Find below the complete checklist of items in the Library of Congress exhibition, African American Odyssey: The Quest for Full Citizenship. For items reproduced in the online exhibit, the entry links to the item's display in the appropriate exhibit section. The two numbers at the end of each caption correspond with the item's section and number in the exhibit.

Slavery—The Peculiar Institution

• A slave revolt aboard the brigantine Hope, March 17, 1765. Holograph transcript. Peter Force Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–1)
• To be sold . . . a cargo of 170 prime young likely healthy Guinea slaves. Savannah, July 25, 1774. Copyprint of a broadside. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1–2) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ63-16876)
• Jupiter Hammon. An Address to the Negro in the State of New-York. New York: Samuel Wood, 1806. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–3)
• Michael Shiner diary, 1813–1869. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–4)
• Guinea propia, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum maxima pars . . . . Nuremberg: Homann Hereditors, 1743. Hand-colored, engraved map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (1–5)
• Lionel H. Kennedy and Thomas Parker. An Official Report of The Trials of Sundry Negroes, Charged with an Attempt to Raise an Insurrection in the State of South Carolina . . . . Charleston, S.C.: James R. Schenck, 1822. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–6)
• John Floyd, governor of Virginia, to James Hamilton, governor of South Carolina. November 19, 1831. Holograph letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–7)
• The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia . . . . Richmond: Thomas R. Gray, 1832. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–8)
• John Rutherford to William B. Randolph on the slave mutiny at Chatworth, Richmond, Virginia, September 1, 1833. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–9)
• Romare Bearden. Roots Odyssey. Screen print, 1976. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1–10) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6169) © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
• “Chart of the Sea Coasts of Europe, Africa, and America . . .” From John Thornton, The Atlas Maritimus of the Sea Atlas. London, ca. 1700. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (1–11)
• John Quincy Adams. A draft of a brief delivered before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1839–1841. Lewis Tappan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–12)
• Affidavit of Singweh, an Amistad African, 1839. Holograph transcript. Lewis Tappan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–13)
• Romare Bearden. Prince Cinqué. Screen print, 1971. Gift of Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1–14) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6168) © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
• William E. Channing. The Duty of the Free States or Remarks Suggested by the Case of the Creole. Boston: William Crosby & Company, 1842. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–15)
• $200 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber . . . Five Negro Slaves. Broadside. 1847. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–16)
• Billy G. Smith and Richard Wijtowicz. Blacks Who Stole Themselves: Advertisements for Runaways in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728–90. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1989. General Collections, Library of Congress (1–17) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• David Walker's Appeal in Four Articles, together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World . . . (September 1829). Edited by Charles M. Wiltse. New York: Hill and Wang, 1965. General Collections, Library of Congress (1–18)
• An Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections . . . . Compiled by Joshua Coffin. New York: The American Anti-slavery Society, 1860. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1–19)
• “Africans on Board the Slave Bark Wildfire, April 30, 1860.” From Harper's Weekly, June 2, 1860. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1–20) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-19607)
• “Long Time Ago Negro Song . . . As sung by M.T. Rice in the Ethiopian Opera.” Baltimore: John Cole, 1833. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (1–21)
• “Jump Isabel, Slide Water.” Sung by ex-slave owner Isabel Barnwell and recorded by Stetson Kennedy. Jacksonville, Florida, August 1939. Sound recording. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (1–23) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• “Monologue on plantation experiences.” Spoken by Irene Williams and recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax. Rome, Mississippi, October 1940. Sound recording. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (1–24) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad . . . . Compiled by John W. Barber. New Haven, Ct.: E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840. General Collections, Library of Congress (1–25)
• Joseph Cinquez, the brave Congolese Chief . . . . By James or Isaac Sheffield. New York: Moses Y. Beach, 1839. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (1–26) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-12960)
• The Supreme Court opinion by Justice Joseph Story on the Amistad Case. January 1841. Lewis Tappan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–27)
• Affidavit of Kimbo, an Amistad African, 1839. Holograph transcript. Lewis Tappan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1–28)

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Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period

