Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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Title
Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
Subject
African Americans, education
Description
In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the importance of education to African Americans, who had been denied such opportunities under slavery.
Creator
James Carter Beard
Source
Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division
Publisher
Thomas Kelly
Date
1870-1871
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Lithograph
Coverage
United States
Citation
James Carter Beard, “Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed December 21, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/567.