Wednesday, February 11
A handful of digitized materials from HSP’s collections illustrating the oppression, resistance, and resilience of Black people in America. There is no shortage of materials for understanding the historical context and importance of last night’s and today’s protests in Ferguson, Missouri—whether at your local public library or at special collections libraries and archives.
From top to bottom:
“What is Social Action?” flyer, Thelma McDaniel collection [3063]
SNCC newsletter, May 1963, Thelma McDaniel collection [3063]
Photograph of Philadelphia Public Transit workers march, Philadelphia Record Photograph morgue [V07]
“Rizzo Must GO!” flyer, Thelma McDaniel collection [3063]
“Free Angela Davis NOW!” poster, Thelma McDaniel collection [3063]
CORE-SNCC flyer, Thelma McDaniel collection [3063]
Excerpted pages from the journal of William Still. See the whole thing here.
Here is a short list of some of HSP’s collections relating to Black history.
You can donate to Ferguson’s public library here.
Good news everyone! The Ferguson public library received an amazing uptick in donations last week! Check out this Buzzfeed article by Ashley Ford for more info. The Ferguson public library director also did a Reddit AMA a few days ago, which you can find here. Of course they’re still accepting donations!
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The recreation room of a residential cooperative on the Roshal (Admiralty) Embankment, Leningrad, 1927-28. The banner at the far end of the room reads ‘Those who cannot relax cannot work’.
