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A Love That Equals My Labors: The Life Story of Norma E. Boyd

9 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 3/4 in. (23.5 x 16.2 x 1.9 cm)

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A Lynching and a Frame-Up in Tennessee

H x W: 7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in. (18.6 x 12.8 cm)

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A Man in a Bowler Hat

This image depicts a man in a formal black coat, black bowler hat, and white bowtie standing in front of a worn brick building. His right elbow is casually draped over a metal railing next to him. He is gazing directly at the camera, head cocked slightly to the right. Behind him is a scuffed metal railing and a window with white curtains.

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A Manual of Design

Hardcover copy of “A Manual of Design”. There is a brown paper bag book jacket held together with masking tape. Handwritten on this cover in black marker is [Design / by / Janet Smith] at the center top and [Dr Lois J. Pierre Noel] at the bottom left. The spine and back cover are blank. The hardcover binding is green and the book cannot be easily removed from the book jacket. The title page has a

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A Memorial of the Martyred Lovejoy

2 pp

A printed copy of a sermon given by Rev. David Root at the memorial of Elijah Parish Lovejoy who was killed by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois. The sermon is printed on off white paper with black text. Handwritten in black ink at the top of the document is “25.” Printed at the top of the document is [A MEMORIAL OF THE / MARTYRED LOVEJOY: IN A DISCOURSE BY REV. DAVID ROOT. / Delivered in Dover

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

2 pp

The letter reads: WHEREAS, The United States did on August 6th, 1856, grant to several railroads, alternate sections / of land lying on the contemplated route, for the purpose of aiding this construction, one of the roads thus sought to be benefited was the GULF AND SHIP ISLAND ROAD, chartered by the Legislature. / The proposed route of this road begins as Mississippi City and terminates at Canton

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A Method for Creative Design

Hardcover book by Adolfo Best-Maguard with 183 pages of text. The orange front cover has black text which reads [A METHOD FOR / CREATIVE / DESIGN / ADOLFO BEST-MAUGARD]. Below this is a black band that has cut outs showing the orange cover beneath in the shapes of Best-Maugard's seven "primary elements" of drawing: straight line, spiral, circle, semicircle, wavy line, "s" shape, and zigzag. The ti

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A Mouthful

This collage depicts an infant done in pale shades of pink, grey and white outlined in black. Seated behind a small red table, the baby rests its right arm on the table's surface. Wearing a white garment like a diaper, it is seated on a surface made up of blocky shapes in tones of black and grey. Its bare feet rest on a floor made of off-white with dark gridlines across it. The background consists

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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

From top to bottom, with a halftone relief headshot of Matthew Henson, it reads: [A NEGRO EXPLORER / AT THE / NORTH POLE / By MATTHEW HENSON / With forward by Robert E. Peary / and introduction by Booker T. Washington / THIS IS the book of the foremost explorer of his race, the negro / who stood at the North Pole with Peary. / It is interesting not only because it tells of the noteworthy / achieve

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A Negro Looks at War

17 pp

Pamphlet consisting of black print on yellowed paper. The title "A Negro Looks at War" take up most of the front cover. At the bottom, a landscape with a lone tree.

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A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival

A first edition copy of A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival by Reginald Major. The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by the book title printed thick, white, block text, [A PANTHER / IS / A BLACK CAT], and the subtitle in thin

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A People's Convention

Musser, Charles. "A People’s Convention (Union Films, 1948)." Charles Musser. Accessed May 12, 2016. http://www.charlesmusser.com/?page_id=1672.

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<I>A Love That Equals My Labors: The Life Story of Norma E. Boyd</I>

<I>A Lynching and a Frame-Up in Tennessee</I>

<I>A Man in a Bowler Hat</I>

<I>A Manual of Design</I>

<I>A Memorial of the Martyred Lovejoy</I>

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

<I>A Method for Creative Design</I>

<I>A Mouthful</I>

<I>A Negro Explorer at the North Pole</I>

<I>A Negro Looks at War</I>

<I>A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival</I>

<I>A People's Convention</I>