The stereoview shows an enormous crowd of Black people, some even standing on a building ledge, looking in the direction of the photographer. The caption says “1482. Howard University” The right margin states: “Washington City D.C.” and the left margin...
Two television personalities from WHO tv–Cowboy Ken and Uncle Stan–are pictured. Each holds a blackface ventriloquist dummy, one called “Nappy,” and the other “Rabbit.” It is clear that this is meant to be amusing to a certain audience, the racism...
Photograph of six people involved in mining coal standing on a railroad track. Five are white men, and a young Black boy who is barefoot sits on the track in front of them. Letterhead that came with the photograph says...
Composite image of portraits and text by photographer Mike Whye showing teacher Jane Elliott and two boys in her class in a small town in Riceville, Iowa (population currently 800). The photos are part of an advertisement for a show...
A postcard photograph of a group of young people, probably students posing with the women sitting in the front on the grass, the men standing behind. What is unusual is that, although the women are all dressed in attire traditional...
Unusual because this is a photo with a photo inserted into it. The background photo is of Black men working with shovels and other tools and equipment around a train track in front of a covered bridge. Someone has inserted...
The stereoview shows an enormous student body, mainly girls, in front of the school in the school yard. The caption says: “6584. The colored school, Vicksburg, Miss., U.S.A.” The right margin says: “copyright 1891, by B.W. Kilburn: The left margin...
On a modest looking intersection an strange block stands out on the sidewalk. A caption on the right at the top of the image says “Old Slave Block, Fredericksburg, VA.” The backside of the postcard has the caption: “Old Slave...
This yellow backed stereoview shows a group with the same people as in Walking The Line stereoview. Here a different couple is the focus: the man claps as the woman faces him. The crowd is aware of the photographer–some look...
This pinkish mounted stereoview shows an indoor party-like scene of Black people. A young man and woman are walking through the center of the room. The man places both his feet on a line drawn on the floor as the...
Harvey B. Gantt, a former student at Iowa State University, petitioned successfully to become the first Black student at Clemson Agricultural College in South Carolina. The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower courts ruling to allow...
The caption on the front below the photograph reads: “Newark New Jersey July 16 Sunday in riot plagued Newark. A little girl in her Sunday dress passes a National Guard roadblock on her way to church on the edge of...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
This book, An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization and American Anti-Slavery Societies, written by William Jay, 3rd edition, contains arguments against slavery.. But even so, some of the arguments are objectionable, while some would be...
Photograph shows a White woman speaking at a microphone outdoors. Back: a small piece of a newspaper article is glued onto the back of the photo. It reads: “Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. The governor’s wife is shown pinch-hitting for...
The second page of the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune from August 4, 1916 has a half-page ad announcing the arrival of “Birth of a Nation” to the theater: “It’s Coming to Storm Lake. Chautauqua Auditorium, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 15,...
Stereoview shows four Black men in a field of sugarcane. They wear coats and vests, one wears a sweater; they all have hats. The caption reads: 1220. Sugar Cane Plantation, Louisiana.” The left edge says: “Littleton View Co. Littleton N.H.”...
Jet Magazine September 15, 1966 featuring articles on “Is ‘Black Power’ killing CORE?’ and a new movie by Sammy Davis Jr, A small article on p. 6 “City’s Only Negro Barred From Iowa County Fair”: “Two concessionaires at the Sac...
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