• Olaudah Equiano. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Norwich: The Author, 1794. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–1) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-54026)
• Certificate of Freedom of Harriet Bolling, Petersburg, Virginia, 1851. Carter G. Woodson Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (2–2)
• [Northwest part of Montserrado County, Liberia, in ten-mile squares]. Manuscript map, [ca. 1800?]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (2–3)
• George H. Moore. Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution. New York: C.T. Evans, 1862. Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–4)
• Revolutionary War documents for Juba Freeman. State of Connecticut, June 1, 1780. Gladstone Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (2–5)
• Seaman's Protection Certificate for Samuel Fox, August 12, 1854. Black History Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (2–6)
• Paul Cuffee. A Brief Account of the Settlement and Present Situation of the Colony of Sierra Leone in Africa. New York: Samuel Wood, 1812. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–7)
• Andrew Ellicott. [Territory of Columbia]. Surveyed by Benjamin Banneker. Manuscript map, [1793]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (2–8) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Freedom's Journal, March 16, 1827. John B. Russwurm and Samuel Cornish, founders. Copyprint from microfilm. Microform Reading Room, General Collections, Library of Congress (2–9)
• North Star, June 2, 1848. Edited by Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany. Newspaper. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (2–10)
• William Still. The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters . . . . Philadelphia: People's Publishing Co., 1879. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–11)
• Leonard Black. The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Providence, Rhode Island: L. Black, 1847. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–12)
• Henry Bibb. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave. New York: The Author, 1849. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–13)
• Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of Our Lord 1792. Baltimore: William Goddard and James Angell, 1791. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–14)
• Phillis Wheatley. Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–15)
• David Ruggles. The “Extinguisher” Extinguished or David M. Reese, M.D., “Used Up.” New York: D. Ruggles, 1834. Markoe Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–16)
• Proceedings of the Colored National Convention Held in Rochester July 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1853. Rochester: Frederick Douglass, 1853. Susan B. Anthony Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–17)
• Charles White. Frederick Douglass. Lithograph, 1951. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (2–18) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6167)
• Prince Hall. A Charge Delivered to the African Lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy. Boston: Member of the Said Lodge, 1797. Hazard Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (2–19)
• J. H. Daniels. Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church . Lithograph, 1876. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (2–20) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-15059) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Mrs. Juliann Jane Tillman, Preacher of the A.M.E. Church. Engraving by Peter Duval, after a painting by Alfred Hoffy, Philadelphia, 1844, Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (2–21) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-54596)
• Francis Johnson. Boone Infantry Brass Band Quick Step. Philadelphia: Osbourn's Music Saloon, 1844. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (2–22)
• Francis Johnson. Recognition March of the Independence of Hayti . . . . Philadelphia: F. Willig, [1825]. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (2–23)

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Abolition, Antislavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy

• Anthony Benezet. Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes. Germantown, Pennsylvania: Christopher Sower, 1760. American Imprints Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–1)
• Jonathan Edwards, D.D. The Injustice and Impolicy of the Slave Trade and of the Slavery of Africans . . . A Sermon. New Haven, Connecticut: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1791. American Imprint Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3-2)
• Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention. Philadelphia, December 4, 1833. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3-3)
• Mission to Fugitive Slaves in Canada: Being a Branch of the Operations of the Colonial Church and School Society . . . 1858-9. [London]: Society's Offices, 1859. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–4a)
• Mission to Fugitive Slaves in Canada: Being a Branch of the Operations of the Colonial Church and School Society . . . 1858–9. [London]: Society's Offices, 1859. Copyprint. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–4b)
• S. M. Africanus. The Fugitive Slave Law. Hartford, Connecticut, 1850. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–5)
• John Brown. Address of John Brown . . . Sentence of Death; For his heroic attempt at Harpers Ferry. . . . Boston: C.C. Mead. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–6)
• William H. Johnson. On a John Brown Flight. Screen print, ca. 1945. Harmon Foundation Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–7) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1865) [NOTE: Image available online]
• Frederick Douglass. “A Lecture on John Brown.” Typescript, 1860. Frederick Douglass Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (3–8a)
• Frederick Douglass. “A Lecture on John Brown.” Autograph corrections and drafts, 1860. Frederick Douglass Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (3–8b)
• Anthony Burns. Boston: R. M. Edwards, 1855. Wood engraving with letterpress. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–9) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-90750)
• Palmer's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., 1882, no. 11 Buffalo, N.Y.: Courier Litho. Co., ca. 1899. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–10) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6171)
• Sojourner Truth. Portrait. Carte de visite, 1864. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–11a) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6166)
• Sojourner Truth. Carte de visite (seated), 1864. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–11b) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6165)
• The Negro Woman's Appeal to Her White Sisters. [London]: Richard Barrett, [1850]. Broadside. Printed Ephemera Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–12)
• The Child's Anti-Slavery Book: Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children. . . . New York: Carlton and Porter, 1859. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–13)
• Adolph von Steinwehr. Map Showing the Distribution of Slaves in the Southern States, [n. p., n. d.]. Printed Map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (3–14)
• John G. Whittier. “The Branded Hand.” Philadelphia, ca. 1845. Leaflet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–15)
• The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery Meetings. Compiled by William Wells Brown. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848. Music Division, Library of Congress (3–16)
• George W. Clark. The Liberty Minstrel. New York: Leavitt & Alden [et al.], 1844. Music Division, Library of Congress (3–17)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe. Copyprint. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co., 1872, after Alonzo Chappel. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (3–18) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10476)
• William L. Garrison. “Sonnet to Liberty.” Manuscript, December 14, 1840. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (3–19a)
• William L. Garrison. “Song of the Abolitionist.” November 10, 1841. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (3–19b)
• William Reynolds. Reynolds's Political Map of the United States . . . . New York: Wm. C. Reynolds, 1856. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (3–20)
• Sarah H. Bradford. Harriet, the Moses of Her People. New York: J. J. Little & Co., 1901. Susan B. Anthony Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–21)
• Benjamin Lay. All Slave Keepers that Keep the Innocent in Bondage . . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1737. Franklin Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (3–22)

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The Civil War

• Alfred R. Waud. Contrabands Coming into Camp. Drawing. Chinese white on brown paper. Published in Harper's Weekly, January 31, 1863. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–1) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6173/LC-USZ62-14189)
• William R. Pywell. Slave Pen in Alexandria, Va. [1862] Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–2) (Reproduction Number: LC-B8171-2296)
• First African Church, Broad Street. Richmond, Virginia, 1865. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–3) (Reproduction Number: LC-B8171-3368)
• Timothy O'Sullivan. Fugitive African Americans Fording the Rappahannock River. Rappahannock, Virginia, August 1862. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–4) (Reproduction Number: LC-B8171-518)
• 1st South Carolina Volunteers on review to hear the reading of Lincoln's [Emancipation] Proclamation, January 1, 1863. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–5) (Reproduction Number: LC-B82201-341)
• 107th U.S. Colored Infantry Band at Fort Corcoran. Arlington, Virginia, November 1865. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–6) (Reproduction Number: LC-B8171-7861)
• Regimental flags of the 6th U.S. Colored Troops. Carte de visite. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–7) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6156)
• Wounded Colored Troops at Aikens Landing. Stereograph. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–8) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6157)
• Contrabands, Camp Brightwood. Washington, D.C., ca. 1863. Carte de visite. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–9) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6158)
• Unidentified sailor. Carte de visite. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–10) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6159)
• F. Deilman. Celebration of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, by the colored people in Washington, April 19, 1866. Wood engraving. From Harper's Weekly, May 12, 1866. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–11) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33937)
• Benjamin Tucker Tanner (A.M.E. bishop). Diary, 1860-1861. Holograph manuscript. Carter G. Woodson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–12)
• Sojourner Truth (written by Cockrane) to Mary Gale, February 25, 1864. Letter concerning the emancipation of her children and her son's Civil War service. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–13)
• Christian A. Fleetwood. Diary, September 24, 1864. Holograph manuscript. Christian A. Fleetwood Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–14)
• Christian A. Fleetwood in uniform. Albumen print, carte de visite, 1884. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–15)
• C. W. Foster, U.S. War Department, to Frederick Douglass, August 13, 1863. Manuscript letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–16)
• A letter from Charles Douglass (son) to Frederick Douglass, July 6, 1863. Frederick Douglass Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4–17)
• “Down in the Lonesome Valley: A Shout Song of the Freedmen of Port Royal.” Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1864. Music Division, Library of Congress (4–18)
• Albert H. Campbell. Map of the Vicinity of Richmond and Part of the Peninsula. Department of Northern Virginia, Topographical Department, 1864. Baltimore: T. Swell Ball, 1891. Photolithograph facsimile reproduction. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (4–19)
• Julia Ward Howe. “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections. (4–20)
• Heard and Moseley. Waiting for the hour [Emancipation], December 31, 1862. Carte de visite. Washington, 1863. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–21a) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6160)
• After David G. Blythe. President Lincoln Writing the Proclamation of Freedom, January 1, 1863. Cincinnati: Ehrgott and Forbriger, 1864. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (4–22) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1425)
• Charlotte L. Forten. The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten. Introduction and notes by Ray Allen Billington. New York: Dryden Press, 1953. General Collections, Library of Congress (4–23) [NOTE: Image not available online]

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Reconstruction and its Aftermath

• Alfred R. Waud. Mustered Out. Little Rock, Arkansas, April 20, 1865. Drawing. Chinese white on green paper. Published in Harper's Weekly, May 19, 1866. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–1) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-175)
• “Sea-island School, No. 1,—St. Helena Island. Established in April 1862.” Education among the Freedmen, ca. 1866-70. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (5–2) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-107754)
• Proceedings of the Semi-centenary Celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Cincinnati . . . February 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1874. Edited by Rev. B. W. Arnett. Cincinnati: H. Watkin, 1874. Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (5–3) The text of this pamphlet is also reproduced in its entirety as part of African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907.
• The Wilberforce Alumnal: A Comprehensive Review of the Origin, Development and Present Status of Wilberforce University, 1885. Compiled by B. W. Arnet and S. T. Mitchell. Xenia, Ohio: Printed at the Gazette Office, 1885. Pamphlet. Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Divisions. (5–4)
• James E. Taylor. “The Freedmen's Union Industrial School, Richmond, Va.” From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 22, 1866. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–5) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33264)
• The First Colored Senator and Representatives, in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. Washington: Currier & Ives, 1872. Color lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–6) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-2325, LC-USZ62-2814)
• J. Hoover. Heroes of the Colored Race. Philadelphia, 1881. Color lithograph with portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Revels. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–7) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10180, LC-USZC2-1720)
• Standard Atlas of Graham Co. Kansas, Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities, and Townships. Lithograph map. Chicago: A. Ogle, 1906. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (5–8a)
• Standard Atlas of Graham Co. Kansas, Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities, and Townships. Index of families in Nicodemus. Chicago: A. Ogle, 1906. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (5–8b)
• Thomas Nast. Emancipation. Philadelphia: S. Bott, 1865. Wood engraving. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–9) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-2573)
• George F. Crane. Distinguished Colored Men. New York: A. Muller, 1883. Hand-colored lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–10) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1561)
• Radical Members of the First Legislature after the War, South Carolina. Photograph, 1878. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–11) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-28044)
• Henry L. Stephens. [Elderly black man with spectacles reading a newspaper by candlelight]. Watercolor, ca. 1863. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–12) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-2442)
• Ho for Kansas! Nashville, Tennessee, March 18, 1878. Copyprint of broadside. Historic American Buildings Survey, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–13)
• “I Am the Door.” From Songs of the Jubilee Singers from Fisk University. Sheet music. Cincinnati: John Church & Co., 1884. Music Division, Library of Congress (5–16)
• Laws in Relation to Freedmen, U.S. Sen. 39th Congress, 2nd Sess. Senate Executive Doc. No. 6. Washington: War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1866–67. Pamphlet. Law Library, Library of Congress (5–17)
• Statistical Atlas of the United States Based on the Results of the Eleventh Census. Plate 11. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898. Lithograph. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (5–18)
• Hampton Plantation Account Book, 1866–1868. South Carolina. Handwritten manuscript. Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (5–20)
• Alfred R. Waud. “The First Vote.” From Harper's Weekly, November 16, 1867. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–21) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-19234)
• Elizabeth White. All God's Chillun's Got Wings! Soft-ground etching and aquatint, ca. 1933. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5–22) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6164) Courtesy of the Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, South Carolina.
• “Monologue on post-bellum experiences.” Spoken by Wallace Quarterman and recorded by Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle. Frederica, Georgia, June 1935. Sound recording. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (5–23) [NOTE: Recording not available online]

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The Booker T. Washington Era

• Afro-American Monument. Color lithograph. Chicago: Goes Lithograph Company, 1897. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–1) (Reproduction Number: LCUSZ62-22397)
• Booker T. Washington (three-quarter length portrait, seated and facing slightly left, holding newspaper) ca. 1890. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–2) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25624)
• Frances Benjamin Johnston. Tuskegee History Class. Copyprint, 1902. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–3) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-64712)
• Elizabeth City County, Va. Hand-colored lithograph map. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, sheets 5, 6. New York: Sanborn Perris Map Co., 1891. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (6–4a & b)
• Booker T. Washington. “Atlanta Exposition Speech,” September 18, 1895. Transcript draft with autograph corrections. Booker T. Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–5)
• W. E. B. DuBois to Booker T. Washington, September 24, 1895. Autograph letter. Booker T. Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–6)
  Courtesy of David G. Dubois
• Paul Laurence Dunbar to Booker T. Washington, January 23, 1902. Typed letter. Booker T. Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–7)
• Platform adopted by the National Negro Committee, 1909. Document. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–8)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• National Negro Committee. A call for a national conference, 1909. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–9a)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• William G. Walling to Ray Stannard Baker, February 6, 1909. Typed letter. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–9b)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday." Flag. ca. 1930. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–10a)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• A Man Was Lynched Yesterday. Flag flying above Fifth Avenue, New York City, ca. 1938. Copyprint. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–10b) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-4734/LC-USZ62-33793)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Lynch Law in Georgia. Chicago: Anti-Lynching Bureau, 1899. Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6–11)
• Rev. Alexander Crummell. Incidents of Hope for the Negro Race in America: A Thanksgiving Sermon, November 26, 1895. Washington, 1895. Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6–12)
• Preliminary List of Books and Pamphlets by Negro Authors for Paris Exposition and Library of Congress. Compiled by Daniel A. P. Murray. Washington: Library of Congress, 1900. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6–13)
• First Commencement Exercise. National Training School for Women and Girls. Lincoln Heights, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1911. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–14) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-119986)
• Mary Church Terrell. The Progress of Colored Women. Washington: Smith Brothers, 1898. Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6–15) The text of this pamphlet is also reproduced in its entirety as part of African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818–1907.
• George Carver. Help for the Hard Times. Alabama: Tuskegee Institute, ca. 1916. General Collections, Library of Congress (6–16)
• Charles Barthelmess. Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Missouri, 25th Infantry [thirty-eight soldiers wearing buffalo robes], n.d. Cabinet card. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–17) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6161)
• 24th Infantry Leaving Salt Lake City, Utah, for Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 24, 1898. Photograph. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–18) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6174/LC-USZ62-119984)
• Madame C. J. Walker's House (Villa Lewaro). Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York, ca. 1987. Historic American Buildings Survey, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–19a) (Reproduction Number: HABS NY,60-IRV,5-1)
• Madame C. J. Walker. Copyprint. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–19b) (Reproduction Number: LCMS-44669-32)
• [John] Rosamond Johnson. “The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground.” Words by Bob Cole and J. W. Johnson. New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1901. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (6–20)
• Booker T. Washington. “Atlanta Exposition Speech”, 1895. Recorded by Booker T. Washington, 1908. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (6–21) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• Committee on Urban Conditions among Negroes, Minutes of the First Meeting. New York, N.Y., September 29, 1910. National Urban League Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (6–22)
  Courtesy of the National Urban League.
• Camp Lincoln. Cabinet Card photograph, 1897. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–23) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6162)
• Horse-drawn carriage in front of corner drugstore. Georgia, ca. 1900. Copyprint. W. E. B. DuBois Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–24) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-76771)
• William J. Swaidner. [Jack Johnson and James Jeffries at the World Championship Battle. Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910]. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (6–25)
• Jack Johnson vs. Jim Flynn for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, Las Vegas, July 4, 1912. Primrose Production Los Angeles, ca. 1953. Library of Congress Paper Film Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (6–26) [NOTE: Film not available online]

