Heritage Collection (page 3)

E. M. Brawley, D. D. [recto], 1902. Creator: Unknown
E. M. Brawley, D. D. [recto], 1902. Educator and minister Rev. Edward Macknight Brawley, the first African American to attend Bucknell University. Served as president at Selma University

'The Recent Festivities at Altenburg- The March Past of Peasents in their National Costumes Before Creator: Unknown
The Recent Festivities at Altenburg- The March Past of Peasents in their National Costumes Before the Emperor, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Ohio Centennial Columbus - Opens Sept. 4th - Closes Oct. 19th - 1888'. The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Prof. B. W. Arnett, Jr. A. B. 1888. Creator: Unknown
Prof. B. W. Arnett, Jr. A. B. 1888. African-American educator, minister, bishop and author Benjamin William Arnett. From his The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Prof. T. W. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Prof. T. W. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888. African-American academic. From The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Rev. E. S. Gilmore, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Rev. E. S. Gilmore, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1888. African-American cleric. From The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Hon. Wm. Copeland, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Hon. William Copeland, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888. From The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Vogt Bros
Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. African-American politician and civil rights activist Jeremiah A. Brown. When young, he worked on steamboats with Mark Twain

Harry C. Smith, Director of Band Music, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Harry C. Smith, Director of Band Music, 1888. African-American musician, newspaper editor and politician. From The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Crum; Collector Port Charleston, S.C. 1903. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Crum; Collector Port Charleston, S.C. 1903. William Demosthenes Crum, physician, diplomat, and collector of customs for the port of Charleston in South Carolina

Mr. Edward E. Lee, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Edward E. Lee, 1897. Portrait of an African-American man. From The philosophy of Negro suffrage

Jerome R. Riley, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Jerome R. Riley, 1897. African-American/Canadian physician; author of The philosophy of Negro suffrage

Rev. J. B. Fields, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Rev. J. B. Fields, 1887. African-American Baptist minister, clergyman, preacher and orator James B. Fields. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

W. Q. Atwood, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. Q. Atwood, 1887. William Q. Atwood, African-American businessman and lumber baron; active in the Underground Railroad. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J

David Abner, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
David Abner, Jr. 1887. Educator and journalist; first African American to graduate from a Texas school of higher education, professor of Bishop College in Texas

Charles L. Reason, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Charles L. Reason, 1887. African-American mathematician, linguist, and educator; the first black college professor in the United States

Alexander Clark, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Clark, 1887. African-American diplomat, businessman and activist; United States Ambassador to Liberia, co-owner and editor of The Conservator newspaper

I. M. Burgan, 1887. Creator: Unknown
I. M. Burgan, 1887. African-American minister and educator Isaac M. Burgan, principal of Paul Quinn College in Texas. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J

D. A. Payne, 1887. Creator: Unknown
D. A. Payne, 1887. Reverend Daniel Alexander Payne, educator, clergyman and author; bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio

John Jasper, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John Jasper, 1887. African-American minister, activist and public speaker. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

E. P. M'Cabe, John R. Lynch, T. M'Cants Stewart, C. H. Parrish, 1887. Creator: Unknown
E. P. M'Cabe, John R. Lynch, T. M'Cants Stewart, C. H. Parrish, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Settler, attorney and land agent Edward P. McCabe

P. H. A. Braxton, 1887. Creator: Unknown
P. H. A. Braxton, 1887. African-American preacher and politician Patrick Henry Alexander Braxton was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Baltimore

J. P. Campbell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. P. Campbell, 1887. Jabez Pitt Campbell, African-American minister, activist, philanthropist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

B. T. Washington, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. T. Washington, 1887. African-American man, probably not Booker T. Washington. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

Robert Pelham, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
Robert Pelham, Jr. 1887. African-American journalist, civil rights activist and civil servant; editor of the Washington Tribune newspaper

M. R. DeLaney, 1887. Creator: Unknown
M. R. DeLaney, 1887. Martin Robison Delany, African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, and writer; arguably the first proponent of black nationalism

J. J. Irvine, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. J. Irvine, 1887. Engineer, farmer and politician John J. Irvine was a noted leader of a movement to establish an African-American colony in the Western United States

B. T. Tanner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. T. Tanner, 1887. African-American clergyman and editor Benjamin Tucker Tanner founded The Christian Recorder newsaper, and was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church

J. C. Mathews, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. C. Mathews, 1887. African-American attorney and judge James Campbell Matthews was the first black law school graduate in New York

James Lewis, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James Lewis, 1887. African-American soldier and politician, born enslaved. His father was a white planter. Lewis worked on steamboats on the Mississippi

N. H. Bouey, 1887. Creator: Unknown
N. H. Bouey, 1887. Harrison N. Bouey, African-American minister, teacher, journalist and missionary. Bouey was involved in efforts to help black Americans emigrate to Africa

Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Francois Dominique Toussaint-Louverture, Haitian revolutionary leader and general, was born enslaved on the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now known as Haiti

J. J. Spelman, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. J. Spelman, 1887. African-American journalist, politician, stage performer and manager James J. Spelman. During the American Civil War

E. W. Blyden, 1887. Creator: Unknown
E. W. Blyden, 1887. Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician Edward Wilmot Blyden was born in the Danish West Indies to free black parents who claimed descent from the Igbo people of

E. M. Brawley, 1887. Creator: Unknown
E. M. Brawley, 1887. Educator and minister Rev. Edward Macknight Brawley, the first African American to attend Bucknell University. Served as president at Selma University

John W. Cromwell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John W. Cromwell, 1887. John Wesley Cromwell, African-American lawyer, teacher, civil servant, journalist, historian, and civil rights activist

Gustavus Vassa [Olaudah Equiano]. 1887. Creator: Unknown
Gustavus Vassa [Olaudah Equiano]. 1887. African author, writer, abolitionist, sailor and merchant: enslaved as a child, he was shipped to the Caribbean and sold to a Royal Navy officer

B. W. Arnett, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. W. Arnett, 1887. Benjamin William Arnett, African-American educator, minister and bishop. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

John H. Smythe, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John H. Smythe, 1887. African-American diplomat, politician and educator, US ambassador to Liberia. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

R. H. Cain, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. H. Cain, 1887. Richard Harvey Cain was an African-American minister, abolitionist, missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and US Representative from South Carolina

James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. James Monroe Trotter, teacher, soldier, employee of the US Post Office Department, music historian

H. M. Turner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. M. Turner, 1887. Henry McNeal Turner, African-American minister and politician, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Thomas Bethune (Blind Tom), 1887. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Bethune (Blind Tom), 1887. African-American pianist and composer Blind Tom Wiggins was born into slavery and lived on the Bethune plantation in Georgia

T. T. Fortune, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Fortune, 1887. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher

P. B. S. Pinchback, 1887. Creator: Unknown
P. B. S. Pinchback, 1887. Publisher, politician, and Union Army officer Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the second African American to serve as governor and lieutenant governor of a U.S

J. C. Price, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. C. Price, 1887. African-American founder, orator and educator Joseph Charles Price was the first president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina

D. A. Straker, 1887. Creator: Unknown
D. A. Straker, 1887. Barbados-born politician, teacher and lawyer D. Augustus Straker was the first black lawyer to appear before the Michigan Supreme Court

Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887. Creator: Unknown. Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887
Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887. Black British Shakespearean actor and playwright Ira Frederick Aldridge was the the manager of the Theatre Royal in Coventry

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping