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Ladies Of Distinction: Examining Twentieth Century African American Socialites And Civil Rights, Mackenzie Mason

Masters Theses, 2020-current

Discontent post-war Philadelphians had a full list of problems which the city had been dealing with since the beginning of the Great Depression. Conditions in the city had deteriorated so badly that by the late 1930s, a group of young middle-to-upper-class professionals who called themselves “Young Turks” began advocating for postwar progressivism in the city. These wealthy white male lawyers, architects, and university professors frequently met and discussed their reformative ideas within intellectual associations and gentleman’s clubs. During this same time period and inside the same city, two African American women born into affluent families in Philadelphia desired to design …

Institutional Decline Or Evolution?: An Intergenerational Analysis Of African-American Religiosity, Ellis Braveboy Walker V

Whittier Scholars Program

African American religion, born from the traumas of institutionalized slavery, has played a significant role in the religio-cultural development of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Forced to adapt to the tumultuousness of systematic mistreatment and dehumanization at the hands of oppressive European forces, African peoples managed to create faith-based safe spaces in which they could socialize freely amongst themselves, ultimately protecting their indigenous spiritual belief systems and negotiating them with a reinvention of Eurocentric Christianity into the Black Church. This hybridization of West African spirituality and the Christian faith cemented itself into the culture of Black Americans for generations. However, …

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

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

No abstract provided.

Black Women In Magazines, Jillian Brissette

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

No abstract provided.

Interview With Otis Cunningham, Columbia College Chicago

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 99 minutes

Oral history interview of Otis Cunningham by Lilah Hernandez discussing events and activities since his original 2010 interview.

Contemporary Environmental Art: The Multidimensional Relationship Between Black Communities And The American Landscape, Sophia Perkins

Honors Capstones

Contemporary environmental art can be inspired by personal experience and reflections between the artist and their surroundings. Black women have a unique interaction with and relation to their environment. I would like to unpack the relationships between Black women and the environment by exploring a few different artists’ work, and by dissecting the effects race and gender have on one’s view of the natural world. I have studied the work of four artists: Torkwase Dyson, Allison Jane Hamilton, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Calida Garcia Rawles. Environmentally, I have a specific interest in bodies of water / Black waterways because of …

Martin, John - Receipt For Advertisement Of The Final Settlement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for advertisement of the final settlement of the estate of John Martin, deceased

Martin, John - Original Will Of John Martin, Deceased, 1825, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Original Will of John Martin, deceased, which includes the transfer of enslaved persons to family members.

Martin, John - Inventory And Appriasement Of The Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory and appriasement of the estate of John Martin, deceased, including 11 enslaved persons: Trim, Frank, Alse, Esther + child, Maria, Sal (mulatto), Leah, Hugh, Maria, Smith, Ally

Martin, Andrew -Order For Inventory And Appraisement Of The Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order for the inventory and appraisement of the estate of Andrew Martin, deceased, including six enslaved persons: David, 32 years; Joice, 24 years; Celia, 18 years; Charles, 8 years; Esther, 6 years, and Jane, 2 years

Martin, John - Estate Of John Martin, Deceased, With Moses Martin, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope for pobate records for John Martin, deceased

Martin, Andrew - Estate Of Andrew Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope for probate records of Andrew Martin, deceased

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 3, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes a case of knives and forks, desk, tables, looking glasses, hand bells, a tea kettle and books.

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 1, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes a ox cart, small waggon, riding [chair], ox chains and other furniture.

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Fragment 2, Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Fragment of inventory for the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased, which includes part of the text of an affirmation about the estate by Mary Martin, signed with her mark.

Martin, Abraham - Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased With [Blank], Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope of probate records for Abraham Martin, deceased

Martin, Abraham - Inventory Of The Estate Of Abraham Martin, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory of the estate of Abraham Martin, deceased

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Office Fees Related To The Emancipation Of Agatha, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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receipt for fees office fees related to the emancipation of Agatha

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Estate Administration Record, Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Estate administration record, Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, deceased

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Receipt For Fees For Suit In Concordia Parish, Louisiana, To Emancipate Agatha, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for fees for suit in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, to emancipate Agatha

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Inventory Of Furniture Bequeathed To Agatha, Formerly Enslaved By Paul Marie Lewis Martell, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory of furniture bequeathed to Agatha, formerly enslaved by Paul Marie Lewis Martell

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Inventory And Appraisement Of The Personal Effects Of Paul Marie Lewis Martell, Consul Of France At The City Of Natchez, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory and appraisement of the personal effects of Paul Marie Lewis Martell, Consul of France at the City of Natchez, including one enslaved woman named Agatha, aged 39 years, and freed by the will.

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Will Of Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, Consul For France To The United States, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Will of Paul Mary [Marie] Lewis Martell, consul for France to the United States

Martell, Paul Marie Lewis - Estate Of Paul M.L. Martell, Deceased, With F.L. Turner, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope of probate records for Paul Marie Lewis Martell, deceased.

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Receipt For Charges For Renting A House And Laundry Performed After Death, For Maria, Black Woman Belonging To Mr. Scruggs, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for charges for renting a house and laundry performed after death, for Maria, Black woman belonging to Mr. Scruggs, deceased

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Letter From G. Feany, Administrator, To The Court, Which Includes A Complaint About The Difficulty Of Settling The Estate Of Maria, A Free Woman Of Color, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Letter from administrator complaining about the difficulty of settling the estate of Maria, a free woman of color

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Receipt For The Burial Costs Of Maria, A Free Woman Of Color, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for the burial costs of Maria, a free woman of color

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Record Of Payments Including One For "Free Papers", Chancery Court Of Adams County

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record of payments including one for "free papers" for the estate of Maria, a free woman of color

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Receipt For Purchase Of Books Paid By The Estate Of Danny Scruggs For Maria, A Free Woman Of Color, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for purchase of books paid by the estate of Danny Scruggs for Maria, a free woman of color, deceased

Maria, A Free Woman Of Color - Order Of Inventory And Appriasement For The Estate Of Maria, A Free Woman Of Color, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order of inventory and appriasement for the estate of Maria, a free woman of color