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John Winston Coleman Jr. collection on slavery in Kentucky
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Africa, West; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Broadsides; Capture And Imprisonment; Caves; Colonization; Dwellings; Economic Aspects; Emancipation; Freedmen; Fugitive Slaves; Hemp Industry; Hemp Industry Workers; Historians; Historic Buildings; History; Icehouses; Interviews; Kentucky; Kitchens; Legal Status, Laws, Etc; Music Title Pages; Ohio; Periodicals; Plantation Owners; Plantations; Postcards; Proofs (Printing); Public Opinion; Slave Traders; Slaveholders; Slaver; Slavery; Slavery, Abolition, And Emancipation; Slaves; Social Conditions; Sources; Trials, Litigations, Etc; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character); Underground Railroad; United States
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Benjamin Lundy : abolitionist
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767 1848; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Canada; Colonization; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805 1879; Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Baltimore, Md.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Greeneville, Tenn. : 1821); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Lowell, Ill.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Mount Pleasant, Ohio); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Philadelphia, Pa.); Genius Of Universal Emancipation (Washington, D.C.); Lundy, Benjamin, 1789 1839; Quaker Abolitionists; Slaver; Union Humane Society; United States; West
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Draft of Iola chapter
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African American Journalists; African American Newspapers; African American Women; African American Women Social Reformers; African Americans; Barnett, Ferdinand L., 1852 1936; Biography; Chicago; Discrimination; Discrimination In Housing; Discrimination In Public Accommodations; Government; Government & Politics; History; Ida B. Wells Woman's Club; Illinois; Journalists; Lynching; Negro Fellowship League; Newspapers; Oratory; Political And Social Views; Press Coverage; Racism In The Press; Social Reformers; Societies And Clubs; Travel; Turner, Sheadrick B; United States; Wells Barnett, Ida B.; Wells Barnett, Ida B., 1862 1931; Women
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Entries from Who's who in the colored race
Harper, L
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African American Authors; African American Journalists; African American Lawyers; African American Legislators; African American Physicians; African American Surgeons; African Americans; Biography; Charles, Lincoln Valle; Government; Government & Politics; Jackson, Robert Raymond; Jones, Theodore Wellington; Law & Criminal Justice; Medicine & Health Care; Newspapers; Prince, George Washington; Rhea, Hiawatha W; Roberts, Carl G. (Carl Glennis), 1886 1950; Ross, James A. (James Alexander), 1878 1949; Springs, Andrew Wilton; Springs, Birdie E. Mc Lain; Steward, Charles; Sweeney, William Allison, 1851
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Essays political and biographical
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Biography; Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826 1880; Cabinet System; Causes; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Clubs; Crabbe, George, 1754 1832; Croker, John Wilson, 1780 1857; England; Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin. Earl Of, 1645 1712; Government; Granville, Granville George Leveson Gower. Earl, 1815 1891; Great Britain; Halifax, George Savile. Marquis Of, 1633 1695; History; Lieven, Dorothea. Princess, 1785 1856; London; Politics And Government; United States
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Gritty play about life on the street wins festival
Goins, Luther McPherson, Mignon Garmel, Marion Burrus, Don R Jones, Scott Fonseca, Bryan
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Adams, Michael, Ii; African American Actors; African American Actresses; African American Authors; African American Neighborhoods; African Americans; American Literature; Auditions; Bars (Drinking Establishments); Bates, Sonny; Biographies; Burrus, Don R; Chicago; Collections; Communities; Davis, Marvel; Discounts; Drama; Emotions; Fiction; Fictitious Characters; Fonseca, Bryan; Grief; Hope; Humor; Illinois; Joy In Literature; Loss (Psychology); Mustafa, Danyelle; Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.); Poor; Previews; Prices; Schedules (Time Plans); Singh, Marlene; Smith, Michael; Social Problems; Violence; Ward, Hilary; Writing
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How in the world do Americans! : A biographical inquiry
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Biography; Bryan, William Jennings, 1860 1925; Buchman, Frank, 1878 1961; Crowe, John Finley; Finley, James B. (James Bradley), 1781 1856; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706 1790; Harrison, Benjamin, 1808 1887; History; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865; Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837 1899; Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians; Religion; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803 1874; United States; Washington, George, 1732 1799; Whitman, Marcus, 1802 1847; Williams, Roger, 1604? 1683; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856 1924
