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Front and side views of Bartlett School in Hardeman County. The one-room clapboard structure served as an elementary school for African American children.
Bayonet found near the site of Fort Pillow in the 1950s. In April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest led an assault on Fort Pillow, at that time a Union outpost. The assault killed nearly half of the 600-man garrison, composed largely of African...
Group of eleven young African American females participating in a demonstration of health care procedures. They are all wearing nurse-type dresses with caps showing the red cross symbol.
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Simple wooden structure with four windows and one door visible. The building is located on an empty plot of land with grass and a few trees in the background.
Hand-colored carte de visite of African American Sgt. Dick Johnson, 3rd US Colored Cavalry (USCC), detailed to David Preston Sherfy. On February 18, 1865, at Hamburg, Ark., Sherfy fell from his horse and severely injured his leg. Sgt. Johnson cared...
One page program issued for the college commencement on May 27, 1891. The program gives a complete description of the commencement activities as well as students on the program.
One-sheet certificate of enlistment for Dennis Morgan, "a Colored man whom W. H. Morgan claims as his slave, April 5, 1864." Certificate includes Morgan's age and physical description, as well as the signature of L. E. Davis, First Sergeant, 17th...
Charles Littrell's application for a Confederate Pension. He provides proof of his service in the Confederate Army in the Civil War as a servant to his then-owner, Jim Littrell, who served under Lieutenant Harden, Captain Cox, and Colonel Jack...
53-page memoir of Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He discusses, among other things, the formation of the "Lauderdale Hornets," a local Confederate unit. Also discusses African...
Oversize 3-page form, printed with handwritten entries reflecting District 9, Dekalb County enrollment in state militia; has 81 entries for white males and 7 entries for "Cullard" [black] males. The call-up was brought about by the Militia...
Laundry; Domestic life; Laundresses; Housework; Kettles; African Americans; Women domestics; Houses; Women
An African American woman is pictured at the back of a multi-story dwelling stirring laundry that is heating over a fire in a black iron kettle. The house, with clothes drying on the porch rails, is visibile behind her. A dinner bell is mounted...
Journal documenting the 1779-1780 river voyage of Col. John Donelson and others, including women, children, and African Americans. The travelers sought to establish the first permanent settlement west of the Appalachians. Handwritten in ink on...
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Simple wooden school building with a tin roof and brick chimney. Two windows and one door can be seen. A sign is posted on a wood beam in the front and it reads "Enterprise School." The building is in an empty, rural location with a few shrubs...
Broadside advertising a performance by the Fayetteville Jubilee Singers for the benefit of African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayetteville (Tenn.). The complete programme of the event is listed.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a poem written by an African American POW, Hitchcock. Mitchener uses the word "colored" to describe him. The poem is called "Fighter Pilot" and is about the role and importance of fighter...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows the continuation from the previous page of a poem written by an African American POW, Hitchcock. Mitchener uses the word "colored" to describe him. The poem is called "Fighter Pilot" and is...
Small notice inviting the community to attend the funeral of the mother of Sarah Player (colored) at Caper's Chapel. The invitation is bordered in black.
General view of a Memphis street along the river front reflects the hustle and bustle of commerce and the cotton industry as displayed in downtown along Front Street. Freedmen and their families are seen laboring and occupying the area.
