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African American Perspectives, 1818-1907, contains 351
pamphlets and presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African
American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years.
Notable people represented in the collection include Frederick Douglass,
Booker T. Washington, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, among others.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
The Progress
of a People
Time Line
of African-American History
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Expansion and Reform, 1801-1861
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
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These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
The African-American
Mosaic
African
American Odyssey
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
America's
First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1839-1862
Civil War Photographs,
1861-1865
The Gettysburg Address
Jackie
Robinson and Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
Map Collections, 1500-2004
Votes for
Women, 1848-1921
"Votes
for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
Words
and Deeds in American History
Recommended additional sources of information.
African
American History and Culture
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
To maximize search results, on the search
page enter your search terms in the "Search Full Text" box.
Search
on the words African American, Afro-American, black, colored,
Negro, and slavery for information about African Americans.
For help with search words, go to African American Perspectives
Subject
Index and the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, go to Finding
Items in American Memory.
You can read and search all of the text in this collection without
special viewers. However, to see actual images of pamphlet pages
or illustrations, you will need a special viewer. For help with
viewers, go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
Note: Illustrations in this Collection Connection are taken from
the special presentation, The
Progress of a People.
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