Civil Rights - Voting

Civil Rights - Segregation

EEC Type of Source

Photograph

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - Checks and Balances

Legislative Branch - Lawmaking

Legislative Branch - Legislation

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Pay Your Poll Tax Now!

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Pay Your Poll Tax Now! scollini Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:14

LOC URL

https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa1997025030/PP/

LOC Title

Sign, Mineola, Texas

LOC Contributor Names

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

LOC Created/Published

1939 Jan.

LOC Standardized Date

1939

LOC Subject Headings

- United States--Texas--Mineola.
- Small towns--Texas
- Texas--Mineola

LOC Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.
- Sign reads: PAY YOUR POLL TAX - NOW!
- LOT 0604 (Possible location of corresponding print).
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

EEC Creators

Russell Lee

EEC Source Month

January

EEC Source Year

1939

EEC Format

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Type of Source

Photograph

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - 24th Amendment

Constitution - Taxes

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010652204/

Elections - Voting

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Justice vs. Prejudice

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Justice vs. Prejudice scollini Fri, 10/27/2017 - 11:58

LOC URL

LOC Title

Justice versus prejudice

LOC Summary

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, standing with right hand on the left shoulder of an African American man, standing to the left, and his left hand on a paper labeled "15th Amendment"; behind them is a statue labeled "Lincoln - With Malice Toward None With Charity Toward all" showing Abraham Lincoln standing at the top with freed African American slaves.

LOC Contributor Names

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist

LOC Created/Published

N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., 1903 January 28.

LOC Standardized Date

1903

LOC Subject Headings

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Statues.
Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919.
United States.--Constitution.--15th Amendment.
Constitutional amendments--1900-1910.
Politics & government--United States--1900-1910.
Suffrage--1900-1910.
African Americans--Civil rights--1900-1910.

LOC Notes

Title from item.
Caption: President Roosevelt Lincoln emancipated you, the people gave you citizenship and I'll protect your rights.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, no. 1352 (1903 January 28), centerfold.
Copyright 1903 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

January

EEC Source Year

1903

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

Illustration

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - 15th Amendment

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97510716/

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Governor Morrow Signs Anthony Amendment

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Governor Morrow Signs Anthony Amendment scollini Fri, 10/27/2017 - 11:50

LOC URL

LOC Title

Governor Edwin P. Morrow signing the Anthony Amendment--Ky. was the twenty-fourth state to ratify, January 6, 1920

LOC Summary

Large group, mostly women wearing "Votes for Women" banners, standing around desk in office as Governor Edwin Morrow signs amendment.

LOC Created/Published

1920 January 6.

LOC Standardized Date

1920

LOC Subject Headings

Morrow, Edwin P.,--1878-1935.
Suffragists--1920.
Document signings--Kentucky--1920.
Women's suffrage--Kentucky--1920.

LOC Notes

Title from item.
Blind stamp: Gretter Studio, Frankfort, KY.
Names of some of the participants are on verso.

EEC Creators

Unknown

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

January

EEC Source Year

1920

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

Photograph

EEC Theme Topic

Civil Rights - Women’s Suffrage

Constitution - 19th Amendment

Legislative Branch - Interest Groups

Legislative Branch - State Government

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Celebrating the 15th Amendment

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Celebrating the 15th Amendment scollini Fri, 10/27/2017 - 11:28

LOC URL

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93510386/

LOC Title

The Fifteenth amendment

LOC Summary

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment.

LOC Contributor Names

Kelly, Thomas, active 1871-1874.,

LOC Created/Published

N.Y. : Published & printed by Thomas Kelly, 17 Barclay St., c1870.

LOC Standardized Date

1870

LOC Subject Headings

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Colfax, Schuyler,--1823-1885.
Brown, John,--1800-1859.
African Americans--Civil rights--1870.
Liberty--1870.
African Americans (portrayed), in the U.S. military.
Baltimore, Md.
Brown, John.
Colfax, Schuyler.
Constitutional amendments, fifteenth.
Delany, Martin Robinson.
Douglass, Frederick.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Grant, Ulysses S., presidency.
House of Representatives.
Masons.
Revels, Hiram.
Schools, for African Americans.
Voters and voting.

