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The devil between the white man and the Negro, by W. A. Freeman. [title page]

The March of Myles Standish, "Standish the Stalwart it was, with Eight of his Valorous Army Led by Their Indian Guide, By Hobomok, Friend of the White Men." Longfellow

Portrait of Walt Whitman - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of Walter F. White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP and author of "How Far the Promised Land?" published in 1955.

Daguerreotype portrait of Walt Whitman

BANQUET [held by] (THE RIGHT HON. SIR WALTER WILKIN) [at] "GUILD HALL,(ENGLAND)" (FOREIGN;)

“The Negro Actors Guild of America, Inc”

The ghetto: a romantic drama in four acts by Herman Heyermans, Jr., adapted by Chester Bailey Fernald, revised for America by, and produced under the stage direction of Eugene W. Presbrey

The Chevalier de Saint-George [and] Negro music at birth

Group of Klansmen surround freedman Gus (played by white actor Walter Long in blackface) in a scene from director D. W. Griffith's 1915 motion picture "The Birth of a Nation."

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Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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long walter 1879 1952 ku klux klan 19th cent african americans in motion pictures racism in motion pictures ethnic stereotypes film stills schomburg center for research in black culture photographs and prints division the birth of a nation motion picture stills collection actor walter long freedman gus ultra high resolution high resolution d w griffith motion picture stills collection nation birth motion picture griffith director d director scene blackface long walter actor gus freedman klansmen group birth of a nation 1915 team photography colonel ben cameron phil stoneman united states the birth of a nation silent epic blockbuster motion pictures movies silent films new york public library
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1915
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, Director
Long, Walter, 1879-1952
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
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New York Public Library
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http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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"Magic in Medicine" - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Etow Oh Koam, King of the River Nation.

Amateur orchestra, organized and taught by the Federal Music Project's Music Education Division at the Central Brooklyn Music Center

Zola King, eccentric dancer doing her nightly stunt in the cabaret scene

HONORING GUESTS OF THE NATION [held by] COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK [at] "METROPOLITAN CASINO NEW YORK, NY" (CLUB)

Freedman's national monument. Boston, MA. 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Melle. Plumkett [sic], dans Le prophète, Théâtre de la Nation

Miss Selma Day working on mural

I won't be an actor no more - Public domain sheet music scan

Rachel D. Moore, home management supervisor, giving demonstration in dusting plants from insects to Caldoria Smith; La Delta Project, Thomastown, La., June 1940.

Zola King, eccentric dancer doing her nightly stunt in the cabaret scene

Woman and two men, standing

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long walter 1879 1952 ku klux klan 19th cent african americans in motion pictures racism in motion pictures ethnic stereotypes film stills schomburg center for research in black culture photographs and prints division the birth of a nation motion picture stills collection actor walter long freedman gus ultra high resolution high resolution d w griffith motion picture stills collection nation birth motion picture griffith director d director scene blackface long walter actor gus freedman klansmen group birth of a nation 1915 team photography colonel ben cameron phil stoneman united states the birth of a nation silent epic blockbuster motion pictures movies silent films new york public library