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I can’t even get to the back of the bus
The photograph depicts disability rights activists protesting for accessible public transit.
July 7, 2022
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On Being Brought From Africa to America
In this poem, the speaker explores the relationship between her Christian beliefs and her enslavement. She reminds her readers of the Christian belief that anyone, regardless of their race, can follow Christianity and be saved.
July 7, 2014
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Sherman’s Special Field Order, No. 15
Sherman’s Order is the source of the phrase, “forty acres and a mule,” a believed promise for land redistribution to former enslaved people.
January 9, 2018
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James Henry Gooding's Letter to Abraham Lincoln
A letter written by a free African-American Union soldier argues for equal pay for African-American soldiers.
August 17, 2018
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Letter from Mrs. J.H. Adams, Macon, Georgia, to the Bethlehem Baptist Association in Chicago, Illinois
The text is a letter from J.H. Adams to the Bethlehem Baptist Association written in 1918.
July 18, 2022
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A Lie Nailed
This Appeal editorial from 1893 refutes the description in the Chicago Herald of conditions experienced by African Americans while traveling on Southern railroads.
June 22, 2022
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Eulogy of George Washington (1799)
This text covers the topics of faith and slavery in early America, religion and enslaved people, and preachers' narratives during slavery.
December 14, 2017
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Negro farmer who has brought his cotton samples to town discusses price with cotton buyer. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
This photograph captures a moment of negotiation between a cotton farmer and a cotton buyer.
July 18, 2022
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Creating a Culture: The Music of Enslaved People
When Africans were brought to American shores in chains, they brought pieces of Africa with them and used their traditions, music and culture to help them survive.
January 8, 2019
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Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles, 1905
A document declaring the principles of the Niagara Movement conference
July 18, 2022