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E. Val Putnam to Governor William Hodges Mann
Virginia Christian's case drew national attention. Governor Mann received numerous letters from Chicago requesting clemency for Christian including this telegram from E. Val Putnam, editor of the socialist newspaper Chicago Daily World, dated…
Early Transit Routes, 1888 and 1925, Bartholomew, 1943
Black area shows corporate area in 1888 and 1925. Shaded area shows corporate area in 1943.
Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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.
Emancipation
Thomas Nast drew these scenes as illustrations for Harper's Weekly on January 24, 1863, three weeks after Abraham Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. This later lithograph was a slightly altered depiction with a portrait of Lincoln in the…
Emancipation Day Celebration in Richmond
In 1905 African Americans in Richmond celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the end of slavery.
Emancipation Oak, Hampton, Virginia
Standing near the entrance to Hampton University, the Emancipation Oak was the site of Mary Peake's first classroom for the many African Americans who escaped slavery to freedom at Fort Monroe in 1861. In 1863 African Americans gathered there to hear…
Evidence of Witnesses Taken Before the Coroner's Jury Looking into the Matter of the Death of Ida V. Belote
Witness who testified: Harriet Belote (page 1-8), Sadie Belote (page 8-14), Mrs. George N. Wright (Pauline Belote), (page 14-17), Mrs. Brittania Stewart (page 17-21), Mrs. John Hughes (page 21-24), Lucy White (page 24-26), Mrs. Rosa Belle…
