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- Collection: Freedom Papers: Black Assertions from the Archives
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Postcards WWII Sailors
Johns Hopkins Special Collections has scanned the entire African American Real Postcard collection making it available to everyone.
Sports Illustrated Cover
1968, Sports Illustrated cover of Curt Flood, named baseball’s “Best Centerfielder” as a St. Louis Cardinal. Just a year after this cover, the Cardinals sought to trade Flood to another team. Flood challenged being traded without his consent,…
Wallet Trammell Replica
A replica of a wallet fashioned out of tin containing “Freedom Papers.”
It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…
It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…
Willie Ray Horne, 1943
Vernacular photography refers to photos that focus on everyday life and people and makes the ordinary and familiar matter.
In the case of African American servicemen, vernacular photography visually turned the uniformed soldier into both an…
In the case of African American servicemen, vernacular photography visually turned the uniformed soldier into both an…
Young Josephine
A young Josephine. She challenged the prevailing image of beauty for Black women.