Racial Segregation Collection

A tobacco plantation, 1745. Creator: Unknown artist
A tobacco plantation, 1745. Private Collection

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. Men at work. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Home in Glory, Birmingham, AL, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Home in Glory, Birmingham, AL, 1936. Federal Theatre of Alabama Presents - "Home in Glory" - With an All Colored Cast - Municipal Auditorium - Thu. Apr. 16 For Colored People - Fri. Apr

Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917
Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917. American politician Albert Sidney Burleson; Postmaster General. Known for obtaining permission from President Woodrow Wilson to institute racial segregation

Wooden privies in the Negro area, Washington (southwest section), D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington (southest section), D.C. Wooden privies in the Negro area

Sign on Alabama Avenue, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C (vicinity), 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C (vicinity). Frederick Douglass housing project. Sign on Alabama Avenue

Detail of the structure of a Negro home, Washington (southwest section), D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington (southwest section), D.C. Detail of the structure of a Negro home

Homes in the Negro section, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Homes in the Negro section

Bus driver, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Bus driver

Negro buses waiting for passengers, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Negro buses waiting for passengers

Buses operated by the city which are used only by Negroes, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Buses operated by the city which are used only by Negroes

City hospital for Negroes, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. City hospital for Negroes

Negro section, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Negro section

Autograph sheet from Negro League Baseball Players Association Reunion, October 13, 1990
A white autograph sheet with black printed text " N.L.B.P.A. / AUTOGRAPH SHEET" at the top. The middle has a printed baseball diamond with 50 signatures of Negro League players in different

Report card for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School, 1957 - 1958
Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine African-American students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in September 1957. In 1954 the U.S

Poll tax receipt for Lee Carr from Hardin County, Texas, 1955. Creator: Unknown
During the era of segregation in the United States, voting rights were denied to African Americans in the form of discriminatory taxation

Souvenir programme for the Southern Tennis Association Annual Tournament, 1933
A souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association and held at the Tuskegee Institute 2-5 August 1933

Souvenir programme for 1924 Worlds Colored Championship, 1924. Creator: Lemaitre
A 20-page souvenir program for the 1924 Worlds Colored Championship baseball series. The world of sport, like so many other areas of life

Programme for Club Ebony, 1947-1948. Creator: Unknown
The program is a single sheet of heavyweight cream paper that folds in half. The front features a black and red illustration of a conga drum and womans head printed in the top left corner

Diploma for Carlotta Walls from Little Rock Central High School, July 8, 1960
Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine African-American students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in September 1957. In 1954 the U.S

Pennant from a Negro League East vs. West All-Star Game, ca. 1933. Creator: Unknown
Souvenir from one of the annual East-West All-Star Games for Negro league baseball players during the era of racial segregation. This game was played at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Wool sweater for the Eastern Colored League, 1923-1928. Creator: Unknown
The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, also known as the Eastern Colored League (ECL), was one of the several Negro leagues in the United States during the time that organised baseball was

Building brick from Spelman Colleges Upton Hall, ca. 1905. Creator: Unknown
Spelman College, in Atlanta, Georgia, is a private, historically Black, womens liberal arts college. A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Spelman Colleges Upton Hall

Fan advertising the American Beach Negro Ocean Playground, ca. 1935. Creator: Unknown
The Negro Ocean Playground at American Beach, near Jacksonville, Florida, was a place where African-Americans could enjoy Recreation and Relaxation Without Humiliation

The Nations Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4, 1956-1957. Creator: Unknown
Newsletter of " The Nations Prayer Call" from the Zion Baptist Church. The newsletter has two pages total with black printed text on both sides. The paper is yellowed and creased

Poster for an All Stars baseball game, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for a baseball game between the Colored All Stars and the White All Stars at Halloran Park, Lima, Ohio. Games between top Black teams

Building brick from Bethune-Cookman Universitys White Hall, ca. 1916. Creator: Unknown
A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Bethune-Cookman Universitys White Hall. BCU is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida

Sign for the Booker T. Motel, ca. 1950. Creator: Unknown
Motel sign from Humboldt, Tennessee, named for Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American educator, author and orator. Colored indicates that the motel was for African-Americans only

Sign from segregated railroad station, ca. 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Under segregation in the United States, Black people were prohibited from using the same facilities as whites. They were forced to use separate and often inferior services such as housing

The Democracy of Mr. Lynch, End 1930s. Creator: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
The Democracy of Mr. Lynch, End 1930s. Private Collection

Freedom to the prisoners of Scottsboro!, 1932. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Cotton Wagon, 1880s. Private Collection

Pinback button for the Philadelphia Stars, 1933 - 1952. Creator: Unknown
The Philadelphia Stars baseball team belonged to the Negro National League, one of several Negro leagues which were established during the era of racial segregation in the United States

Pinback button for the New York Black Yankees, 1932 - 1948. Creator: Unknown
The New York Black Yankees baseball team belonged to the Negro National League, one of several Negro leagues which were established during the era of racial segregation in the United States

Pinback button for the Kansas City Monarchs, 1920 - 1965. Creator: Unknown
The Kansas City Monarchs baseball team belonged to the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. The NNL was one of several Negro leagues which were established during the era of racial segregation in

Ticket for the Pickwick Theatre, ca. 1940. Creator: Unknown
The world of entertainment, like so many other areas of life, was segregated along racial lines during this period of US history

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