Full DescriptionAfrican-American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 |
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| Title: | African-American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 |
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Also known as: Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 HTML title: African American Pamphlets home page |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html 
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The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material published between 1875 and 1900. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love. The African-American Pamphlets contain 351 rare pamphlets offering insight into attitudes and ideas of African-Americans between Reconstruction and the First World War. 351 pamphlets presenting a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years. Works include sermons on racial pride and political activism; annual reports of charitable, educational, and political organizations; and college catalogs and graduation orations from the Hampton Institute, Morgan College, and Wilberforce University. Also included are biographies, slave narratives, speeches by members of Congress, legal documents, poetry, playbills, dramas, and librettos. Other pamphlets focus on segregation, voting rights, violence against African-Americans, and the colonization of Africa by freed slaves. Several of the pamphlets are illustrated with portraits of the authors. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love. |
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| Subjects: | African Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources. |
| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Geographic Coverage: | North America (continent) |
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Early 20th Century (1901-1933) Late 19th Century (1868-1900) Middle 19th Century (1834-1867) Early 19th Century (1801-1833) Modern (1701-present) |
| Objects Represented: | Books and pamphlets |
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| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
| Notes: | Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, American Memory 1998- |
| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 10/15/2007 12:37:57 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | Library of Congress |
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| Notes: | Holdings of the Library of Congress |
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