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Mistress of Manifest Destiny: A Biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, 1807-1878
Hudson, Linda S
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Biography; Burr, Aaron, 1756 1836; Cazneau, Jane Maria Mc Manus, 1807 1878; Filibusters; History; Journalism; Journalists; Literature; Magazines; Manifest Destiny; Mexican War, 1846 1848; Military And War Wars Mexican War; Montgomery, Cora, 1807 1878; New York Sun; Places Republic Of Texas; Political Messianism; Republic, 1836 1846; Revolution, 1835 1836; Revolutionaries; Slaver; Slavery; Territorial Expansion; Texas; United States; United States Magazine And Democratic Review; Women; Women Journalists; Women Revolutionaries
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Notes on James A. Mundy and the Mundy Choristers
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Abraham Lincoln; African American Choirs; African American Choral Conductors; African American Composers; African Americans; Anniversaries, Etc; Arts & Entertainment; Biography; Century Of Progress International Exposition (1933 1934 : Chicago, Ill.); Chicago; Domestic/Community/Social Life; Exhibitions; Famous Illinoisans; Federal Jubilee Singers (Chicago, Ill.); Federal Music Project (U.S.); History; Illinois; Illinois History & Culture; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865; Mundy Choristers (Chicago, Ill.); Mundy, James A., 1886 1978; Music; Performances
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Phoenix Theatre closes season with August Wilson's Seven guitars
Wilson, August Goins, Luther Sargent, Deb Haydock, Greg
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African American Actors; African American Actresses; African Americans; Biographies; Blakemore, Jay S; Blues Music; Blues Musicians; Chicago (Ill.); Discounts; Donahue, Anitra Larae; Drama; Fictitious Characters; Funeral Rites And Ceremonies; Goins, Luther; Indiana; Indianapolis; Le May, Anthony; Ludy, Rhoda; Man Woman Relationships; Mitchell, Kendra; Monologues; Murtadha, A. K; Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.); Pittsburgh (Pa.); Playwrights; Prices; Reviews; Schedules (Time Plans); Smith, Michael H; Sponsors; Stereotypes (Social Psychology) In The Performing Arts; Storytelling; Theater; Theatrical Productions; Wilson, August
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Phoenix Theatre's shakin' the mess outta misery to feature original cast of Chicago Theatre's long-running hit production
Youngblood, Shay Duncan, Lisa Fonseca, Bryan Davis, Greg Wells, Karen L
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African American Actresses; African American Women; African Americans; Autobiographical Memory; Awards; Biographies; Brown, Du Shon; Coming Of Age; Conduct Of Life; Dance; Daughters; Drama; Duncan, Lisa; Elysses, Coco; Fiction; Herbert Gregory, Kimberly; Identity; Love; Memory; Mothers; Oglesby, Greta; Older People; Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.); Prices; Pulliam, Zelda; Reviews; Rites And Ceremonies; Schedules (Time Plans); Songs; Southern States; Spiritual Healing; Storytelling; Theater; Walker, Penelope; Watson, Sandra; Women; Wright, Tina Marie
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Stephen Reardon Interview, April 30, 1980
Reardon, Stephen
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Anaconda Company; Biography; Butte; Butte (Mont.); Career In Mining; Catholic Schools; Changing Conditions In The Mines, Strikes And Layoffs; Children Of Miners; Chinese; English; Finns; History; Immigrants; Interviews; Irish; Marysville (Lewis And Clark County, Mont.); Mechanics (Persons); Mine Accidents; Mine Safety; Miners; Mines And Mineral Resources; Mining Machinery; Montana; Motnana; Orphan Girl Mine (Butte, Mont.); Race Relations; Reardon Family; Reardon, Stephen J. (Stephen James), 1888 1968; Veterans; World War, 1914 1918
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Transcription of Oral History Interview with Loris Williams Gunn, January 27, 1977
Webber, Betsy Roberts, Linda Gunn, Loris Williams
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Barber Williams Cemetery; Barber, (Mother); Barber, Albert; Barber, Amos; Barber, Will; Barbers Hill; Barbers Hill School (Chambers County, Tex.); Biographies; Chambers County; Chambers County (Tex.); Cover (Chambers County, Tex.); First Church Of Christ (Barbers Hill, Tex.); Fisher's Island; Fleischman, Flavia. Old River Country; Gunn, Clive; Gunn, Loris Williams; History; Interviews; Mont Belvieu (Tex.); Oil Drilling; Oral Histories; People Individuals; Roads; Slave Cemeteries; Slaver; Slavery; Stubbs, Tilda; Stubbs, Washington; Texas; Texas State Highway 146; Williams, Claude; Williams, Cyrus
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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carroll, February 25, 1986
Mayo, Martha Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy)
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African Americans; Baseball; Baytown; Baytown (Tex.); Biographies; Business, Economics And Finance Oil And Gas Companies Humble Oil; Carroll, J. W. (Jimmy); Deaths; Elis, Bano; History; Housing; Humble Commissary; Humble Community House (Baytown, Tex.); Humble Day; Humble Oil And Refining Company (Incorporated In Tex.); Interviews; Ku Klux Klan (1915); Mexican Americans; Occupational Mortality; Operations; Oral Histories; People Individuals; Pumphrey Elementary School; Race Relations; Segregation; Social Life And Customs Clubs And Organizations Ku Klux Klan; Texas; Transportation; Wooster (Baytown, Tex.); Working Conditions
