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Break The Silence, Isabelle Clarkin May 2023

Break The Silence, Isabelle Clarkin

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Student Protests During The Civil Rights Movement, Joseph M. Lawler May 2023

Student Protests During The Civil Rights Movement, Joseph M. Lawler

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


You Say We Are, We Say We Aren't, Rashida Etienne May 2023

You Say We Are, We Say We Aren't, Rashida Etienne

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Voter Registration May 2023

Voter Registration

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


A Look Into Providence College, Magdalena Smith May 2023

A Look Into Providence College, Magdalena Smith

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


The History Of Labor Movements: Fred Hampton's Legacy May 2023

The History Of Labor Movements: Fred Hampton's Legacy

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Misunderstanding Malcom X, Yaw Asante May 2023

Misunderstanding Malcom X, Yaw Asante

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Black Women In Magazines, Jillian Brissette May 2023

Black Women In Magazines, Jillian Brissette

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Black Women White Standards, Carrie Selwood May 2023

Black Women White Standards, Carrie Selwood

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Voter Registration Efforts During The Civil Rights Movement: Nationally & Locally May 2023

Voter Registration Efforts During The Civil Rights Movement: Nationally & Locally

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


Segregated Public Education, Lily Roy May 2023

Segregated Public Education, Lily Roy

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


An Artistic Rendition Of The Black Panther Party's 10 Point Program May 2023

An Artistic Rendition Of The Black Panther Party's 10 Point Program

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


A 13 Hour Sit In, Diane Polanco May 2023

A 13 Hour Sit In, Diane Polanco

The Civil Rights Movement (HIS/BLS 347) Zine Project

No abstract provided.


2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, Otterbein University Jan 2018

2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, Otterbein University

MLK Convocations

Otterbein University honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation which features a keynote speaker. This year's speaker was Samuel Gresham, Jr. and also included several speeches & performances by Otterbein Students.


2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, Otterbein University Jan 2017

2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, Otterbein University

MLK Convocations

Otterbein University honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation which features a keynote speaker. This year's speakers included several speeches & performances by Otterbein Students.


Barbara Brown Simmons (Ba 1969, Jd 1974), Unm Black Alumni Chapter Oral History Project May 2016

Barbara Brown Simmons (Ba 1969, Jd 1974), Unm Black Alumni Chapter Oral History Project

UNM Black Alumni Oral History Collection

Video of interview with Barbara Brown Simmons, who earned her BA from UNM in 1969 and her JD in 1974. She was the first Black woman to graduate from the UNM School of Law, and a cofounder of the UNM Alumni Association Black Alumni Chapter. Interview conducted by Marsha K. Hardeman. Interview runtime is 1 hour, 39 minutes and 2 seconds.


2016 Mlk Convocation, Sarah L. Hickey Jan 2016

2016 Mlk Convocation, Sarah L. Hickey

MLK Convocations

This is the program for the annual MLK Convocation at Otterbein University.


Mlk 2016 Convocation Slide Show, Otterbein University Jan 2016

Mlk 2016 Convocation Slide Show, Otterbein University

MLK Convocations

A series of photographs from the event.


Art, Artifact, Archive: African American Experiences In The Nineteenth Century, Shannon Egan, Lauren H. Roedner, Diane Brennan, Maura B. Conley, Abigail B. Conner, Nicole A. Conte, Victoria Perez-Zetune, Savannah Rose, Kaylyn L. Sawyer, Caroline M. Wood, Zoe C. Yeoh Jan 2015

Art, Artifact, Archive: African American Experiences In The Nineteenth Century, Shannon Egan, Lauren H. Roedner, Diane Brennan, Maura B. Conley, Abigail B. Conner, Nicole A. Conte, Victoria Perez-Zetune, Savannah Rose, Kaylyn L. Sawyer, Caroline M. Wood, Zoe C. Yeoh

Schmucker Art Catalogs

Angelo Scarlato’s extraordinary and vast collection of art and artifacts related to the Civil War, and specifically to the Battle of Gettysburg, the United States Colored Troops, slavery and the African American struggle for emancipation, citizenship and freedom has proved to be an extraordinary resource for Gettysburg College students. The 2012-14 exhibition in Musselman Library’s Special Collections, curated by Lauren Roedner ’13, entitled Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era and its corresponding catalogue provided a powerful and comprehensive historical narrative of the period.

This fall, students in my course at Gettysburg College “Art and Public …


Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts Of The Civil War Era, Lauren H. Roedner, Angelo Scarlato, Scott Hancock, Jordan G. Cinderich, Tricia M. Runzel, Avery C. Lentz, Brian D. Johnson, Lincoln M. Fitch, Michele B. Seabrook Jul 2014

Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts Of The Civil War Era, Lauren H. Roedner, Angelo Scarlato, Scott Hancock, Jordan G. Cinderich, Tricia M. Runzel, Avery C. Lentz, Brian D. Johnson, Lincoln M. Fitch, Michele B. Seabrook

Other Exhibits & Events

Based on the exhibit Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era, this book provides the full experience of the exhibit, which was on display in Special Collections at Musselman Library November 2012- December 2013. It also includes several student essays based on specific artifacts that were part of the exhibit.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Angelo Scarlato, Lauren Roedner ’13 & Scott Hancock

Slave Collars & Runaways: Punishment for Rebellious Slaves Jordan Cinderich ’14

Chancery Sale Poster & Auctioneer’s Coin: The Lucrative Business of Slavery Tricia Runzel ’13

Isaac J. Winters: An African American Soldier from Pennsylvania …


Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers - Accession 155, Juanita Willmon Goggins Jan 1978

Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers - Accession 155, Juanita Willmon Goggins

Manuscript Collection

The Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers include correspondence, speeches, biographical data, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, photographs and other papers documenting the political career of Goggins who was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. Subjects include home rule for York County, African-Americans in politics, sickle cell anemia, appropriations, taxes, and public education in York County.


