African American women

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a single handwritten letter dated 1832 from Andrew Galbraith of Hawkins County, Tennessee, to his son, John M. Galbraith, residing in Hopkins County, Kentucky. In the letter, Galbraith discusses the financial strategy of using pregnant enslaved women as collateral to secure credit for the acquisition of additional land. The letter provides rare and direct insight into the economic logic of slavery in the antebellum South, particularly the practice of...

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Papers that document the life of a prominent African American educator in Decatur, Alabama.

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This printed item is the Year Book of the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Birmingham, Alabama, for the year 1950-1951. Published by Forniss Printing Company, this twenty-seven page pamphlet provides an overview of the organization's activities, membership, and governance. It includes a brief history of the Federation, lists of affiliated clubs, members, and committees, as well as a month-by-month calendar of events for the year.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of two photographic albums and two folders containing images taken and collected by African American singer and socialite Estelle C. Zuber. The collection includes photographs of Zuber, her friends, and family members, capturing scenes of social gatherings, parties, and musical performances. Albums document the life of a young African American singer, fashion model, and music enthusiast in the 1950s and 1960s.The collection features press photographs and...

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Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.

Scope and Contents This collection contains Mrs. Schuyler's Anti-Slavery Lecture, a pamphlet Lydia Schuyler had printed in 1859. Schuyler was invited to give her lecture by the Universalist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts, and the Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It includes several of her poems, featuring "The Fugitive" in its preface. Schuyler uses the lecture to discuss racial categories, not only identifying them but...

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This file contains a poster featuring a drawing of Martin Luther King Jr. by C. Downey that includes the poem "He Changed the Course of History" by African American poet Tommye Nious.

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Records of the Southern Rural Women's Network (SRWN) containing materials about the operation and mission of the SRWN.

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This two-page folio manuscript, dated 1853, details the posthumous administration of the estate of Spencer Gloyd (1797-1850), a prominent New Orleans hotelier. The document outlines the valuation and sale of enslaved individuals, the disposition of real and movable property, and the continued occupancy of Gloyd’s residence by his former “coloured” servant, Mary Sullivan, and her children.

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.

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Photographs of Autherine Lucy attending The University of Alabama in February 1956. Lucy was the first African American student admitted to the school. University administrators expelled her after a few tumultuous days on campus.