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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

African Americans, circa 1900

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Identifier: Series 2
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Photographs of African Americans in Niagara Falls, including Louis Guy (an attendant for Judge T.G. Hulett), a riverside baptism, and workers

Dates: circa 1900

African-Americans, 1974 - 1980

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Photographs of the Black Employee Club site, an unidentified portrait of a Black man in a suit, and of a community meeting between Black residents and the police following the killing of six area Black men Includes a clipping of the relevant newspaper article.

Dates: 1974 - 1980

Benjamin Banneker Working outline carbon outline

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Outline and draft of text for book on Benjamin Banneker

Dates: 1953-1974

Black American Museum, 1971 - 1973

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Press kit for the Black American Museum and Cultural Center includes photographs and set of plans

Dates: 1971 - 1973

Black Americans, circa 1880s

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Identifier: gphc.bl.341
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One cabinet card photograph taken of an African American man in a studio with a Niagara Falls image as a background. The man in the photograph has a skin condition called Vitiligo. Also present is a short note about the photo.

Dates: circa 1880s

Black Churches, 2009-2010

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Research notes related to church names, years of operation, addresses and leaders

Dates: 2009-2010

Black Employees Club, 1975

 File — Drawer SC0927: [Barcode: SC0927]
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Booklet with proposals and letters related to the Black Employees Club organization [originals]

Dates: 1975

Black History, 1972-1998

 File — Drawer SC0701: [Barcode: SC0701]
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Book by local Black author, newspaper clippings related to the history of the Underground Railroad in the Niagara Falls area, and a feasibility study related to the building of the Black American Museum & Cultural Center in Niagara Falls, New York

Dates: 1972-1998

Black History, 1870-2009

 File — Drawer SC0702: [Barcode: SC0702]
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Pamphlets, articles, school reports, and book excerpts related to the history of the Underground Railroad in the Niagara Falls area. Includes essays related to the Niagara Movement and a book related to Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.

Dates: 1870-2009