Early portraits of African American Activists in the late 19th century
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African American women and men assumed civic responsibilities in the decades after the Civil War. William Henry Richards (1856-1941) was active in several organizations that promoted civil rights and civil liberties for African Americans at the end of the nineteenth century, and he collected portraits of numerous fellow activists in the suffrage and temperance movements and in education, journalism and the arts. In honor of women’s history month (in 2017), the U.S. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division staff digitized selected photographs from the collection showing women who were identified by name. These photographs show the women at earlier ages than most portraits previously available of them online. [via Jessamyn on Mltshp]
In alphabetical order, the women are:
In alphabetical order, the women are:
- Maria “Molly” Baldwin (1856-1922), educator and civic leader [Wikipedia].
- Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867-1951), educator and activist [Wikipedia], with singer/activist Emma Azelia Smith Hackley (1867-1922) [Wikipedia].
- Hallie Quinn Brown (1849-1949), educator and activist [Wikipedia].
- Bust portrait of unidentified woman, originally incorrectly identified as Anna J. Cooper.
- Anna J. Cooper (1858-1964), educator and activist [Wikipedia].
- Amanda V. Gray (1870-1957), Doctor of Pharmacy [Black Then].
- Lillian Parker Thomas (1854-1917), journalist [Wikipedia].
- Clarissa M. Thompson (1859-1941), educator [Wikipedia].
- Laura A. Moore Westbrook (1859- 1894), educator [Wikipedia].
- Fannie Barrier Williams, (1855-1944), educator and activist [Wikipedia].
- Josephine Silone Yates (1852-1912), educator and activist [Wikipedia].
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