Items · Clark Atlanta University

Ascending Yellow

Fantasy coffin in the image of Dr.Richard A Long’s indispensable car, a 1974 yellow B210 Datsun.

Our Lady of Peace

Painting

The Spirit of 366th

Oil painting

MS_0002_03_0014_AfricanDrum

Macon County Voter Registration

Voter registration done by the TCA to register blacks in the upcoming election.

House of Representatives

Correspondence on how to end the poll tax in Alabama.

African Medicine and Surgery

Stories of African medicine in use

Negro Yearbook Clippings 1914-1915

An annual encyclopedia of the negro published

Letters from W.E.B. DuBois to Mr. Work

Correspondence from Dr. DuBois asking Monroe Work assistance with the Niagara Movement in the early twentieth century.

Northern mockingbird in Green-Wood Cemetery

Bird

Berry Cute Tree Frog

Frog resting on grape vine filled with bright purple grapes in the middle of the day. Green brown speckled leaves fill the atmosphere.

MS_0002_03_0010_Morning Star

This specific chain is used to punish enslaved persons who were disobedient to their master. The master would strike the slaves several times until he bled to death or thought that the punishment was enough.

Coretta Scott King Speech Pt 1

Coretta Scott King was the wife Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She was an activist in her own right. She continued to work on Civil Rights and preserve her husband's legacy.

MS_0002_03_0008_HandmadeRockingChair

Original Hand Made Rocking Chair created by a former slave.

MS_0002_03_0007_Shackles

Original Iron Slave Collar used to chain enslaved people of Africa. Dual clasps cuffs affixed by iron chain. Created by a machine.

MS_0002_03_0005_HandShackles

Original Iron Shackles used to chain enslaved people of Africa. Dual clasps cuffs affixed by iron chain. American Slave Chains. Made of solid iron with grappled or simple-twist locks, these chains were used to restrain the feet or ankles of slaves, allowing them to walk but preventing running or kicking. The leg irons are also known as fetters, shackles, or foot cuffs. Resistance to slavery by African people developed almost as soon as the institution itself. Running away remained the number 1 problem for slave holders. Other forms of resistance on the part of Africans included legal petitions, educational pursuits, small and large scale rebellions, as well as other forms of protest. Slavery officially ended after the Civil War and the signing of the 13th amendment both occurring in 1865.

MS_0002_03_0004_Shackles

Original Iron Shackles used to chain enslaved people of Africa. Dual clasps cuffs affixed by iron chain. American Slave Chains. Made of solid iron with grappled or simple-twist locks, these chains were used to restrain the feet or ankles of slaves, allowing them to walk but preventing running or kicking. The leg irons are also known as fetters, shackles, or foot cuffs.

MS_0002_03_0002_Shackles

Original Iron Shackles used to enslave people of Africa. Single iron cuff attached by chain to oversized iron ball. This specific item was used to immobilize the slaves. A type of shackle, the ball and chain is designed so that the weight of the iron ball at the end of the short chain restricts and limits the pace.