(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Ruggles, David; editor. The Mirror of Liberty, for July 1838. Volume One, Number One.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Archive of letters to John Augustine Washington III at Mount Vernon, many discussing enslaved people.

(LITERATURE.) Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun.

(CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) Green, Victor H.; editor. The Negro Travelers Green Book.

(LITERATURE.) Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.

(DOUGLASS, FREDERICK.) Fassett, Samuel M.; photographer. Previously unknown carte-de-visite portrait of Douglass.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Williams, Peter. An Oration on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, Delivered in the African Church,

(MILITARY.) Signed photograph of Preston Taylor as a drummer with the 116th United States Colored Troops.

BANNEKER, BENJAMIN. Bannaker’s Maryland . . . Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1796.

(WOMEN.) Papers of educator Sister Makinya Sibeko-Kouate, one of the leading popularizers of Kwanzaa.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Agreement for an American slave ship captain to bring an illegal cargo of slaves from Africa to Havana.

(CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) Notice: This Part of the Car for Colored People.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Berry, Zachariah. 100 Dollars Reward: Ranaway . . . Negro Man Luke, Commonly Called Luke Williams.

(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Large collection of Philadelphia-area portraits, including the notable Dorsey family.

(HAITI.) Early transcripts of Toussaint Louvertures autopsy report, estate inventory, and more.

KING, MARTIN LUTHER. Why We Cant Wait.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) [Douglas, Emory; artist.] You Can Jail a Revolutionary, but You Cant Jail a Revolution.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Union with Freemen--No Union with Slaveholders. Anti-Slavery Meetings!

(RECONSTRUCTION.) Beard, James C.; artist. The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th 1870.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Packet of printed Virginia circulars relating to the provision of slaves for the defense of the Confederacy.

(RECONSTRUCTION.) [The Shackle Broken--by the Genius of Freedom.]

(THEATER.) Pair of broadsides for Ira Aldridges historic first two performances at Londons Theatre Royal.

(CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) For Colored / For Whites sign for a segregated bus.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Poster for a concert to aid the Martin Luther King Defense Fund.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) The Device of our Fathers in their First Struggle for Liberty, 1776: Unite or Die.

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Ambrotype photograph of Caesar, an officers servant near Washington.

(ART.) Marshall, Augustus; photographer. Carte-de-visite portrait of the sculptor Edmonia Lewis.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Lyon, Danny; photographer. Now.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Slave documents from the Hooe family, including letters on runaways.

GARVEY, MARCUS. Signed stock certificate for 10 shares of common stock in the Black Star Line,

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Manigault, Gabriel. A plantation owner near the front lines scrambles to keep his human property.

(LITERATURE.) Hughes, Langston. The Man Who Went To War.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Charleston slave tag.

(WOMEN.) Photograph of a young Texas woman holding a pistol.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of Virginia marriage licenses issued to free African Americans.

(SPORTS--TRACK.) Pewter mug and three medallions from the famous track star Jesse Owens.

(ART.) Catlett, Elizabeth. Portfolio of 5 lithographs.

(LAW.) Autographed photograph of Justice Thurgood Marshall.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Plan of an African Ships Lower Deck, with Negroes in the Proportion of Not Quite One to a Ton.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately from our Communities.

(FILM.) Glaser, Milton; designer. Poster for the film No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger.

(FOOD AND DRINK.) Roberts, Robert. The House Servants Directory.

(BUSINESS.) Pair of promotional pamphlets from the utopian African-American community, Soul City.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Henderson, James. Letter to George Washingtons nephew regarding the purchase of slaves.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Child, Lydia Maria. The Fountain for Every Day in the Year.

(ART.) Bearden, Romare. Homage to Louie and Duke

(ART.) Bearden, Romare. Respect Human Dignity: Toby Moffett for Senate.

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Marbery, William W. A soldier comments on Lincoln, Marylands emancipation and his missing back pay.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 9 press photos of the Selma-Montgomery marches.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Civil Rights Now! Peoples March for Freedom, Jobs, Justice, Equality.

(MUSIC.) Lomax, John A. and Alan; editors. Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly.

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 26 photos of civil rights demonstrations and related subjects.

(MALCOLM X.) Signed presentation copy of the 45-rpm record A Moslem Sings: A White Mans Heaven is a Black Mans Hell.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) Us Colored People.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Six issues of the abolitionist weekly National Era reporting on the Dred Scott decision.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Weaver, Eleanor. Letter containing news of Nat Turners Rebellion.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Howard, Benjamin C. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court . . . in the Case of Dred Scott

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Legal case file involving 5 slaves sold between American Indians in Texas.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--SURINAM.) Stedman, John Gabriel. Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam.

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Lincoln, Abraham. Emancipation Proclamation Issued January 1st 1863.