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List of attendees of the launching of the S.S. Harriet Tubman

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Memorandum of enslaved men and women hired or not hired for 1794

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Bill of sale for a boy named Hall to Jerome B. Annis

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Document on NOMA regional structure

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Copy of press release for Scream music video

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Letter of invitation from the Committee to Free the SASO 9

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Contract for Gone with the Wind signed by Hattie McDaniel

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Confederate States of America $1000 Bond and Coupons

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Barack Obama: Sobre Temas Latinos

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Typewritten formula for Poro hair rinse

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Court petition regarding the children of Harriet, a freedwoman

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Spanish-language telephone script from the 2008 Obama Virginia campaign

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates

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Confederate States of America $1000 Bond and Coupons

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Letter written by Nelson Jordan Jr. and Nelson Jordan to Julia Womack

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Warrant ordering a slave patrol in Loudon County, Virginia

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Article page describing a trial of South African Activists

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Diploma from the Muhammad University of Islam

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Letter written by Union occupation soldier John Stagenwalt

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Confederate States of America $1000 Bond and Coupons

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Letter to Mr. Young from Peter Van Bebber

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Envelope for The Nation's Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4

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Letter from the Committee to Free the SASO 9

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Invoice for weaving and the hiring of an enslaved woman, Philice

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Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

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Report card for typing belonging to David Williams

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Playbook for Two Gentlemen of Verona

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Bill of Sale for Chloe from Z. B. Oakes to Elias N. Ball

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Plan of Group Insurance for Employes of The Pullman Company

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Letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro Police

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Top Languages/Countries Fairfax County Public Schools, Sept. 2007

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Envelope addressed to James Baldwin from Alex Haley

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Birth certificate for Richard Walters (Slick Rick)

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Letter to Rev. Clarence Long from Reverend S.S. Jones during trip to Jerusalem

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Diary of Dr. Ionia Rollin Whipper

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Letter written by John Moody to his parents about the Freedom Rides

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Masonic certificate signed by Arturo Schomburg

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Pocket notebook with brown cover from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Letter to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Itinerary for Col. Charles Young's trip from Wilberforce, OH to Washington, DC

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Transparencies of National Council for Black Studies images and information

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Order of Commendation from the Commander of the French Armies of the East

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Letter to M. C. Taylor from T. Heatherly regarding the slave trade

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Musicians' Protective Association Local 767 claim form

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Receipt for "dinners, servants dinners, and horses fed" at the Farmers' Hotel

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Record of taxable property, included enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Map of Al-Fallujah, Iraq used by Andre M. Jones during the Iraq War

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Letter from Sara S. Washington for the Apex News and Hair Co, Inc.

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Letter to Roberta Tate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Price list for dealers of Poro beauty products

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Bahamian bill of sale for enslaved individuals, Trim and Flora

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Business contract between Third World Music and Editions Intro Meisel

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Receipt for purchase of a man named Ned by Edward Rouzee from an estate sale

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Letter to Frances Albrier from Stokely Carmichael about the Black United Front

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Letter from Catherine Mayo for the NCNW Baltimore Branch

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Letter to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

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FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis

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Handwritten lyrics to "You Need Love" by Willie Dixon, signed by Ron Wood

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Insurance policy issued to Arthur S. Smith

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List of enslaved persons hired out by AB Rouzee for the year 1813

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Letter to Gloria Baldwin Karefa-Smart from Alexandra Truitt

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Letter to Paul Kalmanovitz from the Musicians' Protective Association

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Script treatment for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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Schedule of the Estate of Mrs. Sarah B. Preston.

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Letter to Berdis Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Bill of sale for a 42-year-old man named Isaac to John Rouzee

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Congratulatory telegram to Althea Gibson from Mary Hardwick Hare

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Wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, PA

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Stock certificate issued by Black Star Line to Percival L. Burrows

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Handwritten note from Magdalene Hendricks Boozé

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Obituary prepared by Henrietta Bell Wells

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Letter to Amanda Carter from Virginia Bureau of Maternal and Child Health

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Bill of sale for 7-year-old Peter from Martha Avery to Luther Smith

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Deed of sale for an enslaved man named John

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Enrollment Certificate to Poro College for Lucille Brown

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Telegram to Althea Gibson from Trini and Buddy

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Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

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Diploma issued to Regina Egertion Wright by the Colored Training School

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An End to Waiting

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United States Army Honorable Discharge from World War I for Walter Thomas Wood

