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Franchise. And not this man? / Th. Nast.

Franchise. And not this man? / Th. Nast.

Columbia speaking, with hand on shoulder of Civil War soldier, who lost a leg in the war. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Aug. 5, p. 489.

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not this man?" Th. Nast

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not this ...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.... More

Republicans! Democrats! A word with you about negro suffrage ... [Signed] Oliver Ellsworth. [1869?].

Republicans! Democrats! A word with you about negro suffrage ... [Sign...

Title.; Negro suffrage. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 9, Folder 17.

The political uncle tommers / Kep., Political Cartoon

The political uncle tommers / Kep., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Benjamin R. Tillman as "Simon Legree", whipping a black man labeled "Negro Voter". Caption: Simon Legree Tillman Don't I own you, body and soul, you black dog? / Uncle Tom Yuh may own mah... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; General; 1851-1900

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Gen...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Greeting cards; 1930-1953 , undated

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Gre...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1939, Mar. 2 , Talk Made at Unveiling of Anthony Bowen's Picture at Anthony Bowen School
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarranged; 4 of 4

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...

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[Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963]

[Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963]

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "An Original Christmas Card"
General Salnave, the new president of Hayti The eagle's nest - (Drawn by J.W. Herrick) ; Statue of Henry Clay at Louisville, Kentucky ; Significant election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867 - (Sketched by A.W. M'Callum)

General Salnave, the new president of Hayti The eagle's nest - (Drawn ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XI, no. 547 (1867 June 22), p. 397.

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; China Aid News, 1940
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1928, Feb. 24 , "Personal Recollections of Paul Laurence Dunbar"
Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whether we should enter the war.

Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whet...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Six National Woman's Party activists display three banners about woman suffrage, tall lattice fence in background. Banner on left (held by two women) reads: "Denmark on the... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; Undated; L
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Equal Rights, 1936-1947
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 5 of 23
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Equal Rights, 1936-1947
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; Amenia Conference, Amenia, N.Y., 1916
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presidential nomination TOH

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presid...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25384, frame 6A. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of... More

The Georgetown elections - the Negro at the ballot-box / Th. Nast.  New and becoming styles of head-dressing.

The Georgetown elections - the Negro at the ballot-box / Th. Nast. Ne...

Illustration showing at top of page, several men at a polling place where an African American man places his ballot in the box for "Re[publ]ican Mayor Welch" which is next to the empty ballot box for "The White... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarranged; 4 of 8

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1904, June 13 , Address to be Delivered at the International Congress of Women in Berlin, Germany also German translation
Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his man?" / / Th. Nast.

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.

Trusted with kids, not with a vote Chandrai Jackson-Saunders has been teaching and counseling students in D.C. public schools for 17 years. She has lived in Washington, D.C. all her life. She pays federal taxes. Yet, like all 600,000 D.C. residents, Chandrai is denied a vote in Congress / / Bryan Potter.

Trusted with kids, not with a vote Chandrai Jackson-Saunders has been ...

Digital political poster for voting rights with a teacher reading to three children. Artist's name and date from file header. Gift; DC Vote; 2006; (DLC/PP-2008:021)

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; International Council of the Darker Races of the World
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "Betsy's Borrowed Baby"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarranged; 1 of 1

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...

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The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Justice versus prejudice / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Justice versus prejudice / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, standing with right hand on the left shoulder of an African American man, standing to the left, and his left hand on a paper labeled "15th Amendment"; behind the... More

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1941, Oct.-Dec., undated
"The first vote" / AW ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

"The first vote" / AW ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Illustration shows a queue of African American men, the first, dressed as a laborer, casting his vote, the second is dressed as a businessman, the third is wearing a Union army uniform, and the fourth appears t... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 13 of 23
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Congress - 14th Amendment 2nd section Kemble

Congress - 14th Amendment 2nd section Kemble

Cartoon shows Congress as a fat man asleep in a hammock labeled "Law Enforcement." A broken blunderbuss, labeled "14th Amendment, 2nd Section," lies at his feet. A small black boy walks by holding a drum, but a... More

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; National Notes; 1927-1928

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Nat...

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Thaddeus Stevens Papers: General Correspondence, 1829-1869; 1865, Dec
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1925, Dec. 3-23
Thaddeus Stevens Papers: Miscellany, 1811-1927; Printed matter; Pamphlets and other documents, 1831-1866, undated
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 7 of 23
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Memorabilia; Certificates and awards, 1891-1954
Thaddeus Stevens Papers: Legal File, 1825-1867; Stevens v. J. H. Hughes (1862), 1838-1865 (1 of 2)
Thaddeus Stevens Papers: Miscellany, 1811-1927; Congressional material; Memorials, 1862-1866, undated
Democratic platform, people's resolutions: a republican form of government, definition, manhood suffrage

Democratic platform, people's resolutions: a republican form of govern...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "Taking Things for Granted"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "The Funny Side of the Negro Problem -- By One of Them"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarranged; 3 of 3

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 3 of 23
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "Did Jeff Jackson Hear Caruso?"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; A Colored Woman in a White World, drafts; 15 of 23
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; Undated; "Jane, the Cook, Scores One"
Thaddeus Stevens Papers: General Correspondence, 1829-1869; 1867, July-Oct
Thaddeus Stevens Papers: General Correspondence, 1829-1869; 1867, Nov
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Oberlin Review, 1883-1884
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; War Camp Community Service, 1918-1919; 1 of 2
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; Undated; L
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; Undated; M
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; Undated; N
The colored man and the ballot ..

The colored man and the ballot ..

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Diaries, 1888-1951; 1889-1890
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Woman's Era; 1894
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; Bethel Literary and Historical Association, Washington, D.C., 1895-1896
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1899, July 15 , Preparations for Second Convention of National Association of Colored Women
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Calling cards and membership cards, 1900-1953 , undated
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; circa 1904 , "A Colored Woman's Visit to the Countess of Warwick"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1905, Feb. 13 , Remarks Made at the Dinner given by the Women's Henry George League
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Bound press notices; 1906-1909

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Bound pr...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1907, July 8 , The Fifth Biennial of the National Association of Colored Women
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1907
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1916, July-Dec., undated
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1920, Oct. 13 , Statement of the Treatment ... Received at the Hands of ...a Ticket Agent at Dover, Del
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1923 , "Lynching"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1924, Jan.-Sept
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; National Notes; 1929, 1933-1934
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; "Clarence Cameron White, a Colored Musician, Wins the David Bispham Medal ... for the Best Opera Written by an American in 1932"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1932 , Why Colored People Should Vote Republican
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1934, May 25 , Address at the Commencement of the Nurses ... at the Providence Hospital of Baltimore
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1936 , The New Deal
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1937 , On the Trip to Europe
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1937, Sept.-Dec., undated
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1939, Oct.-Dec
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; circa 1940-1945 , A Just Peace for Blacks
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; General; 1940-1944
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1942, Jan.-Apr
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1944, Nov. 26 , Talk to Hampton Alumni Association
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1944, Oct. 13 , "Human Relations in Transition to Peace"
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1947 , 1952 , 1953 and undated, Scripts of Radio Broadcasts
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1948, Dec. 29 , Remarks Made at the College Alumnae Luncheon
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1949, Oct
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1949, Aug. 29 , Remarks at First Meeting of the New Washington Branch of the AAUW
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1949, Sept
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1866-1953; 1950 , Phyllis Wheatley Broadcast
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1951, Sept
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; Washington Interracial Workshop, Washington, D.C., 1952
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1952, Jan
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; 1952, May
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarranged; 5 of 8

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...

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