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World War I and Postwar Society

• Charles Gustrine. “True Sons of Freedom.” Color-offset poster. Chicago, 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (7–1) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-2426)
• Emmett J. Scott. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War, 1919. New York: Arno Press, 1969. Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress (7–2)
• Cosby's Studio. Sunshine Laundry. National Training School for Women and Girls, Washington, D.C. Photograph, ca. 1920-1930. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (7–3) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ61-2319)
• “803rd Pioneer Infantry Band, No. 16.” 803rd Pioneer Infantry to Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippines (troop ship) from Brest, France, July 18, 1919. Photograph. Gladstone Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (7–5) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6163)
• Mary Church Terrell. What the National Association [of Colored Women] Has Meant to Colored Women. Transcript, undated. Mary Church Terrell Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–6)
• Report of Anti-lynching Committee, January 21, 1921. Transcript. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–7)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• Langston Hughes. “Ballad of Booker T.” Poem, second and final drafts, 1941. Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–8)
  Courtesy of Harold Ober Associates, New York, NY.
• Winold Reiss. A photograph of Winold Reiss's drawing of Countee Cullen. June 1, 1941. Silver gelatin print. Harmon Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–9)
  Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Countee Cullen to George H. Haynes, December 7, 1926. Holograph letter. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–10)
  Courtesy of the Countee Cullen Papers, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans LA.
• “Claude McKay,” n.d. Silver gelatin print. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–11) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Alan Lomax. [Zora Neale Hurston. Eatonville, Florida, 1935]. Copyprint. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (7–12)
• “Langston Hughes,” n.d. Silver gelatin print. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–13) [NOTE: Image available online]
• James Allen. “Nella Larsen.” Photograph. Harmon Foundation Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–14)
• Lynching in the United States, 1889–1922 . New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 1923. NAACP pamphlet. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (7–15) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Map of Anne Arundel [and] Prince Georges Counties, Maryland, and District of Columbia. [Chicago]: Rand McNally and Company, [1917]. Color printed map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (7–16)
• Noble Lee Sissle. Memoirs of “Jim” Europe. Carbon copy of typescript, ca. 1942. Music Division, Library of Congress (7–17)
• Eubie Blake. Shuffle Along. Lyrics by Noble Sissle. Typescript by authors' typing service, [1922]. Music Division, Library of Congress (7–18)
• Guinn v. United States. Board minutes, June 3, 1913. Document. Typescript. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–19)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1916 [No. 231]. Charles H. Buchanan v. William Warley. Pamphlet. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (7–20)
  Courtesy of the NAACP.
• The Negro Soldier. Supervised by Frank Capra, directed by Stuart Heisler. Produced by the U.S. War Department Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, February 1944. U.S. Government Film Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (7–22) [NOTE: Film not available online]
• Carl Van Vechten. Detail, [Portrait of Zora Neale Hurston]. Photographic print : gelatin silver. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-79898

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The Depression, The New Deal, and World War II