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Letter to C.M. Long from Reverend S.S. Jones

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Marriage Certificate of Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins

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Memo from Frances Albrier to San Francisco NCNW members

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Hiring agreement for an enslaved woman named Martha in South Carolina

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African Correspondence

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Memo to CBC dinner attendees about the Soul City development

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Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates

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Contract for B.B. King and Orchestra

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Constitution of the Lay Organization of the California Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Letter from Carl Fischer Inc. to Hall Johnson regarding Johnson's contract

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Officer of the Guard order issued to John H. Alexander

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Photocopy of Virginia health laws relating to midwifery

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Introduction page for photographs from the Citizenship Education Project

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Ritual for a Poet in B Natural

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Membership Application for the NAACP

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Statement from Captain Joaquin Antonio da Corta of the Brazilian ship Convenção

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Schematic drawing of stage requirements for The Jackson Five

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Handwritten speech by Harold Williams

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Payment receipt to Elizabeth Noel for "attendance on negro woman Amy"

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Circular letter requisitioning enslaved men for defence of the Confederacy

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Wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, PA

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Letter written by Union occupation soldier John Stagenwalt

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Price list for dealers of Poro products

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Letter to Mr. Cohen from Eubie Blake regarding an autographed picture

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Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Nancy

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Draft lyrics for "On My Honor" by Donna Summer

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Honorable discharge papers for Private George Morrison

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SF 50 Personnel Action for position of Pantryman for Eugene Allen

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Continuous service records for Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.

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Al Smith's Last Prayer

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Voucher for Union officer with description of "private servant" Dempsy Riley

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Midwife's Certificate of Retirement presented to Amanda Carter

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Deed of sale including 237 enslaved persons in transaction

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Letter from Julia Jordan to G. H. Womack

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Pass for free woman Harriet Lawson to visit her husband, Caleb

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Letter to James Baldwin from Alex Haley

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B. B. King #1

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Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

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Letter to Berdis Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Midwife permit issued to Amanda Carter

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Deed of transfer of enslaved persons from the estate of Richard Rouzee

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Letter signed by Maya Angelou

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Tax form for Etta Moten Barnett

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Bill of sale for four enslaved persons in Charleston, South Carolina

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Claim awarded by the Confederate state of South Carolina for enslaved man Dick

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Business contract between Club Harlem and Johnny Lynch

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Marriage certificate with tintypes of Augustus L. Johnson and Malinda Murphy

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Report describing the activities of the NCNW's Citizenship Education Project

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Land conveyance by Heber and Hager Honestman, a free Black couple

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Letter to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Para votaren Ausencia en Virginia

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A Study of the Social and Economic Conditions of the Negro Population of Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Document with biographical sketch of Cassius Clay

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Letter to Burton Avery, K-123 from H. K. Ramsey with envelope

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Check signed by Madam C. J. Walker

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Company contract for Poro College

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Envelope for a letter from Afro-American Newspapers to Rev. V. Stokes

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Mastering notes for the album Things Fall Apart by The Roots

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Letter to Arthur J. Schmidt from David Lewallen

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Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

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Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and signed pupil agreement

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Partial shooting script from Black Panther film

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The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims

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Bill of sale for a 15-year-old girl named Sarah to Robert Watson

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Letter to Charles and Margaret Nicolls from Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls

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Teaching report for County Supervisor of Rowan, NC filled out by Julia Cowan

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Legal agreement with James Brown Revue for a holiday charity concert

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An Outline of Resurrection City as Used

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Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

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Price list for Poro beauty products

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Free paper for Elizabeth Only

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Student grade book from Tenn A&I, 1961-1962

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Bill of sale for the purchase of 'Old Ned' by Edward Rouzee

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Diploma issued to Lucille Brown from Poro College

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Payment request for passage of an enslaved man from Bermuda to Virginia

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Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

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Diploma from Salisbury, MD Colored High School

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Deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Cassey

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Best of B.B. #2

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Dues notice cards for the Ku Klux Klan

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Letter written by Union occupation soldier John Stagenwalt

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Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Letter from Howard Fast and the National Non-partisan Committee

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Letter to Amanda Carter from an expectant mother

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Letter to Roberta Tate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Letter from Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper Gore to Carl Lewis

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Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Letter Signed by Frederick Douglass on Freedmen's Savings Bank letterhead

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Handwritten formula for hair grower

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Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

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Certificate of baptism signed by Rev. Volley V. K. Stokes

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Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates