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First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series
Sarah Swedberg Adam Lopez Noel Kalenian
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African Americans; Basketball; Biography; Black Citizens And Friends; Black Student Alliance (Colorado Mesa University); Blacks; Colorado Mesa University; David J. Combs; Discrimination; Discrimination In Housing; Education; Education Higher; Ethnic Attitudes; Ethnic Relations; Five Points; Football; Fruita; Grand Junction; History; Mesa County Oral History Project; Mexican Americans; Minneapolis; Minorities; Officiating; Oil Industry Workers; Race Discrimination; Race Relations; Racism; Relations With Mexican Americans; Rosebud Indian Reservation; School Integration; Segregation; Stereotypes; United States; Universities; University Of South Dakota; Urban High Schools; Walter Walker; West; Wyoming
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First Interview with Shannon Robinson: Social Justice Series
Sarah Swedberg Brad Wright Noel Kalenian Adam Lopez
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African Americans; Anna Scott; Biography; Bullying; Dance; Disc Jockeys; Discrimination; Education; Education Elementary; Ethnic Attitudes; Ethnic Relations; Gangs; Grand Junction; Gunnison County; Hardcore; History; History Local; Interracial Dating; Josephine Dickey; Mesa County; Mesa County Oral History Project; Minorities; National Rainbow Coalition; Phoenix; Police; Punk Rock Music; Race Discrimination; Race Relations; Racially Mixed Families; Racially Mixed People; Racism; Raves; School Violence; Shannon Robinson; Skinheads; Social Aspects; Social Life And Customs; Squatters; Substance Abuse; United States; West; Western Slope; Youth
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Letter from William Gustin Lowry to Rhoda Stone Lowry, May 18, 1862
Lowry, William Gustin
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African Americans; Arlington United States; Biography. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Regiment, 62nd (1861 1865); Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Correspondence. Lowry, William Gustin, 1836 1863; Destruction And Pillage; Health Aspects. United States; History; Military Facilities; Military Service; Military Service. United States; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Personal Narratives. Lowry, William Gustin, 1836 1863; Personal Narratives. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 62nd (1861 1865); Sources. Maclay, William Plunkett, B. 1814; Union; United States; Virginia; Virginia. United States
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R.J. Smith interview
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African American Arts California Los Angeles History 20th Century; African American Neighborhoods California Los Angeles History 20th Century; African Americans; African Americans California Los Angeles Intellectual Life 20th Century; African Americans California Los Angeles Interviews; Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) History 20th Century; Community Life California Los Angeles History 20th Century; Interviews California Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.) Biography; Los Angeles (Calif.) Intellectual Life 20th Century; Los Angeles (Calif.) Race Relations History 20th Century
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A History of Collin County, Texas
Carroll, H. Bailey
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Agriculture; Biography; Business, Economics And Finance Communications Newspapers; Business, Economics And Finance Oil And Gas; Business, Economics And Finance Transportation; Collin County (Tex.); Education Schools; Genealogy; Government; Government And Law County Courthouses; Government And Law Law Enforcement; History; Landscape And Nature Fossils; Landscape And Nature Geography And Maps; Military And War Wars; People Ethnic Groups American Indians; People Groups Pioneers; People Individuals; Places United States Texas Collin County; Religion; Slaver; Social Life And Customs Clubs And Organizations; Social Life And Customs Customs; Social Life And Customs Slavery; Sports And Recreation; United States
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Indiana history bulletin, volume 26, number 11, November 1949
Indiana Historical Bureau
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American Literature; Archaeology; Art, American; Biography; Bulletin (Indiana Historical Society); Charities; Civil War; Civil War, 1861 1865; Clark, George Rogers, 1752 1818; Corydon (Ind.); Demography; Economic Development; Education; French; Government; History; Human Services; Indiana; Indiana Historical Bureau; Indiana Historical Society; Indiana Territory; Indiana. Constitution (1816); Indiana. Constitution (1851); Indianapolis (Ind.); Mexican War, 1846 1848; Native Americans; New Harmony (Ind.); Politics And Government; Public Welfare; Religious Life And Customs; Slaver; Slavery; Social Life And Customs; Sources; Statehood (American Politics); To 1787; Transportation; United States; War Of 1812; World War, 1914 1918; World War, 1939 1945
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