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Contains 6 Results:

Jubilee Singers' Flyers, 1925 and undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, Object: 2
Identifier: id261910
Scope and Contents

The multiple brochures feature African American jubilee singers and performers.

Dates: 1925 and undated

Ten Little Niggers Booklet, 1890

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Object: 2
Identifier: id261890
Scope and Contents

A story book entitled “The Ten Little Niggers,” with stereotypical illustrations. The layout of the book is similar to that of “Ten Little Indians.”

Dates: 1890

"Monday May 19th!!! The chickens have come home to roost" , circa 1965

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, Object: 2
Identifier: id261992
Scope and Contents

A flyer created by the Bay Area Revoluntionary Union concerning streets that are still occupied by the National Guard.

Dates: circa 1965

Public Service and National Social Welfare Comic Strips, 1949-1957

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, Object: 2
Identifier: id261984
Scope and Contents These comic strips promote racial tolerance. One comic entitled "Stand Up For Sportsmanship," features Batman stopping a fight between two boys, one white and one black. When Batman asks what happened, he discovers they're fighting because the white boy doesn't want the black boy to play with them because "he don't belong, he ain't a real American." Batman responds with a lesson about racial tolerance, saying "don't believe the crackpot lies about people who worship differently, or whose...
Dates: 1949-1957

"Martin Luther King at a Communist Training School", 1961

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, Object: 2
Identifier: id262006
Scope and Contents

This flyier shows a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders at a supposed Communist training school. The flier states that these leaders have brought tension, disturbance, and violence while trying to promote these Communist ideals.

Dates: 1961

Essex County High School Yearbook, 1940

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24, Object: 2
Identifier: id261897
Scope and Contents

This item is the yearbook of the African American high school in Essex County, Virginia. The yearbook includes photographs, poems, and advertisements.

Dates: 1940