Miscellaneous photographs and documents, [ca. 1870]-1932.

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Miscellaneous photographs and documents, [ca. 1870]-1932.

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Group photograph of members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (including W.E.B. DuBois) posed in front of the St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio, at their tenth Annual Conference, June, 1919; tintype, ca.1870, of an unidentified black woman (called the "Weeksville Lady" by the Society); photograph of a black child, ca.1914; photograph of two black children, ca.1930's; studio photo of a black couple, ca.1890-1910; and a bill, 1932, for rent at 1700 Bergen Street. Also, a postcard of a black baby posed on a rug, ca.1910, announcing the birth of Bertha May Knight.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Knight, Bertha May.

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Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History

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Collecting area: History of the Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant areas of Brooklyn. Does not actively collect but will accept artifacts relating to the Weeksville area. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457326 Weeksville was a 19th century black community located in present day Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It was named for James Weeks, a free black man who purchased land there in 1838. From the description of Rese...

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio)

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