Material Opportunities In Public Education In The Commonwealth Of Virginia: A Study Of Public School Property Differentials Between The Races (1962-1963), Edward H. Peeples Jan 1965

Material Opportunities In Public Education In The Commonwealth Of Virginia: A Study Of Public School Property Differentials Between The Races (1962-1963), Edward H. Peeples

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Documents

Unpublished report of a study by Edward H. Peeples, Jr., which looked at the value of public school properties in Virginia by race. The study was financed by the Virginia Teachers Association, and the data was collected in 1964 by Edward H. Peeples, Jr.


Perspective Of The Prince Edward County School Issue, Edward H. Peeples Jan 1963

Perspective Of The Prince Edward County School Issue, Edward H. Peeples

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Documents

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Pennsylvania. Bibliography: leaves [81]-[84]


Six Military And Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. In A Novel Form. Series No. 1., Charles Magnus, John F. Poole, W. J. Florence, George P. Holt, Daniel Decatur Emmett, Tony Pastor, Dan Bryant Jan 1865

Six Military And Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. In A Novel Form. Series No. 1., Charles Magnus, John F. Poole, W. J. Florence, George P. Holt, Daniel Decatur Emmett, Tony Pastor, Dan Bryant

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This publication contains the lyrics to six songs, each accompanied by a color illustration, and an advertisement on the last page.

1. Our Grandfathers' Days

2. The Captain with his Whiskers

3. Want — A Substitute

4. Dixie's Land

5. Young American and ould Ireland

6. Kingdom Coming


Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina Feb 1864

Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Instrument indicating Sareon received $1250 from S.C. for having Hooker, his slave, build military fortifications in the state.


The Past And The Present Condition, And The Destiny, Of The Colored Race, Henry Highland Garnet Dec 1847

The Past And The Present Condition, And The Destiny, Of The Colored Race, Henry Highland Garnet

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Henry Highland Garnet’s 1848 address to the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, New York, published that year, is an eloquent survey and reclaiming for the race of its share in the Western intellectual tradition. That the ancient Egyptians were Africans, that the Song of Solomon was addressed to an African woman, that the Ethiopians warriors were celebrated by Homer, that Moses’ wife was Ethiopian, that Hannibal, Terence, Euclid, Cyprian, Origen, and Augustine all were of African ancestry—these facts are adduced by Garnet to suggest both the heritage and the potential achievements of the Africans in America. Gar-net surveys the origin …


Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith Dec 1843

Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith

Local History

This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for scores of human beings (as slaves; only first names are recorded), as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such as feeding, clothing, sheltering, and nursing the people he purchased and sold. The details of the book illustrate that Smith took several "trips" between 1844 and 1854 to buy and sell slaves: detailed records of purchases and sales of "Negroes" exist for all of the years between 1844 and 1854. The listing of expenses for the year of 1844 (the most complete account) indicate that …


Liquor License, Barnwell District, South Carolina, August 21, 1841., Barnwell District, South Carolina Aug 1841

Liquor License, Barnwell District, South Carolina, August 21, 1841., Barnwell District, South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

In which the licensee, William Robertson Jr., swears to not "sell give exchange barter" liquor to any slaves. Signed by C.A. Scott.


Walker’S Appeal, In Four Articles; Together With A Preamble, To The Coloured Citizens Of The World, … (Boston, 1830), David Walker, Paul Royster , Editor & Depositor Dec 1829

Walker’S Appeal, In Four Articles; Together With A Preamble, To The Coloured Citizens Of The World, … (Boston, 1830), David Walker, Paul Royster , Editor & Depositor

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Walker’s Appeal ... is a radical antislavery and antiracist manifesto by a free American of African ancestry. Its bold denunciation of European culture was unprecedented, unrestrained, and startling, viz.:

“The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority.”

Walker attacks the slave system and its rampant racism from the viewpoint of America’s allegiance to the idea of freedom; he quotes the Declaration of Independence at length, and strikes a recognizably jeremiad note:

“O Americans! Americans!! I call God—I call angels— I call men, to witness, that your destruction …


List Of Slaves, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation Dec 1828

List Of Slaves, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This item is a list of over 80 "negroes" — slaves of African descent — at Spring Garden, a plantation in present-day DeLeon Springs State Park, Florida. The list notes the first names of slaves and their ages. Annotations indicate occupations and work assignments, family units, and if individuals were sent to Charleston or sold locally. The meaning of some annotations are unclear or at least not explicit, such as small circles next to females' names. Annotations indicate this list was used as reference more than once. One pair of twins is noted as are several infants. Reference to the …