Union made 1945-1947 Nat'l Negro Congress pinback to learn more visit
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Protest tab for segregation practices in the United States Army. President Harry S. Truman abolished racial segregation in the Armed Forces on July 26, 1948 when he signed Executive Order 9981.
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Greyhound retraction toy bus, a black man is seated at the back of the bus. In 2007 this piece was loan to the History San Jose Museum in San Jose, CA .
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Souvenir "Nigger Head Rock" plate, from Pennington Gap, Virginia. The rock was name “Nigger Head Rock” because there appears to be a silhouette of black man's head carved in the rock. You can see the image on the upper right hand side of the plate. The rock's name was was changed to "Great Stone Face in the 1970's."
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Happy Ham Farm Products adverstising pull toy, Happy Ham Products was located in Brandon, Vermont.
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Game is played by throwing a ball through the mouths of the three caricature’s boys. Each boy has a different point under their picture. Whomever has the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Whitman's Pickaninny Peppemints unfolded box. Whitman's sold candy until the early 2000's when it was purchased by Russell Stover. Pickanniny was spelled several ways another way the word was spelled is piccanniny.
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Gilner Mammy cookie jar was designed by Gilner Pottery Company. The Culver City California plant was in business from 1947 until it was destroyed by fire in 1958.
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P.P. Johnson traveled throughout America in the late 1800’s and collected souvenirs. See adjacent box for his descriptions of the souvenirs he collected.
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Adjacent black doll sitting next to box was the only doll in the box which leaves one to believe P.P. Johnson felt that he had collected himself a Little "Nigga".
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“Move Them Niggers North”, one of many racist songs recorded by Johnnie Rebel. Below are titles of records, both sides, that are part of the Black Legacy collection. 1) Pictured b/w “Nigger, Nigger “ by Johnny Rebel 2) “Nigger Hatin Me” b/w “Who Likes a Nigger” by Johnny Rebel 3) “Still Looking for a Handout” b/w “In Coon Town” by Johnny Rebel 4) “NAACP Prayer” b/w “Who Likes A Nigger” by Johnny Rebel
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American Folk Art - Very detailed wooden carving of a young black girl eating a piece of watermelon while sitting on top of a watermelon. Piece is 32" in height. Please email your questions or comments to: blacklegacy@sbcglobal.net, if email link does not work cut and paste email address. Web site desgined by D. Spears
With the exception of Gordon's slave picture all items on this site are part of the Black Legacy Images collection.
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