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Stock certificate issued by Black Star Line to Amy McKenzie

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Manifest for the ship Fashion listing an enslaved girl, Sally, age 14

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Commission signed by Pinckney Pinchback as acting governor of Louisiana

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A letter from Loonis McGlohon to Maxine Sullivan

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Manumission paper for Matilda and Cassandra Derickson

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Letter regarding the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

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Document listing physical measurements for Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay

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Letter of reference regarding Mrs. John Fisk

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Headshot of Hattie McDaniel as "Mammy" from Gone with the Wind

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List of enslaved persons hired out by AB Rouzee for the year 1812

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Freedom papers and handmade tin carrying box belonging to Joseph Trammell

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Letter to John Copeland from his wife Ann

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The Jobless Negro

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Stock certificate issued by Black Star Line to Percival L. Burrows

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Ship manifest detailing the transport of 92 enslaved persons

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Letter to David Baldwin from Alex Haley

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I'm Not Supposed 2 Want U

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Reminiscences of Melvin B. Tolson by Henrietta Bell Wells

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Order form for Ku Klux Klan robes

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Masonic initiation document for Boston's African Lodge No. 459

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Letter from the African National Council-Zimbabwe

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Box of business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Confederate States of America $100 Bond and Coupons

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Guestbook from Shearer Cottage

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Certificate of Sale between H.S. Trowbridge and J.& P. N. Hanna

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Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Rosner in Louisiana

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Letter from Carl Murphy and Afro-American Newspapers

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Letter to Naomi Long from Reverend S.S. Jones regarding Clarence Long

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Letter requesting support for the Anti-Apartheid Day rally

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Handwritten narrative of "Uncle Barcus"

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Diploma for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School

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Printed script of "Vance's View" aired on NBC4

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Letter to Andy Stroud from Nina Simone

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Letter to Amanda Carter from the Board of Public Welfare

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Letter written by Union occupation soldier John Stagenwalt

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Agreement regarding hiring of enslaved woman Nelly and her children

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Record of taxable property, included enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Roster for Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry, Second Platoon

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Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Payment receipt for the hire of a woman enslaved and owned by Edward Rouzee

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Letter of commendation for Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater

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Sale agreement and convent transfer of power in colonial New Spain

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Spanish colonial document related to slavery in Peru

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Letter to James Baldwin from Julian Bond

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Letter to Charles Humbert Marie Vincent signed by Toussaint Louverture

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Business journal used by Shearer Cottage

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Membership list for the National Council of Negro Women, San Francisco Chapter

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Bill of sale for a man named Daniel to Jerome B. Annis

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Lists of enslaved persons hired out by the Rouzee family in 1811

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Letter to David Baldwin from Cynthia Packard

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Letter to Mrs. Mary Denham from Joseph May

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Letter to Amanda Carter from an expectant mother

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Guest register used by Shearer Cottage

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Telegram to Althea Gibson from Robert Walter Johnson

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Scrapbook of Major Della Hayden Raney

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Letter to Arthur J. and June Schmidt from Carol Ann and Terry Parssinen

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Broadside for an auction of enslaved persons at the Charleston courthouse

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Contract signed by Otis Redding for "Mr. Pitiful"

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Letter to Frances Albrier from Harry S. Truman with envelope

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Instruction manual for manicuring and facial massage with envelope

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About the Messenger

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Statement from Captain Joaquin Antonio da Corta of the Brazilian ship Convenção

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Letter from the Committee to Free the SASO 9

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Document describing the organization of the Citizenship Education Project

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Certificate of Annuity issued to Pullman porter Thomas McCord

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Documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University

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Stock certificate for the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

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The Exodus: An Appeal to the Philanthropic People of the North for Aid and Sympathy

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Management contract for Sam Cooke

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Letter to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Certificate of endowment for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows

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Journal of Dr. Ionia Rollin Whipper

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Bill of sale for two men, Daniel and Bartley, to Edward Rouzee

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Flier for the Madison County Movement

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Army and Navy Diary Including French-English Words

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Receipt for "the carriage of two familyes [sic] of negroes to Culpeper"

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Letter from Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis to Congressman William McCulloch

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Wage book for the slave trading ship True Blue captained by Richard Griffiths

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Bill of sale for two enslaved women, Nelly and Milley, and their six children

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Press release for the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania to the United Nations

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Legal document concerning an enslaved woman named Zaire in Jamaica

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GAR Memorial Certification of Honorable Discharge for Charles Davis

