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Simmons, William J., 1849-1890
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Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
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Clarke, J. B
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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Jasper, John, 1812-1901
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Men of mark: eminent, progressive and rising
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Progress of a race: or, The remarkable advancement of the American Negro from the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust
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The history of the Negro church
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A memento of the Emancipation Proclamation Exposition of the State of New York
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A red record. Tabulated statistics and alleged causes of lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894. Respectfully submitted to the nineteenth century civilization in "the land of the free and the home of the brave"
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Cleveland, O
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J. L. Nichols
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Robert N. Wood
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Schomburg Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
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Portrait of George Henry
Scenes in the life of Harriet…
Mary Silvinia Burghhardt Du B…
Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispi…
Negro Warrior and statesman, …
Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
John Gloucester; [The founder…
Christopher Rush; [A man who …
Richard De Baptiste.
Hiram Revels.
Walter H. Brooks.
James Poindexter; Pioneer Bap…
R. H. (Richard Harvey) Cain.
John Jasper; A conservative V…
W. R. Pettiford; A business-l…
E. C. Morris; [Head of the Na…
Frances J. Grimké.
W. H. Crogman.
Booker T. Washington
William Still
Charity Still, who twice esca…
Sergeant Wm. H. Carney
Mrs. F. E. W. Harper, Author …
Mrs. Margaret Washington, Tus…
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Pre…
Alex. Hamilton, Contractor an…
Hon. H. A. Rucker, Atlanta, G…
Bartow F. Powell
Prof. J. L. Murray, Principal…
Rev. D. J. Sanders, D. D. Pre…
Richard R. Wright, A. M. Pres…
Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner…
Amanda Smith
Prof. W. Scarborough, LL. D. …
Prof. Wm. E. Holmes, Atlanta …
Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.
Bishop B. W. Arnett
Rev. Henry Hugh Proctor
Rev. W. G. Alexander
Rev. E. R. Carter, Atlanta, G…
Rev. W. B. West
Hon. J. T. Settle
Hon. J. C. Napier
Lloyd G. Wheeler
S. Laing Williams
Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. F…
Hon. John M. Langston
Hon. S. J. Jenkins, Austin, T…
Dr. R. F. Boyd, Professor in …