Black History Counts -- 1900s

The
Mark E. Mitchell Collection
of African American History

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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 (see reviews). Here are a few of the highlights...

C L I C K O N E A C H P H O T O T O E N L A R G E

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. -- The censored, hand-written note penned from his Jefferson County (Alabama) jail cell.	EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON -- Bandleader, Composer, Pianist

ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891-1960) -- Writer, poet, anthropologist; the original signed poem titled: To Richmond Barthe' sent to the acclaimed black sculptor in 1935 during the Harlem Renaissance.	JACKIE ROBINSON -- the first African American to play baseball in the Major Leagues types and signs a compelling letter to an ailing child.

MALCOLM X LETTER TO ALEX HALEY -- Handwritten letter to Alex Haley from Conakry, Guinea, while on his last trip to Africa	CARTER G. WOODSON LETTER -- on the critical need for teaching Black History
MARIAN ANDERSON SIGNED PORTRAIT	PAUL ROBESON SIGNED APPLICATION

ALEX HALEY'S PERSONAL
DIARY AND LOGBOOK, 1964

THELONIOUS MONK

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