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Letter from US Representative Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. to Carl Lewis

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Barack Obama: Sobre Temas Latinos

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Combined Continuity on Cotton Comes to Harlem

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Letter to M. C. Taylor from T. Heatherly regarding the slave trade

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Bill of sale for a 16-year-old girl named Polly

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Postcard to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company

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Address book belonging to James Baldwin

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New York Weekly Messenger Vol. 2 No. 22

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Payment receipt for the hiring of enslaved persons owned by Apphia Rouzee

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Postcard to Berdis Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Order of Eastern Star certificate received by Mary Sims

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Letter to Richard Howard from Vice Pres. Richard Nixon, October 22, 1960

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Business card for Tupac Shakur and his company Euphanasia

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U.S. Army Certificate of Service issued to Lt. Colonel Charles J. Blackwood

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Ski results for Seba Johnson

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Letter from Secretary Gideon Welles to his son Thomas

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Minutes from the Detroit Nassau group of the AIA

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Letter to Mr. Carroll Wilson from Countee Cullen

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Receipt for the sale of an enslaved eleven year old boy named John

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Student grade book from Tenn A&I, 1960-1961

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Lonnie Bunch on his father’s ‘gentlemanly defiance’ of Jim Crow

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Poem written to Paula Baldwin by James Baldwin

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List of enslaved persons to be brought to Rouzee plantation from North Carolina

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Will of Frederick Smith leaving an enslaved girl named Betty to his wife

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Flow chart of possible Citizenship Education Project Advisory Committee members

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Letter to a British captain from Eyo Honesty II

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Signed contract for the Jackson 5 to appear on "The Flip Wilson Show"

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Booking contract signed by Billie Holiday

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Deed of sale for an enslaved man named Cato

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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

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Bond from Charles Crouch to Thomas Gadsden

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Article page about the Black Consciousness Movement

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Handwritten formula for pressing oil

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SF 50 Personnel Action for position of Butler for Eugene Allen

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Letter written by John Brown and Frederick Douglass to Brown's wife and children

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List of bonds due for the hire of enslaved persons owned by Apphia Rouzee

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The Ethiopian Hebrews (Falashas) In The Western Hemisphere

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Affidavit of apprehension of James and John, property of Harriot Rouzee

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Transcript of court record regarding payment for the hire of enslaved persons

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Account of hires of enslaved persons belonging to Apphia Rouzzee for 1812

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Receipt for sale of Milly and her children, Susan, Henry, Harriet and Nancy

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Document listing Sonny Liston's win-loss record

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Appraisal of a plantation owned by Elisha King listing 43 enslaved persons

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Letter from the War Department to Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

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Paper describing events held by the San Francisco NCNW and Junior Council

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Confederate States of America $100 Bond and Coupons

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Letter to Frances Albrier from G. Mennen Williams

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Roster for Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry, First Platoon

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Notebook of lists and accounts made by George T. Garrison

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Membership certificate to the American Colonization Society

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Certificate for the Black Aviation Hall of Fame awarded to Patricia Banks

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Duplicating receipt book from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

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Letter to Richard Howard from Vice Pres. Richard Nixon, July 22, 1960

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Certificate of enlistment for Tilghman Detter

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Notes from the United Nations on the Freedom Charter of South Africa

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Receipt signed by Fats Waller

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Land indenture for the Barbados plantation of Captain Gunston

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Letter from Muhammad Ali to Khalilah Camacho-Ali

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The Man Who Went to War

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Payment receipt for apprehending Braxton, property of Edward Rouzee

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Account for "supporting chargeable negroes" belonging to A.B. Rouzee

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Invoice and receipt for room and board of Sarah and Harriet Rouzee and "servant"

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Letter to Charles Chesnutt from W. E. B. Du Bois

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Bill of sale for a 23-year-old woman named Rachel to Robert Watson

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Letter from Robert B. Elliott to L. Dunneman

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Newsletter discussing events in Angola

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Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington

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Handwritten notes by James Baldwin

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Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

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Receipt of pay for Pvt. Edward Carter

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Letter to Samuel A. Graham from Virginia Bureau of Maternal and Child Health

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Letter to Charles and Margaret Nicolls from Lt. Vernon O. Nicolls

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Diploma from The Lelia College

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Account of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Dividend check from Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

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Letter by the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa

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Puerto Rican Slave Registration form number 2508 for Julian Charó

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Midwife's Certificate of Retirement presented to Susie Carey with memorial poem

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Certificate of service given to Percy Davis from the Pullman Palace Car Company

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Contract for a Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels performance

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Document stating the purpose and objectives of the Citizenship Education Project

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Stock certificate for 20 shares in Rock Island Gold & Silver Mining Co.

