Freeman Murray papers, 1883-1916.

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 ...

Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934

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Murray, Laura Hamilton

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Murray, Freeman Henry Morris, 1859-1950

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Author, editor, and printer, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Freeman Murray papers, 1883-1916. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 744669786 1859 September 22 Born in Cleveland, Ohio (reared in Cincinnati), Taught school in Kentucky, Moved to Alexandria, Virginia, successfully passed the first civil service examination given in the United States, and received a position in the ...

Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968

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Sculptor. From the description of Meta Warrick Fuller papers, 1938-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984149 Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was a productive sculptor for over seventy years whose work may be divided into distinct phases. Early works beginning in the 1890's dealt with the grotesque followed by her growing interest in African-American themes and more realism. Later she focused on religious subjects. Portraiture and mythological figures were also the ...

Niagara Movement (Organization)

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The Niagara Movement emerged out of years of struggle against racial oppression in the United States and frustration with the slow pace of change on the one hand and the moderate, accommodationist policies of Booker T. Washington on the other. In February 1905, W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter helped call together an all-black "national strategy board" to chart a new and more radical course toward social and racial justice. Inviting fifty nine like-minded intellectuals and activists t...