"They stopped and looked me over"
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows a couple pausing in a park as an African American man sits on a bench. H5596 U.S. Copyright Office.
We grow wiser as we grow older / K.
Illustration shows a large female figure labeled "Enlightenment" pushing open doors labeled "Pan-American Exposition" and knocking out of the way an old woman labeled "Sabbatarian Fanatic" and a man labeled "Sa... More
![Scalp [?] demanded by seaman's union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. The ouster of Dan S. Ring, (above) personnel officer of the Maritime Commission, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman, has been demanded in a resolution sent President Roosevelt by the Baltimore Branch of the National Maritime Union. The demand is the outcome of the Maritime Commission's action in helping to end a seaman's strike aboard the steamer Algic, a Government-owned boat currently at Montevideo. Chairman Kennedy ordered the Algic Mutineers put in Irons at the time of Montevideo trouble. Ring is accused of "prejudice and bias" toward the Union. Ring, a former Washington newspaperman, was a WPA official in New York City until his appointment to the Maritime Commission. 10/26/37](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvc2NhbHAtZGVtYW5kZWQtYnktc2VhbWFucy11bmlvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLW9jdC0yNi10aGUtb3VzdGVyLW9mLWRhbi1zLXJpbmctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Scalp [?] demanded by seaman's union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. The ouster of Dan S. Ring, (above) personnel officer of the Maritime Commission, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman, has been demanded in a resolution sent President Roosevelt by the Baltimore Branch of the National Maritime Union. The demand is the outcome of the Maritime Commission's action in helping to end a seaman's strike aboard the steamer Algic, a Government-owned boat currently at Montevideo. Chairman Kennedy ordered the Algic Mutineers put in Irons at the time of Montevideo trouble. Ring is accused of \"prejudice and bias\" toward the Union. Ring, a former Washington newspaperman, was a WPA official in New York City until his appointment to the Maritime Commission. 10/26/37")
Scalp [?] demanded by seaman's union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. The o...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The anti-Chinese wall / F. Graetz.
Print shows Uncle Sam using "Congressional Mortar" and building blocks carried by ethnic workers to construct a wall with the stones are labeled "Law against Race, Prejudice, Jealousy, Competition, Fear, Anti L... More
"I had my face enameled"
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows an African American man having his face lightened. H5594 U.S. Copyright Office.
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
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louis...
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At the stake / Keppler. - Public domain portrait print
Illustration shows three men labeled "Riot, Lynching, [and] Violence" burning a female figure labeled "Law and Order" at the stake; she is bound to the stake with ribbons labeled "Prejudice" and "Defiance". Il... More
A skeleton of his own / Keppler.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Protest against Russian Outrage"; he is standing with his back to a slightly open door revealing a skeleton labeled "Lynchings" and holding a handgun and ro... More
Head of National Maritime Union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. Joseph Cur...
A black and white photo of two men in suits and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Coon. Coon. Coon" African-American experience
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows two white children pointing at an African American man on a city street. H5593 U.S. Copyright Office.
"Till at last he put down a right bower, which the same Nye had dealt ...
Photograph depicts a line from the poem Plain Language from Truthful James by Francis Bret Harte, 1870, showing Truthful James, Bill Nye, and Ah Sin sitting on boxes and barrels, cheating in a game of Euchre. B... More
Getting into the light / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows four men in the basket labeled "The Church" of a hot-air balloon labeled "Religion without Superstition" throwing out sandbags labeled "No Museum, Blue Laws, Bigotry, [and] No Sunday Recreati... More
"Morning, night and noon"
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows an African American man being pushed by a shopkeeper on a city street corner. H5598 U.S. Copyright Office.
Theodore Roosevelt - "Captains courageous" / Keppler., Political Carto...
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt firing a cannon to send a life-line to a ship in distress on rough seas with dark clouds labeled "Prejudice" forming overhead; the rope spells out the word "Toler... More
British Empire Union. "Once a German, always a German." Remember! Ever...
Poster showing caricatures of Germans, including wartime scenes of past violence, cruelty, and drunkenness, and then a charming German businessman of the day. Also a vignette of martyr Edith Cavell's grave and ... More
Safe - Suspect / by Linda Hesh.
Two adjacent portraits of a man. "Safe" shows him with a goatee and "Suspect" shows him with a full beard and darker skin. Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Att... More
Reason against unreason / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows the "Light of Reason", containing bust portraits of "Johannes Kepler, I. Kant, Th. Paine, Jefferson, B. de Spinoza, Franklin, Voltaire, E.H. Haeckel, Tyndall, Huxley, [and] Darwin", beaming against ... More
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louis...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Speaks at C of C meeting. Washington, D.C., April 29. During a discuss...
A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"I wish my color would fade"
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows a couple sitting on a park bench as an African American man stares at them. H5597 U.S. Copyright Office.
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Whereas it is industriously reported (as I imagine with design at this...
Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. 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 34, Folder 32.
Scene of the Washington riot. The Marines firing upon the mob, having ...
Top illustration shows scene from riot in which members of the Native American, or Know-Nothing, party rioted to prevent immigrants from voting; engraving after daguerreotype by Whitehurst. Center illustration ... More
Racial Prejudice, 1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
"I'm feeling mighty blue"
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows two African American men standing in an alley. H5589 U.S. Copyright Office.
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
United Whig Club, New-York, Tuesday, March 28, 1809. Whereas sundry pe...
Imprint 2.; Political campaign. 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 113, Folder 33.
Racial Prejudice, 1892 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1892 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
"Till at last he put down a right bower, which the same Nye had dealt ...
Photograph depicts a line from the poem Plain Language from Truthful James by Francis Bret Harte, 1870, showing Truthful James, Bill Nye, and Ah Sin sitting on boxes and barrels, cheating in a game of Euchre. B... More
"Coon. Coon. Coon" - A black and white photo of a man and two children
Photograph illustrates a line from a song by Gene Jefferson entitled "Coon! Coon! Coon!" and shows two white children pointing at an African American man on a city street. H5593 U.S. Copyright Office.
Racial Prejudice, 1892 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Mr. Jauncey heartily thanks his worthy friends in this City, for the g...
Imprint 2.; Political campaign.; On verso: S; Jan 20, 1769. 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;... More
Production. Aircraft engines. Typifying American democracy at work, fo...
Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Whereas it is industriously reported (as I imagine with design at this...
Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. 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 34, Folder 32.
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1892 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Racial Prejudice, 1888-1893 - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More