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Obituary for Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

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Letter regarding 54th Massachusetts, U.S. Colored Troops

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Letter written by William Lloyd Garrison

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Letter concerning procurement of whips, personal effects, and bolts of cloth

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Itinerary for Nina Simone's tour with Harry James

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Ocean

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Document of a biographical sketch of Chris Dundee

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Original script for I, Destini

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Letter and envelope from Paul Williams to Harold Williams

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Roster for Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry, Fourth Platoon

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Handwritten lyrics for "Everybody's Got a Thing" by James Brown

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Nat Fleischer's The Ring Record Book

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Photocopy of a Certificate of Appreciation for Maxine Sullivan

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Ledger of supply costs for eleven Revolutionary War soldiers

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Telegram from NCNW president Vivian Carter Mason to Frances Albrier

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Olympic Diploma for Bronze Medal in the 400M Hurdles awarded to Richard Howard

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Envelope

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Journal for a trip to Yellowstone National Park written by Richard T. Jones

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Marriage license and certificate for James Trumbo and Catherine Williams

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Check receipt for payment to James Baldwin from Nugget Magazine

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Land deed for property in West Virginia owned by the Crawford family

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Testament of pay for Pvt. Edward Carter

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Handwritten receipt for Stern's department store from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Payment receipt for room and board provided by Mary R. Carter

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Receipt for the sale of the enslaved man "Old Man Sam," and his wife, Lucy

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Letter from John L. Lewis regarding Maxine Sullivan

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Cover letter regarding a runaway enslaved person in Cuba

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Letter to Dizzy Gillespie from Edward R. Murrow regarding an African tour

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Minute book from the Fayette Free School

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Bill of sale for a woman, Laurett, and her daughter, Anne

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Bill of sale for Hannah and her children, Clarinda and Stephen

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Marriage license for Gaston Hall and Dido Howard from Talbot County, Georgia

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Letter to Margaret Martin Wallace ("Meg") from Josephine Baker

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Check to SCLC from James Baldwin

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Travel Permit for the US Military Duty Train "Mozart"

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Cancelled checks from Bank of Finance

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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General Collection form for the Brazilian ship Convenção

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List of bonds taken for hire of enslaved persons owned by Richard Rouzee

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Letter to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Order of Commendation from the Commander of the French Armies of the East

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Document outlining phase two of the Citizenship Education Project

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Articles detailing the trial of South African activists

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Business contract between Club Harlem and Flash Gordon

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Dues card for Thurgood Marshall's Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity membership

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Payment receipt to Eliza Noel for "attendance on a negro woman named Janet"

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Transcript of court record regarding payment for hire of enslaved persons

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Certificate of Freedom for Joseph Trammell

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Document announcing Connecticut's opposition to banning free Blacks

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Wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, PA

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New Jersey Senate Resolution about Carl Lewis and his family

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Membership certificate to Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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Signed contract between JATAP publishing, Dizzie Gillespie and Buster Harding

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Letter and payment receipt for hire of enslaved persons owned by Apphia Rouzee

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Bill of sale of an enslaved man named Jesse to the Governor of Georgia

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Claim sheet for unpaid salary for orchestra musicians

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Copy of the ruling in "Patricia Banks vs. Capital Airlines"

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Letter to Amanda Carter from a new mother

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Family temperance pledge for Luther Miller Pulce and Irene Jenkins

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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

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Photocopy of a citation of honor received by Maxine Sullivan

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Non-nurse midwife permit issued to Amanda Carter

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Order of Commendation from the Commander of the French Armies of the East

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Accounting ledger for Shearer Cottage

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Stock certificate for 100 shares in El Dorado South Consolidated Mining Co.