LOC Notes

A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th 1870" (no. 1870-4), with a key to the picture added in the lower margin.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1870 by Th. Kelly, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1870-5.
Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2013.

EEC Creators

Thomas Kelly

EEC Source Year

1870

EEC Format

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Type of Source

Illustration

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - 15th Amendment

https://www.loc.gov/item/94507639/

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Suffrage Procession

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Suffrage Procession scollini Thu, 08/10/2017 - 13:41

LOC URL

LOC Title

Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913 / Dale.

LOC Summary

Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is draped a "votes for women" banner, on decorated horse, with U.S. Capitol in background.

LOC Contributor Names

Dale, Benjamin M., -1951, artist
League of Women Voters (U.S.) Records.

LOC Created/Published

1913

LOC Standardized Date

1913

LOC Subject Headings

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920
- Women--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920
- Women's suffrage--United States--1910-1920

LOC Notes

Title from item.
- Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 32.
- Exhibited: Joan of Arc, Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, CT, May - August, 2007.
- Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2015.

EEC Creators

League of Women Voters

EEC Source Year

1913

EEC Format

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Type of Source

Illustration

EEC Theme Topic

Civil Rights - Women’s Suffrage

EEC Index Number

358

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

The Woman's Rights Case

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The Woman's Rights Case scollini Wed, 08/09/2017 - 14:57

LOC URL

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1875-04-08/ed-1/seq-1/

LOC Title

The Anderson intelligencer., April 08, 1875, Image 1: The Decision of the Supreme Court of the Woman's Rights Case from Missouri

LOC Contributor Names

The Anderson intelligencer

LOC Created/Published

April 08, 1875

LOC Standardized Date

1875

LOC Subject Headings

Anderson (S.C.)--Newspapers.
Anderson County (S.C.)--Newspapers.
South Carolina--Anderson County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01209417
South Carolina--Anderson.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01214174

LOC Notes

Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
Published as: Intelligencer, <July 6, 1865>.

EEC Creators

The Anderson Intelligencer

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

April

EEC Source Year

1875

EEC Format

Text

EEC Type of Source

Newspaper

EEC Theme Topic

Citizenship - 14th Amendment

Civil Rights - Women’s Suffrage

Constitution - 14th Amendment

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067841/1917-05-24/ed-1/seq-3/

EEC Index Number

355

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Registration Day!

scollini — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:21:47 +0000

Registration Day! scollini Tue, 08/01/2017 - 16:21

LOC URL

LOC Title

The county record. volume, May 24, 1917, Image 3

LOC Contributor Names

The county record

LOC Created/Published

May 24, 1917

LOC Standardized Date

May 24, 1917

LOC Subject Headings

Kingstree (S.C.)--Newspapers.
South Carolina--Kingstree.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01253592
South Carolina--Williamsburg County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01209158
Williamsburg County (S.C.)--Newspapers.

LOC Notes

Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
Description based on: Vol. I, No. 1 (February 17, 1885); title from masthead.
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 90, No. 12 (June 25, 1975).

EEC Creators

The County Record

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

May

EEC Source Year

1917

EEC Format

Text

EEC Type of Source

Newspaper

EEC Theme Topic

Citizenship - Civic Duties

https://www.loc.gov/item/90715767/

Elections - Voting

EEC Index Number

341

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Significant Election Scene

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Significant Election Scene scollini Tue, 07/18/2017 - 13:30

LOC URL

LOC Title

Significant election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867 / sketched by A.W. M'Callum.

LOC Summary

Black and white men observe while other blacks and whites prepare to place ballots into box.

LOC Created/Published

1867.

LOC Standardized Date

1867

LOC Subject Headings

African Americans--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
- Political elections--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
- Voting--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870

LOC Notes

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 June 22, p. 397.

EEC Creators

Harpers Weekly

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

June

EEC Source Year

1867

EEC Format