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 Black Panther Party Newspaper #1084

Caption from poster: “The police have never been our protectors … With weaponss in our hands, we were no longer their subjects but their equal.”

Caution!! Colored People #1012

Slavery proved unprofitable in the Northern states and by the early 19th cent. had disappeared. Its abolition had been hastened by the work of the Quakers, who, as in Great Britain, were staunchly opposed to the institution.

David Walker Appeal #1249

David Walker (September 28, 1785 – June 28, 1830) was a black abolitionist, most famous for his pamphlet Walker’s Appeal, which called for black pride, demanded the immediate and universal emancipation of the slaves, and defended violent rebellion as a means for the slaves to gain their freedom.

Emancipation Proclamation #1059

Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, which declared the freedom of all slaves in those areas of the rebellious Confederate States of America that had not already returned to Union control. 

Jazz Band #AF-5202E

JAZZ BAND

Ku Klux Klan #1228

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present fraternal organizations in the United States that have advocated what is generally perceived as white supremacy, antisemitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism.

Muhammad Speaks #1032

Muhammad Speaks was the title of one of the largest publications ever produced by Black people in the United States. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the paper in 1961, it’s first issue bearing the title, “Some Of This Earth To Call Our Own Or Else”.

Negro World Series #1162

The Negro League World Series was a post-season baseball tournament which was held from 1924-1927 and from 1942-1948 between the champions of the Negro Leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts.

Sunday Best #PP0016

Sunday Best South Side Chicago 1941

To Be Sold #1037

Caption from poster: To be sold on board the Ship Bance-Island, on Tuesday the 6th of May next, at Ashley-Ferry a choice cargo of about 250 fine healthy negroes, just arrived from the Windward Rice Coast.

Willie Lynch Letter #1060

The William (or Willie) Lynch Speech (or Letter) is a text of unknown origin which drew widespread attention when it circulated throughout the Internet during the 1990s. It purports to be an address given to an audience on the bank of  the James River in Virginia in 1712 regarding control of slaves within the colony.