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Receipt booklet used by the Realm of New York Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

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Land indenture for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church issued to Richard Allen

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Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical

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Document appointing nine men to a slave patrol

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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Letter to David Baldwin and Bernard Hassell from François Mitterrand

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Sharecropper's agreement between Daniel Weaver and James Crow

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Account of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

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Su Derecho de Voto en Virginia

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United States passport belonging to James Baldwin

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"Back to Africa" meeting ledger from Nobletown, Oklahoma

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Letter to Charley Pride from Richard Nixon

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Revolutionary War service payment slip owned by Crippen Archer

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Claim sheet for unpaid salary for orchestra musicians

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Letter to Dorothy Porter from W.C. Handy

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Apartment lease signed by James Baldwin

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Document of biographical sketch of Bill MacDonald

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Tax record book kept by Hugh Torrance

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Document listing championship boxing matches held in the state of Florida

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Letter describing defeat of slave catchers in a battle with ten fugitives

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Account of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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Bill of sale for a 17 year old girl named Mary

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Duplicating receipt book from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Fe En El Sueño Americano

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Check receipt for advanced payment to James Baldwin from Nugget Magazine

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Document confirming free status of Eleanor Brooks and Mary Wheaton

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Will of Joseph Rickett leaving enslaved individuals to his brother

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Oral history interview log for Frank Wright Oral History Interview

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Bond for the hire of enslaved man named Harry by the Virginia Central Railroad

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Non-nurse midwife permit issued to Amanda Carter

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Letter written by James Brown regarding his family

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List of bonds for the hire of enslaved persons given to Evan Brown to collect

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Postcard to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Handwritten notes for a speech by Harold Williams as NOMA president

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Log of the proceedings of H. M. S. Comus

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Letter from William I. Gosnell to Rev. Volley Stokes

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Wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, PA

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Citation naming Maxine Sullivan Day

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Letter to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Affidavit of apprehension of Moses, property of Edward Rouzee

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Document by Rev. Brown of the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lyles Station

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Letter to Oprah Winfrey from L'Wren Scott with autographed envelope

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Payment receipt for the hiring out of an enslaved man named Lewis

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Price list for dealers of Poro products

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Roster for Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry, Third Platoon

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Notes of an interview with Lonnie Bunch conducted by Jim Vance

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Bond for the hire of the enslaved man Jacob by Edward Rouzee

contains

Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River

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Circular No. 8 from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

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Voucher of payment to Private Prince Simbo

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Letter containing news of Nat Turner's rebellion

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Spanish colonial document related to slavery in Peru

contains

Diary of Lieutenant John Freeman Shorter

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Appointment book belonging to the The Dixie Hummingbirds

contains

Document listing Cassius Clay's win-loss record

contains

Payment receipt for hire of an enslaved man to the estate of John Rouzee

contains

Broadside No. 7: A Poem for Black Hearts

contains

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

contains

Letter discussing the activities of the Commitee to Free the SASO 9

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Last will and testament of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

contains

Receipt for blankets given to soldiers Prince Simbo and Sampson Freeman

contains

Letter from US Representative Tom DeLay to Carl Lewis

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Track sheet used during the recording of "Ladies First" by Queen Latifah

contains

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

contains

Notepad of an interview with Lonnie Bunch conducted by Jim Vance

contains

Envelope addressed to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

contains

Form entitled Kligrapp's Quarterly Report

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Letter written by Union soldier John Stagenwalt recounting New Orleans Massacre

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Letter written by a social reformer named Sarah from Washington, D.C.

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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Charles Young

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Writ of execution to collect damages issued by Wentworth Cheswill

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Correspondence between Henrietta Bell Wells and Alma

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Performance contract between Fletcher Henderson and The Hollywood Cotton Club

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Accounting record for the Rouzee family with notes on hires of enslaved persons

contains

Blues for Mr. Charlie

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Stock certificate for the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company

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Carbon copy of a letter sent to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Louis Tate

contains

Ledger from the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lyles Station

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What Every Stewardess Should Know

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Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

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Western Union telegram to Berdis Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Handwritten manumission document for thirteen enslaved persons

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Letter from Nelson Jordan to Julia Womack with an envelope

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Letter from Jimmie Davis about the song "You Are My Sunshine"

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Charter and Constitution of the Afro-American Sons and Daughters

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Seaman's Protection Certificate for Robert Barnaby

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Certificate of Examination card issued by the Virginia State Health Department

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Royalty Statement for Hall Johnson

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Ledger pages from the Apollo Theater

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The Spoken Word

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Sale agreements for enslaved persons Ciborio and Andres in colonial New Spain

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Document listing telephone numbers in the greater Miami area

contains

Identification card issued to Pullman porter Thomas McCord

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Check to SNCC from James Baldwin

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Bill of sale for Flora, a woman enslaved in Connecticut

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Sixteen business licenses and a frame from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Note handwritten by Amanda Carter about her family's midwifery careers

