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Archive for the African American History Category (14 Posts)

The contents of one of the less organized boxes from the NAACP addition consisting largely of loose paper and other files which we needed to survey.

Behind the Scenes: Surveying Part X of the NAACP Papers

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History, Behind the Scenes

George Washington appears in this painting dressed are depicted at work behind him in a black suit as enslaved field hands

“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

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

“Send us back home”: Early Black Nationalism in a Letter to President Woodrow Wilson

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Posted in: African American History

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

Debutante Daughters: Celebrating Black Life at Cotillion

Posted by: Ryan Reft

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