is soliciting a donation from Mrs. Knight of Providence, Rhode Island. The letter is meant to accompany the pamphlet on lynching, insinuating that the statistics published are shocking. The letter is typed with a letterhead of the...

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The Oracle: Special 1973 Conclave Issue [Summer 1974]

One issue of The Oracle dated Summer 1974. Issue contains essays written by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity magazine. Content focuses on African Americans in journalism, medicine, social welfare and racism.

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The Oracle: Welcome to Atlanta [August 15-20, 1976]

One issue of The Oracle dated August 1976. Issue contains essays written by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity magazine. Content of the magazine includes writings about former members of the Omega Psi Phi; black voter turnout of people aged 18-24; new...

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The Battle of Harlem

One wirephoto entitled, "The Battle of Harlem" taken by Associated Press dated July 20, 1964. Image is of a Black man crouching behind a car as police officers shoot towards rooftops. Wire transfer information state that police offiers were shooting...

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Marchers Kneel in Prayer

One wirephoto entitled, "Marchers Kneel in Prayer," taken by Associated Press dated March 9, 1965. Image is of a line of protesters praying on their knees. Across from them are state troopers. Wire transfer information states that a judge ordered the...

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Freedom March On Capitol

One wirephoto entitled, "Freedom March On Capitol" taken by Associated Press dated March 10, 1965. Image is of students on a city street surrounded by state troopers, officials, and reporters in front of the Alabama State Capitol Building in...

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Police Break Up Demonstration

One wirephoto entitled, "Police Break Up Demonstration," taken by Associated Press dated March 11, 1965. Image is four police officers dragging two protestors from a demonstration. Wire transfer information states that the two men were carried off...

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[Protesters at the Alabama State Capitol]

One photograph of a protest dated March 16, 1965. Image is of demonstrators blocked by barricades and police officers as others look on from the steps of the State Capitol.

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Confirmation Delayed

One wirephoto entitled, "Confirmation Delayed," taken by the Associated Press dated April 30, 1961. Image is a press portrait of Thurgood Marshall. Wire transfer information states that Marshall's Supreme Court confirmation had been delayed.

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[Photograph of Clarence Thomas during confirmation hearing]

One press photograph of Clarence Thomas dated September 10, 1991. Image is a side portrait of Thomas during his confirmation hearing. On reverse side are newspaper clippings pasted. The text refers to Thomas's stance on abortion, "he wants to shield...

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[Photograph of a pro-choice activist protesting against Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court]

One press photograph taken by John Storey from the San Francisco Examiner dated October 15, 1991. Image is of a woman participating in a rally. She holds a sign that reads, "We will remember." Pasted on the reverse side is a newspaper clipping. The...

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Captured in Harlem Battle

One photograph entitled "Captured in Harlem Battle" dated August 2, 1943. Image is of two Black men being led into a police station by two officers in Harlem, New York. Wire transfer information states that the men's arrest were tied to neighborhood...

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to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Malinda Bayler to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated January 13, 1944. Malinda updates Leonard on Susan's condition. She is doing better. Her voice sounds stronger on the phone and her pulse rate was improved. Malinda is going to the doctor...

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"Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature"

One cabinet card entitled, "Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature," dated 1876. Features portraits of 63 members of the South Carolina Legislature during Reconstruction which includes elected African Americans. On the reverse side are the names...

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The Journal of Negro Education [Volume V, No. 3 (July 1936)] [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two copies of of The Journal of Negro Education dated July 1936. Focus of this volume is the reorganization of education for African Americans in the United States.

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The Journal of Negro Education [Volume V, No. 3 (July 1936)]

One issue of The Journal of Negro Education dated July 1936. Focus of this volume is the reorganization of education for African Americans in the United States. Essays reflect on the needs of high school and university students as well as life for...

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The Journal of Negro Education [Volume V, No. 3 (July 1936)]

One issue of The Journal of Negro Education dated July 1936. Focus of this volume is the reorganization of education for African Americans in the United States. Essays reflect on the needs of high school and university students as well as life for...

