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Frederick Douglas Alexander (February 21, 1910 – April 13, 1980) was an American businessman, civil rights activist, and politician from Charlotte, North Carolina. Elected to the Charlotte City Council in 1965, he was the first African American to serve on…
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Frederick Douglas Reese (November 28, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, educator and minister from Selma, Alabama. Known as a member of Selma's "Courageous Eight", Reese was the president of the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL)…
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Born enslaved, Douglass escaped and became one of the nineteenth century’s most influential advocates for abolition, citizenship and equal rights.
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he was an abolitionist, essayist, newspaper editor, and an…
1933–1986
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (1933–1986) was an African-American musician, civil rights activist, and minister from Haynesville, Louisiana. In late 1964 he was a co-founder of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, an armed black self-defense group, in the…
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Frederick Hill was an African-American politician in Florida during the Reconstruction era. He was a delegate to the 1868 Florida Constitutional Convention and represented Gadsden County in the Florida Legislature. He also served as a Gadsden County…
1891–1963
Frederick Johnson (1891–1963) was an American professional tennis player, coach and teacher. A Harlem native, Johnson was an African American who managed to turn pro despite Segregation in American tennis and despite being one-armed due to paralysis as a…
1878–1953
Frederick Langdon Hubbard (1878–1953) was Chairman of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1929 to 1930. He was the first African Canadian to serve on the TTC board (first as Commissioner and later as Chairman). Born in Toronto in 1878, Hubbard was…
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Frederick Madison Roberts (September 14, 1879 – July 19, 1952) was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner; he became a politician, the first known man of African-American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He…
1872–1943
Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry (August 9, 1872 – October 23, 1943) was an American philanthropist and activist. Perry founded the Colored Big Sister Home for Girls in 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri. With her husband, John E. Perry, she worked to provide…
Biography
Fredrick Cornelius Harris is an American political scientist specializing in African American politics. He is the Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science and former Dean of Faculty for Social Sciences at Columbia University. He also serves as Director…
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Fredrick Lamar McGhee (October 28, 1861 – September 9, 1912) was an African-American criminal defense lawyer and civil rights activist. Born a slave in Mississippi, McGhee would become the first black attorney in Minnesota. Alongside close friend and…
October 1970; printed 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival print of demonstrators protesting to support Angela Davis in front of the Criminal Courts Building in Lower Manhattan. Protestors hold fists in the air, and those in the background hold banners. Several protesters wear pinback…
July 13, 1972; printed 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival print of two protest marchers on a march through West Oakland. They are facing to viewer's left. Individual at left has mouth open to sing or speak. Individual at right holds a large poster depicting Angela Davis in mid-speech.…
2010; printed 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a “Free Bobby (Seale)” Black Panther Button pinback button, by Platon. The round, white, pin back button features a black-and-white illustration of the Black Panther Party emblem: a crouching, snarling black panther. Black…
1971, printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a boy standing in front of a coat rack. He is smiling broadly, his arms outstretched, with a coat draped over his right arm and shoulder. The coat rack is almost completely full with various types and styles of coats. The…
1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long-playing record (2011.103.3a) recorded by Stokely Carmichael and published by Black Forum Records. The record advocates for the release of Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton. The album cover (2011.103.3b) features an image of Stokely…
1970, printed 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a Black Panther rally in San Francisco, California. At the center of the photograph is a man wearing a hat speaking into a microphone on a stand. All around him are young women, young men and children who are clapping and…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn original hand-drawn sketch by graphic designer Andrea Pippins entitled Freedom. The sketch is made with brown ink on a sheet of white paper. It is in the style of a worksheet for the user to color in and complete with additional words and drawings. The…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDigital pdf file offered by graphic designer Andrea Pippins, based on her original hand-drawn sketch (2018.51.1). The sketch is black on a white background. It is in the style of a worksheet for the user to color in and complete with additional words and…
1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGVoting rights advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer, is shown picketing in front of the Forrest County Courthouse. Later, Hamer's group, the Mississippi Freedom Party, would challenge the official delegation at the 1964 Democratic Convention. A black-and-white…
ca. 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a small building with signs above the porch and front door that say "Freedom Democratic Party F.D.P" An African American boy is standing on the porch.
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three children in a Resurrection City plywood structure with the sign "Freedom General Store." The photograph shows a structure made out of wooden boards. On the proper left side of the structure there is a white rectangle…
1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPamphlet of "Freedom is Everybody's Job!" by George Crockett. The pamphlet has a glossy cover sheet with the interior pages secured with two staples in the spine. There is a black and white image in the bottom left of the author wearing a suit and glasses…
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