[African American Major League Baseball Players in Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, for a Post-Season All-Star Game]

Photograph shows African American Major League baseball players at an All-Star game at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans in 1952. The baseball players depicted include (from left to right): George Crowe (Boston Braves), Joe Black (Brooklyn Dodgers), Hank Thompson (New York Giants), Sam Jethroe (Braves), Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians), Roy Campanella (Dodgers), Monte Irvin (New York Giants), and Harry “Suitcase” Simpson…

African American Pamphlet Collection Copy

Republic of Liberia: facts for thinking men, showing the present condition of slave labor and free labor, in tropical and semi-tropical countries; and the indispensable necessity of African colonization; being letters originally addressed to the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, through the Herald and the Plain dealer, daily papers of this city, — Feb. 1852.

All-American News

All-American News were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include a segment about Joseph Craigen, a judge in Michigan, the Karamu…

[All-American News–Excerpts. 05-1945]

All-American News were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include a segment about Evelyn Boyd who wins a scholarship, Dr. J…

[All-American News–Excerpts. 1945-06, no. 2]

All-American News were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include a segment about the moving of Christopher Columbus’ ashes, Mozelle Thompson,…

Clash of Colors

Photograph shows students running toward an African American student set to defend himself during period of racial violence at Collinwood High School in Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland City Guide

J.J. Clark’s Cleveland City Guide, and Classified Pocket Business Directory for 1872-1873. Exhibiting a complete mirror of the city and business firms. Each number containing a erasive tablet. Clark & Lawler Publishers, Cleveland, Ohio.

NAACP Photographs of Urban and Rural Housing for African Americans

Emphasis is on single-family houses and integrated developments in cities and rural Southern and Northeastern United States; also low-income housing projects in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; Cleveland, Ohio; Greenbelt, Md.; New York, N.Y.; and Watts (Los Angels, Calif.). Some photos show white resistance to integration in their neighborhoods, including a photo of a house with a sign declaring…