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• Old House Near the Trail

  The print by Booker shows a rural landscape featuring a small run down house. The area is not frequented by people which is shown by the boarded window and the cracked and overgrown path.
• Dog in the Meadow

  This etching by American artist Leonard Baskin shows a dog dozing in a meadow. Unlike most works in the Permanent Collection, the artist is not an alumnus of Texas Southern, nor tied to the university in any way. Instead, this piece was donated to the museum by a benefactor.
• Adair Mural Project

  This sketch by John Biggers is part of his planning process for his mural in Christia V. Adair Park, named for an iconic Houston civil rights activist. The mural design for Adair Park is based on the dogon house, and features several intricate patterns across its multiple panels.
• Suffer the Little Children

  This drawing by Oliver Parson shows a group of emaciated children seated on a checkerboard patterned floor. There is also a chick, just hatched from its egg, that seems to be struggling to survive. Parson has an incredible talent for conveying powerful emotions in his works.
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• Maneuver grounds Prince William and Fairfax Counties, VA

  Photographs taken at the maneuvers near Manassas, Va., September 1904, by the Second Battalion of Engineers, United States Army
• AR_0004_03_Bongo Mask

  The Kuba kingdom was founded in the 16th century by the Bushoog who are still ruled by a king today. More than twenty tyoes if tribal masks are used among the Kiba or "people of lightning", with meaning and functions that vary from group to group. Ritual ceremonies were an opportunity to display decorative arts and masks to honor the spirit of the deceased or to honor the king. Three types of masks related to Kiba mythological history have been associated with dances that take place in the royal compound, on the occasion of funerals, enthronements, or for circumcisions: the first/ known as Moshambwooy, represents Woot, the founder of the Bushoong sub-tribe, the culture hero.
• AR_0001_03_0008_Sentry to the fields

  The spirit stands above the plantain and holds the crop between his legs in the same way that older spirits protected the home and lamb. However, in contrast to the older spirits, the spirit itself shows evidence of violence, decay, and death. Perhaps this is a message of how far the spirit would go as a sacrificial servant whose duty is to protect the crop at any price
• AR_0001_03_0003_Protector of the crops

  Also known as 'Guardian of the plantain', the calm serene face of the serpent in the 'Protector of the crops' is similar to the face of the lamb being protected by the 'Protector of the flocks of sheep'.
• Gomillion vs Lightfoot Civic Action #462

  Order and judgement made on the historic landmark Supreme Court case.
• C.O.R.E Pamphlet

  A pamphlet describing what core does
• Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E)

  Information packet describing C.O.R.E. and what the group does.
• Commission of Interracial Cooperation

  A letter from R. B. Eleazar to Monroe N. Work asking if he received the commissions work for 1927-1928.
• Annual Report of Activities

  A report of the activities done in 1968 by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P)
• Discussions Lynchings 1901 Clippings

  Clippings of lynchings that took place in 1901. In addition, a clipping of Senator Tillman supporting the use of lynching.
• Negro Yearbook 1912

  A book containing the history and progress of the negro.
• Mississippi Industrial College Dining Hall & Dormitory

  Drawing created Robert R. Taylor of Tuskegee University for Mississippi Industrial College
• MLK and Daniel Wyn correspondence

  A letter from Dr. King to Chaplain Daniel Wyn acklogeding receipt of a previous letter and providing condolences for the original Chapel building being destroyed by a fire.
• Booker T. Washington

  Booker T. Washington sitting in a chair
• Booker T. Washington

  Booker T. Washington presented a speech during the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on September 18, 1895. This speech would be referred to as the "Atlanta Compromise".
• Booker T. Washington

  Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. His greatest achievement was the creation of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1881.
• Booker T. Washington

  Booker T. Washington is sitting down in a chair. The image captures the top half of his body.
• George Washington Carver

  Henry Ford and two unknown individuals meeting with George Washington Carver.
• George Washington Carver

  George Washington Carver meeting with Henry Ford.
• George Washington Carver

  George Washington Carver and a young male individual.