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Bill of sale for Will, an enslaved man

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Bill of sale for Charlotte and her daughter Kate to John Rouzee

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Diary of Frances Anne Rollin

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Stewardess Training Outline

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Receipt given to the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lyles Station

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List of locations visited by Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry

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Free status certification, payroll, and discharge for Richard Gale

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FBI Wanted poster for Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

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Registration certificate for an enslaved man named Eustaquio

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Letter to Amanda Carter from Irene Vaughan

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Telegram to Althea Gibson from John Cashmore

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A Prospectus

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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

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Manuscript of Emancipation Proclamation on card

contains

Minutes of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Woman's Mite Missionary Society

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Legion of Honour Reception Invitation to David Baldwin from François Mitterrand

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B.B. King Instrumentals

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Muster roll for Company K of the 24th Infantry Regiment

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Harlem, USA portfolio case

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Autograph note written to William Turner by Eyamba V

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Document for the Parents Association of W. J. Damrosch Junior High School

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Printed lyrics for the Song of the First of Arkansas

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Printed transcript of an interview with Lonnie Bunch conducted by Jim Vance

contains

Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

contains

Sale agreement for a lot in colonial New Spain

contains

Telegram to Althea Gibson from Eleanor Roosevelt

contains

Duplicating receipt book from Mae's Millinery Shop

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The Homesteader

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Letter from Mary Jane Hale Welles to Gideon Welles

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Sale agreements for two enslaved persons and a house in colonial New Spain

contains

Contract between Count Basie and Richard Wright regarding "King Joe"

contains

Sharecropping contract between Amos G. Robinson and Berry Couch

contains

Payment receipt for $25 for bringing an enslaved man from Turks Island

contains

Duplicating receipt book from Mae's Millinery Shop

contains

Postcard to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

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Stock certificate for Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

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School copy book used by Hannah Amelia Lyons

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Deed of sale for an enslaved man named Cane

contains

Document with Oath of Allegiance to the Ku Klux Klan

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Receipt from Photo Supply Ltd. from the studio of H.C. Anderson

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

contains

Receipt for payment to Jack Little for his service in the Continental Army

contains

Biography of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

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Eulogy for Jake Turner written by Preston H. Turner

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Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate

contains

Payment receipt for loan of Milly and her children, owned by Apphia Rouzee

contains

Meritorious Certificate for Dorothy Johnson

contains

Letter to William Turner from Eyamba V

contains

Document comparing Clay and Liston's knock-out percentages

contains

Report card for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School

contains

Harlem, USA print list

contains

Envelope addressed to Maxine Sullivan

contains

Letter from J.J. Davis and the International F. & A. M. Masons

contains

Letter from WWI soldier Pvt. Robert William to his sister Nadiline

contains

Invoice and receipt for payment by Edward Rouzee

contains

Document on distribution of six enslaved persons owned by Elizabeth Roberts

contains

Postcard addressed to Amanda Carter regarding a midwife meeting

contains

Discharge Certificate issued for Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

contains

Deed of sale for an enslaved man named Pierre

contains

Patient identification card for the Medical College of Virginia

contains

Stock certificate for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company

contains

Script for the film Beat Street owned by DJ Kool Herc

contains

Report card for English III belonging to David Williams

contains

Confederate States of America $500 Bond and Coupons

contains

Bill of sale for Sam purchased by Edward Rouzee

contains

Bill of sale for Leah and her daughters Sarah and Mariah to Robert Watson

contains

Letter to Mary Church Terrell from Joseph Douglass

contains

Dues ledger for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan Number 142, Realm of New York

contains

Poll tax receipt for Lee Carr from Hardin County, Texas

contains

Summary of sheriff's auction of enslaved persons Banks, Kitty, Lizzy, and Octavo

contains

Photocopy of a mayoral citation received by Maxine Sullivan

contains

Bill of sale for a girl named Clary purchased by Robert Jardine for 50 pounds

contains

Report of Sale for Mosquito Point Plantation including 54 enslaved persons

contains

Letter from Professor Edgerton to Timothy Sams regarding the March On Washington

contains

Agenda for a midwife meeting, July 21, 1958

contains

Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

contains

B.B. King Best #1

contains

Letter from Thomas Womack to Julia Womack with envelope

contains

Muster roll of sixteen soldiers from Falmouth

contains

Ruled bound notebook from Mae's Millinery Shop

contains

Mississippi Midwife Permit for Lucretia Turner

contains

North Sixtieth Street Association membership certificate issued to Mae Reeves

contains

1963 appointment book belonging to James Baldwin

contains

Letter to David Baldwin from James Baldwin

contains

Postcard addressed to Amanda Carter

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

contains

Application for veterans' disability allowance for Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

