Rescuing, Preserving, Documenting and Exhibiting the
Courage of African Americans over the Past Four Centuries.

The Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History spans four centuries, consisting of well over
5,000 individual pieces -- defying description both in scope and content. Here is one of the highlights...

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THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER -- A first-year (1827), Volume I complete issue of
America's very first black newspaper, published by Samuel E. Cornish and John Brown Russwurm in New York City.
 

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