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Various [Photographs, ephemera and magazines dated 1919-1969][Decimalized .01-.14]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09779 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: various Type: Header Record Date: 1919-1969 Pagination: 14 items

Summary of Content: Collection of 14 items dated 1919-1969. Consists of photographs, cover images of Life magazines, tin advertisements and signs. Subjects pertain to Cream of Wheat, segregation in public spaces and covers from Life magazine featuring police brutality and civil rights movement figures.

People: Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Bass, Joe Jr., fl. 1967
Bunche, Ralph, 1904-1971
Dandridge, Frank, fl. 1967
Fontenelle, Ellen, fl. 1968
Harris, Charles "Teenie", 1908-1988
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Marland, Sidney P., 1914-1992
Moore, Charles, 1931-2001
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Sleet, Moneta Jr., 1926-1996
White, Frank L., 1858-1938

Historical Era: 1945 to the Present

Subjects: ActivismAdvertisingAfrican American HistoryAfrican AmericansCivil Rights MovementCivil RightsEducation ReformEducationJim CrowMinstrelOrganizationsPolice brutalityPoliceProtestsQuality of LifeRace discriminationSegregationStereotypesSuffrageVoting RightsWomen's HistoryWomen's Rights

Sub Era: Jim Crow and the Great Migration

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