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Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol XXVII, No. 1405

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The front page of Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization, Vol. XXVII, No. 1405. It has a full-page portrait of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is wearing a suit in the portrait. Typed below the image is "FREDERICK DOUGLASS - [See Page 743]."

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Harry Belafonte - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967

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This image depicts Harry Belafonte Jr., while performing at a civil rights fundraiser. Belafonte was the host of the event and headliners included Sidney Poitier, Dizzy Gillespie, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Dressed all in black, Belafonte holds a microphone in his right hand and gestures with his left. Eyes closed, he holds the microphone close to his mouth. Taken from below, this image gives him

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Harry Murray pilots a bateau boat, Hilton Head Island, SC

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A black and white digital image of Harry Murray piloting a flat-bottomed boat. He is standing in the bow of the boat and is holding an oar. He is wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a baseball cap. Reeds are in the foreground of the image.

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Harvest Talk

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A black and white offset lithograph titled “Harvest Talk” by Charles White. It is The lithograph depicts two workers standing in an open field under a cloudy sky. The worker on the left faces forward, wearing a vest and hat, sharpening a scythe. The second worker, on the right, is turned towards the first and wears a short sleeve shirt with a hat. The artist’s signature is near the bottom right, h

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Hav Plenty

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VHS video cassette tape titled "Hav Plenty." The film is approximately ninety minutes and was written, directed, and produced by Christopher Scott Cherot. The video cassette is stored in its original cardboard case and is wrapped in shrink wrap. The front of the case features a color photograph of the main characters depicted clockwise as: Lee Plenty (Christopher Scott Cherot), Havilland Savage (C

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Have A Little Talk With Jesus / Strange Things Happening Every Day

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A 45 rpm record album with the songs “Have A Little Talk With Jesus” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and “Strange Things Happening Every Day” recorded by Red Foley. The album has a red label with black text. Across the top is printed [DECCA / SAMPLE COPY - NOT FOR SALE]. The album has a paper sleeve (2014.98.3b) with the Decca Records logo repeated in a graphic pattern on the frontside and adver

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Haven

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This collage consists of an abstracted design in colors of red, brown, off-white, white, on a black background, with accents in green and blue. In the center of the black background are three abstract figures depicted within two irregular color fields, red to the right and off-white to the left, both roughly outlined in green. A third color field of grey is at the top right of the painting, above

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He's Up Against The Real Thing Now

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Sheet music for the song He's Up Against The Real Thing Now. The front cover features three photographs. The photograph on left side of cover depicts an African American man in a suit with white type at bottom of the photograph that reads: [Williams]. The photograph on right side depicts an African American man in a suit with white type at bottom of photograph that reads: [Walker]. The photograph

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Head Off & Split: Poems

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First edition, first printing, paperback of Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney. The book has white front and back covers with a white spine. On the front cover, centered in the upper half, is an image of a pair of fish wrapped in a newspaper. In the upper left corner is a gold, round sticker with black text that reads [NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / WINNER] above and below a black graphic of an open b

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Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom

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A softcover copy of Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom, edited by Venice Johnson. The soft covers of the book have been plasticized. The front cover is primarily white overlayed with a faint off-white diamond and square pattern. The cover edges are framed with dark pink and blue bands of varying widths. The title of the book is printed at the top in pink, blue, and black text of

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Heavenly Days in Dixie: Or, the Time of Their Lives

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A 31-page pamphlet printed in black print on off-white paper. Printed below the title, between two decorative black bands with intermittent white stars is the description, "A critical review of The Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman. The essay has been reprinted from the June and July 1974 issues of Political Affairs.

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Help for Midwives

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A booklet, published by the Virginia State Department of Health, called "Help for Midwives," owned by midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper and center bound with two large staples. The book is 32 pages long, and outlines legal, safety, and other information concerning midwifery. It begins with several introductory messages from Walter Ashby Plecker, St

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<I>Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol XXVII, No. 1405</I>

<I>Harry Belafonte - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967</I>

<I>Harry Murray pilots a bateau boat, Hilton Head Island, SC</I>

<I>Harvest Talk</I>

<I>Hav Plenty</I>

<I>Have A Little Talk With Jesus / Strange Things Happening Every Day</I>

<I>Haven</I>

<I>He's Up Against The Real Thing Now</I>

<I>Head Off & Split: Poems</I>

<I>Heart Full of Grace, A Thousand Years of Black Wisdom</I>

<I>Heavenly Days in Dixie: Or, the Time of Their Lives</I>

<I>Help for Midwives</I>