contains

Letter to James Baldwin from Alex Haley

contains

Record book with information about enslaved people owned by Hugh Torrance

contains

Stock certificate issued by Black Star Line to Florence O. Truesdell

contains

Bill of sale for Sally and her daughters, Sylvia, Charlotte, and Elizabeth

contains

Business contract and letter between Club Harlem and the Dell-tones

contains

Letter by the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa

contains

List of payments to Apphia Rouzee in account with John Rouzee

contains

List of enslaved persons and yards of cloth ordered for Rouzee family plantation

contains

UFAHAMU Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. VI No. 1

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Letter from and photomechanical print of Rev. John B. Randolph

contains

Poll Tax Payment Certificate from the state of Alabama

contains

Deed of transfer of enslaved persons from the estate of Richard Rouzee

contains

Receipt for payment for a recording session signed by Ray Charles

contains

Soldier's Escutcheon print owned by James A. Kelly, 54th MA infantry

contains

Freedom is Everybody's Job! The Crime of the Government Against the Negro People: Summation in the Trial of the 11 Communist leaders

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Payment receipt to Rosa Gray for the hire of an enslaved man, Cook

contains

Manumission receipt for Vister Campbell for his enlistment in the Union army

contains

Letter from Nelson Jordan to Julia Womack

contains

Contract for labor from Freedman Henry Dred, wife Sylvester, and child Alfred

contains

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

contains

Telegram to Althea Gibson from Ray Robinson

contains

Program from the NOMA Second Annual Conference

contains

Letter to Louis Tate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

contains

Roster for Company D 807th Pioneer Infantry Camp #2 Haussimont. (Marne), France

contains

Student grade book from Tenn A&I, 1956-1957

contains

Document for tax exemption of the enslaved man Benjamin, owned by Edward Rouzee

contains

Letter from US Senator Phil Gramm to Carl Lewis

contains

Letter from the War Department to Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

contains

Letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

contains

Letter to Giles Saunders from Samuel Fox regarding the slave trade

contains

Envelope addressed to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

contains

Notice of an impending sheriff's sale of 7 enslaved persons

contains

Sale agreements for enslaved persons Miguel and Juan in colonial New Spain

contains

Envelope addressed to Amanda Carter

contains

A Prospectus

contains

Letter to Lucille Brown from Annie Malone Pope-Turnbo

contains

Stock certificate for BET Holdings, Inc.

contains

Certificate for Brazilian ship carrying seven enslaved persons

contains

Letter to Harold Courlander from Frederic Ridgely Torrance

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

contains

Wage book for the slave trading ship Fox captained by Robert Mitchell

contains

Four Mae Reeves business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

contains

Autographed Justice League Unlimited finale script cover and illustrated cell

contains

Document listing sales of enslaved persons, farm equipment and acreage

contains

List of men, women and children owned by E. Westmore in 1860

contains

Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

contains

Lyrics handwritten by Tupac Shakur

contains

Postcard to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

contains

Bill of exchange between Carrie Jordan and Nelson Jordan

contains

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

contains

Puerto Rican registration form for enslaved persons, Maricelle Ana and Mauricio

contains

Receipt for ten dollars from Lucille Brown

contains

Petition signed by John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe regarding taxation

contains

Transcript of a speech given by Michelle Obama in 2012 owned by Jim Vance

contains

Letter to Reverend David Selden from his son David Selden

contains

"Back to Africa" meeting ledger from Nobletown, Oklahoma

contains

Last Will and Testament of Stephen G. Wells

contains

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

contains

Letter sent to Charley Pride from Captain Jeff Wells

contains

Letter to Althea Gibson from Sheila Ann Hessler

contains

A Memorial to Congress For the request of Lands to aid the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.

contains

Land indenture document transferring land from Gerrit Smith to John Bics

contains

Dues card for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity membership

contains

Blank certificate of pastor's appointment for the A.M.E. Church

contains

Letter of marriage consent to Florian Cox from John A. Cox

contains

Letter to Giles Saunders from Samuel M. Fox concerning the slave trade

contains

Document advertising tourism in Miami

contains

Diploma for medical degree for Dr. Ionia Rollin

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