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[James Meredith blocked from entering the University of Mississippi]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated September 26, 1962. Image is of James Meredith attempting to pass through Mississippi state troopers and police officers who were blocking him from entering the University of Mississippi. Wire...

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[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 11, 1962. Image is of James Meredith holding a bundle of laundry. Wire transfer description mentions that there were "no known cat calls or remarks from passing students," on the day of...

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[Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image shows the back of James Meredith's head covered in bullet wounds. The incident occurred during a civil rights march he organized in Mississippi.

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[Photograph of Red Cross nurse's aide, Norma McClellan]

One photograph of Norma McClellan dated 1943. Image is of McClellan attending to a bedridden patient. On the reverse side, the text states that McClellan was a volunteer aide for a Red Cross nurse in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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[Photograph of Red Cross nurses in Clubmobile]

One undated photograph of four Red Cross nurses inside of a Clubmobile. The four nurses identified are Charlene F. Wharton, Mary L. Divers, Lois E. Brown, and Lydia L. Gadsen.

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[Photograph of performers for the Junior Red Cross convention dinner]

One undated photograph of four students who would perform at the Junior Red Cross convention dinner. Student performers were pianist Diana Molinari, singer Janet Helms, ballet dancer Joyce Johnson, and magician Pete Thompson.

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[Photograph of nurses in VNA dispensary in New Haven, Connecticut]

One photograph dated 1921 of nurses at the VNA dispensary in New Haven, Connecticut. Image is of nurses with children inside the dispensary. On reverse side, noted in pencil are the names of three nurses captured in the photograph; Nurse Ross, Nurse...

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[Photograph of residents and nurses in Galesburg, Illinois]

One photograph dated September 5, 1947 of nurses and residents in Galesburg, Illinois. Pictured are nurses and residents of Galesburg eating ice cream and cookies. On reverse side is a typed note lists the names of a few volunteers for the Gray Lady...

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[Photograph of Patricia Brown, Staff Assistant at the Red Cross]

One photograph dated September 3, 1947 of Patricia Brown, a staff assistant for the Red Cross. Typed notes on reverse side provide background information on Brown's job responsibilities, education and extracurricular activities.

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Schuyler Colfax

One engraving entitled "Schuyler Colfax" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of Schuyler Colfax. Engraver unknown.

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John A. Dix.

One engraving entitled "John A. Dix." circa 1861-1877. Portrait of John Adams Dix. Engraver unknown.

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Negro Politics: the search for leadership

One book entitled, "Negro Politics: the search for leadership" by James Q. Wilson dated 1960. Contextualizes political organization in the black community with comparative data drawn from Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and New York.

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Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L. Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, and Wilford Horace Smith along the top. On the lower half of the poster...

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Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L.Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee institute, Frederick...

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The Sun [Vol. LXL, No. 265]

One edition of The Sun dated New York, May 23, 1894. Includes an article on the front page related to a lynching in Arlington, Georgia. A 14-year-old girl had been assaulted, and a Black man was accused of shooting the girl and her father. He was...

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[Class portrait]

One undated black-and-white class portrait. Toy trucks are lined up before the children.

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The Supreme Court as Protector of Civil Rights: Equal Protection of the Laws.

One pamphlet entitled, "The Supreme Court as Protector of Civil Rights: Equal Protection of the Laws," by Thurgood Marshall dated May 1951. Discusses the effects of the Fourteenth Amendment rulings such as Plessy v. Ferguson, Pace v. Alabama and...

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Riot Area in Detroit

One wirephoto of a map of Detriot depicting where riots took place on July 23, 1967. The shaded area illustrates the center of the riots in the early hours of that day.

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Detroit

One UPI telephoto depicting a map of Detroit amidst the riots. Wire transfer contains information regarding police activity and action on the street. On reverse side is a stamp "Recieved Examiner Reference Library, July 26, 1967," and "Racial/Detroit...

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Map shows areas hit by recent racial strife

One press photo of United States map which includes cities in Michigan such as Detroit, Kalamazoo, Rochester, New Britain, Wadesboro, Lakeland, Birmingham, Bogalusa, and Youngstown have been written in. Aside this map is one of New Jersey scratched...

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