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MS134-0017 Behind the Lynching of Emmet Louis Till, 1955
Book — Box: 1, Book: 17
Collection number: MS/134-017
Scope and Contents
This is a fiery pamphlet regarding human rights abuses against African-Americans in the South. The pamphlet is not just about Emmet Till, whose murder helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, but about violence against blacks throughout the South. The Auhtor was a civil rights activist who was the editor of Freedom, the newspaper founded by Paul Robeson. Compelling pamphlet from the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. - description by seller Author: Louis E. Burnham
Dates:
1955
MS134-0018 Southerner and Schools
Book — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Collection number: MS/134-018
Scope and Contents
I - The Defiant Ones in Virginia
II - The "New Negroes" in Alabama
III - The Segregationists Go North
IV - Atlanta is Different
V - New Orleans Knows Better
VI - Nashville-First Steps Firmly Taken
VII - Deliberate, Yes-Speed, No
By Helen Fuller...
Dates:
1893 - 1962
MS134-030 Famous African-Americans
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Collection number: MS/134-030
Scope and Contents
Post cards with photographic reproductions of famous African Americans from the 20th century. Includes:
Marian Anderson
Josephine Baker
Harry Belafonte
Maery Mcleod Bethune
George Washington Carver
Dorothy Jean Dandridge
Frederick Douglass
William Edward Burghardt
Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington
Marcus Garvey
Althea Gibson
Dick Gregory
Lorraine Hansberry
Matthew Alexander Henson
Billie Holiday
Lena Horne
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Mahalia Jackson
Jack...
Dates:
1893 - 1962
Nabokov's Visit: Clippings, Letters, and Photographs from Frank Robertson Reade's Collection (1942, 1947) [PDF]
Digital Collection
Collection number: 66EA1CDC-E373-2AA2-42BF-1C64C7381717
Slavery and the War: A Historical Essay, 1863
Item — Box: 1, Item: 14
Collection number: Item 14
Scope and Contents
Henry Darling (1823-1891). "Slavery and the War: A Historical Essay" (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863).
Dates:
Created: 1863
The History of Alma and Bacon County [PDF], 1984
File
Collection number: 51932a70-de2c-4dba-abb1-ead1c3d2103c
Overview
In 1914, Bacon County was created, and named for Senator Augustus O. Bacon, a distinguished politician of Georgia birth. In 1914 this newly created 'piney woods’ county and a handfull of pioneer settlers joined together to begin a long journey into history. Its destiny is interrupted now only long enough to record between the covers of this book the progression of past events out of which has come the Bacon County of today’s modern living. Bacon County, unlike Williamsburg, is not rich in...
Dates:
1984
Valdosta State Sport History Baseball, Vol. 1-2, 1955-1977
File
Collection number: A3D87E51-C5FB-00B2-4714-E8BD3DAC5E50
Scope and Contents
Valdosta State Sport History, 1955-1977. Book 1 -- Baseball. Volume One "The Years," and Volume 2 "The Players." Digitized book in two volumes. Black and white. Volume 1: 190 pages, Volume 2: 188 pages. Contents: Statistical history of Valdosta State College baseball, from 1955 through 1977. Volume I, The Years contains, to the best of my knowledge, each, and every player, who ever batted, or pitched for Valdosta State, and that player's correct, yearly statistics....
Dates:
1955-1977
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