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Germantown Citizens Plan Protest Meeting Because of Police Brutality
Newspaper article discussing plans for a protest meeting after police brutality.
"The Color Line Has Reached The North"
Political Cartoon depicting the "color line" and race relations .
Roland, eleven year old Black newsboy, Newark, New Jersey
Still image of an African American newsboy.
The Freeman political cartoon concerning the 1898 Wilmington riots
A political cartoon from The Freeman, an African-American newspaper in Indianapolis, depicting the burning of Alexander Manly's offices in Wilmington, NC, in 1898.
The Power of Vision
Newspaper graphic representing the need for vision in African American business. Represents Philadelphia as the "city of opportunity" with significant achievements of the African American community radiating out of the center.
Ralph Jones
Still photograph of Ralph Jones. Jones was college educated at Howard University and went on to become a journalist with both the Independent and the Tribune.
Howard University advertisement
An advertisement for Howard University, a historically black university in Washington D.C. The university was originally founded in 1867 as a theological seminary, but was expanded to included a college of liberal arts and medicine. The university…