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Archive for the African American History Category (11 Posts)

Close-up of a typed document with a few handwritten notations.

Uncovering African American Experiences in the Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Posted in: African American History, Digital Collections

Embroidered cloth showing a cartoon GI Joe-cupid character shooting a heart with the message "1943 To my eternal Valentine Dorsey Wife from Husband Dave, London."

This Just In: Newly Processed Manuscript Collections

Posted by: Lewis Wyman

Posted in: African American History, Civil War, Diaries, Journalism, Labor, Letters, Politics, Science and Technology, War and Society

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The Legacy of Medgar Evers through the NAACP Records

Posted by: Josh Levy

Posted in: African American History

Kaila Brugger standing dressed in yellow holding a diary.

A Deep Dive into Diaries in the Manuscript Division

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Posted in: African American History, Civil War, Diaries, Women's & Gender History

Woman speaking at a podium.

Live! at the Library: Reflections from the Past, Present and Future with Mosaic Theater

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Posted in: African American History, Events

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Boundary Crossing for a Better Future: Pauli Murray, Patricia Roberts Harris, and the 1982 Mayoral Election in the District of Columbia

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History, Politics, Women's & Gender History

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Behind the Scenes: Surveying Part X of the NAACP Papers

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History, Behind the Scenes

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

“I Require No More of Them Than Others Do,” George Washington’s Weekly Productivity Reports and the Lives of the Enslaved

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History, Early America, Politics

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Race, Gender, and More in the AFL Records

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History, Labor, Women's & Gender History