• “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” Words by Langston Hughes and Margaret Bonds. New York: Handy Brothers Music Company, Inc., 1942. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (8–1)
• William Grant Still. Afro American Symphony, 1930. Composer's holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (8–2)
  Courtesy of Novello and Company, c/o Shawnee Press 49 Waring Drive, Delaware Watergap, PA 18327-1099.
• Marion Post Wolcott. Negro Man Entering Movie Theatre by “Colored” Entrance. Belzoni, Mississippi, in the delta area. October 1939. Copyprint. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–3) (Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-03067-M3)
• John Vachon. [Segregated facilities]. Manchester, Georgia, 1938. Copyprint. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–4) (Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-001172-M4)
• European Theater of Operations, Nurses in England, 1944. Copyprint. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–5) (Reproduction Number: LC-USC4-6175/LC-USZ62-119985) Courtesy of the NAACP
• Toni Frissell. Tuskegee Airmen, 1945. Silver gelatin print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–6) (Reproduction Number: LC-F9-02-4503-330-5)
• Airmen with Lena Horne and Noel Parrish. Silver gelatin print. Noel Parrish Collection. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8–7)
• “Why Should We March?” March on Washington fliers, 1941. A. Philip Randolph Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8–8)
  Courtesy of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Washington, D.C..
• “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.” Dorie Miller with his Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor, May 27, 1942. Color-offset poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–10) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-2328)
• Gordon Parks. Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club. New York, N.Y., May 1943. Copyprint. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–11)
• [Marian Anderson receives the Spingarn Medal from Eleanor Roosevelt]. Silver gelatin print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–12) [Note: Image not available online]
• William H. Johnson. Training for War, ca. 1941. Screen print. Harmon Foundation Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–13) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1779) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Tuskegee Institute, Research Department. Lynchings by State and Counties in the United States, 1900-1931. New York: American Map Company, [1931]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (8–14) [NOTE: Image available]
• Birmingham, Alabama, Block Statistics. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, 1943. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (8–15)
• Thurgood Marshall to the NAACP, Tuskegee Institute, Research Department. November 17, 1941. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8–16) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Arthur Herzog, Jr., and Billie Holiday. “‘God Bless’ the Child,’ a swing-spiritual based on the authentic proverb ‘God Blessed the Child That's Got His Own.’” New York: Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1941. Sheet music. Music Division, Library of Congress (8–17) © 1941 by Edward B. Marks Music Company. Copyright renewed. Used by permission of Carlin America, Inc. 126 East 38th Street New York, NY 10016.
• Prentiss Taylor. Scottsboro Limited (Rose and Quiroz, no.7) inscribed for Langston Hughes, November 1931. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–18) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-4717)
  Courtesy of Roderick S. Quiroz.
• Charles White. The Return of the Soldier, 1946. Pen and ink on illustration board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–19) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-4886)
• “Songs of the PWA.” Sung by Will Wright and recorded by Sidney Robertson. Clinton, Arkansas, December 1936. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (8–20) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• “I'm Making Records for the WPA.” Sung by Clyde (Kingfish) Smith and recorded by Herbert Halpert. New York, N.Y., November 1939. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (8–21) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• Cabin in the Sky. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943. Film. Turner Entertainment Company Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (8–22)
  Courtesy of Turner Entertainment Company. [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• A. Philip Randolph. “The Negro Worker.” From Freedom's People. Broadcast recording. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (8–23) [NOTE: Recording not available online]
• Walter White to Jesse Owens, December 4, 1935. Unsent, typed letter, concerning participation by black athletes in the 1936 Olympic Games. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8–24)
• Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac, 1937. New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1937. General Collections, Library of Congress (8–25)
• "Thirtieth Spingarn Medal awarded to Paul Robeson, October 18, 1945." Copyprint. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–26)
• The Jackie Robinson Story. Jewel Pictures Corporation, May 19, 1950. Lobby card, no. 50/330. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (8–27)
• [Althea Gibson, of New York, reaching high for shot during women’s singles semifinal match against Christine Truman, of England, in the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, July 4, 1957]. Silver gelatin print. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–28)
• Fred Palumbo. [Wilt Chamberlain, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, 1959]. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–29)
• “The Brown Bomber Fights His Greatest Fight Against Crime: Joe Louis in The Fight Never Ends.” Toddy Pictures Co., [1949]. Poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (8–30) [NOTE: Image available online]
• Library of Congress. An Exhibit of Books, Manuscripts, Music, Paintings, and Other Works of Art Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, December 18, 1940. Brochure. Interpretive Programs Office. (8–31)

