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Sojourner Truth #1140

Caption from poster: “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone,these women together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right-side up again. And now that they are asking to do it, the men better let them.” – Sojourner Truth

South Carolina Slave #1245

Caption from poster: “I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time been ashamed.”

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee #1167

Caption from the poster: On February 1, 1960, a group of black college students from North Carolina A&T University refused to leave a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Caroline where they had been denied service. This sparked a wave of other sit-ins in college towns across the South. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was created on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh North Carolina.

Yarrow Mamout #1007

This portrait of Yarrow Mamout, a former African slave in Georgetown, Maryland, was created by an American Portrait maker and historian who had heard of Mamout, who was reportedly 134 years of age and a practicing African Muslim, which was a rarity at that time.

Stagecoach Mary #1109

Born a slave, grew up an orphan, never married, had no children, no formal education. The nuns were her family Mother Amadeus was her mother. She loved the children of Cascade County and supported the local baseball team as their number one fan.

The Chain Gang #1154

From poster: As newly freed slaves would soon learn, freedom was not as they had anticipated. White southerners were anxious to regain power over them, and used the law in order to achieve that objective. In 1865, southerners created Black Codes, which served as a way to control and inhibit the freedom of ex-slaves. Codes controlled almost all aspects of life, and prohibited African Americans from the freedoms that had been won. Not only did whites want to control ex-slaves, but also they needed laborers.