Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), former slave and abolitionist broke whites’ stereotypes about African Americans in the decades prior to the U.S. Civil War. ca 1870s.
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I’m not a nigger, I’m a man, but if you think I’m a nigger, it means you need it.
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“Why does America tolerate the lynching of Negroes?”
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An actual postcard showing the 1920 Duluth, Minnesota lynchings
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The Myth of Benevolent Slavery
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All African-American football team in Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1920
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The Legend of Dinkie the Conjurer!
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Boiled Peanuts