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The Civil Rights Era

• Press release for Executive Order No. 9981, establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. July 26, 1948. Typescript document. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (9–1)
• “By Executive Order--President Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed Forces.” Chicago Defender, July 31, 1948. Copyprint from microfilm. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (9–2)
  Courtesy of the Chicago Daily Defender, Chicago, Illinois.
• “5,000 at Meeting Outline Boycott; Bullet Clips Bus.” Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott. Montgomery Advertiser, December 6, 1955. Copyprint from microfilm. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (9–3)
  Courtesy of the Montgomery Advertiser.
• Background Map: 1961 Freedom Rides. [New York]: Associated Press Newsfeature, [1962]. Printed map and text. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (9–4)
• Warren K. Leffler. Bayard Rustin, n.d. Copyprint. U.S. News and World Report Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–5) (Reproduction Number: LC-U9-10332-9)
• Max Roach. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite. New York: Candid Records, 1960. Record jacket. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (9–6)
• James Meredith, Oxford, Mississippi, 1962. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–8) (Reproduction Number: LC-U9-8556-24)
• Lunch Counter Sit-in, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–9) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-114749)
• Ebony. Volume 20, no. 7, May 1965. Cover showing march from Selma to Montgomery. General Collections, Library of Congress (9–10) Reproduced by permission of Ebony Magazine © 1965 Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. [NOTE: Image not available online]
• George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, on the Supreme Court steps after announcement of Brown decision, 1954. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–11) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-111236)
• Warren K. Leffler. Signing of the Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968. Copyprint. U.S. News and World Report Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–12) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-95480)
• March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Copyprint. U.S. News and World Report Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–13) (Reproduction Number: LC-U9-10360-23)
• Martin Luther King. "I Have a Dream" speech, August 28, 1963. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (9–14) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Kenneth B. Clark. The Genesis of Racial Identification and Preferences in Negro Children, 1940. K. B. Clark Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (9–15)
• Mahalia Jackson at the May 17, 1957, Prayer Pilgrimage of Freedom in Washington, D.C. Silver gelatin print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–16) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6177/LC-USZ62-119977)
• Voters at the Voting Booths, ca. 1945. Copyprint. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–17)
• Daisy Bates to Roy Wilkins, December 17, 1957, on the treatment of the Little Rock Nine. Holograph letter. NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (9–18a)
• The Little Rock Nine, ca 1957–60. Copyprint. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–18b) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-119154)
• Silphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger. “We Shall Overcome.” New York: Ludlow Music, Inc., 1963. Music Division, Library of Congress (9–19)
• “Signing the Voting Rights Act,” August 6, 1965. U.S. News and World Report, August 16, 1965. Humanities and Social Sciences Division, General Collections, Library of Congress (9–20) Copyright, August 16, 1965, U.S. News and World Report (www.usnews.com).
• Gordon Parks. The Stranger, 1958. Print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–21) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Brumsic Brandon. “The Weary Picket,” 1977. Ink and tonal film overlay over pencil on paper. Gift of Brumsic Brandon, Jr. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–22) (Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6172)
• [Wilma Rudolph winning the U.S. women's 400-meter with relay team, 1960]. Silver gelatin print. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–23)
• “Who wouldn't love a man like that.” Sung by Mable John and produced by Berry Gordy, G. Gordy, and R. Davis. 1960. Sound recording. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (9–24) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• William C. Green. [Willie Mays, standing, with his arm around Roy Campanella], 1961. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–25)
• Richard Scott Rennert. Hank Aaron. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1993. General Collections, Library of Congress (9–26)
• Arthur Ashe, Jr. A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619–1918. Volume 1. With the assistance of Kip Branch, Ocania Chalk, and Francis Harris. New York: Warner Books, 1988. General Collections, Library of Congress (9–27) [NOTE: Image not available online]
• Oliver W. Harrington. Dark Laughter. “My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach head. . .” Published in the Pittsburgh Courier, April 2, 1960. Crayon, ink, blue pencil, and pencil on paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (9–28)

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