This collection showcases the rich legacies of HBCUs through ephemera and material objects, including maps, blueprints, audiovisual materials, newspaper articles, buttons, collectibles, memorabilia, clothing and accessories, scrapbooks, speeches, photographs, brochures, and posters.
This is a brochure for Obey’s senior art exhibition. The culmination of the Texas Southern art curriculum is a senior exhibition where students showcase artwork created over the course of their undergraduate studies. The brochure features a photo of Obey, a brief biography, a catalog of the artwork featured in the exhibition, a photo of her terracotta sculpture, a photo of one of her drawings, and a photo of one of her paintings. Dr. Biggers remembered Obey as one of his favorite students.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the testimony of State Police Detective James Challender describing what he saw at the emergency room where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) and wounded state trooper Werner Foerster were taken after he was fatally shot. Shakur was on trial for the 1973 murder of Foerster.
A newspaper from the New Jersey Afro-American about discrepancies in the testimony of trooper James Harper in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In cross-examination, it was revealed that Harper had not seen Shakur fire the shot that had wounded him even though he had claimed that earlier.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about multiple disruptions on March 2, 1977, in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Several spectators were ejected from the court after Superior Court Judge Theodore Appleby accused the defense team of orchestrating outbursts during evidence submission.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Transcript of Topeka Public Schools officials Owen M. Henson, Rex G. Weimer, and Francisco Ybarra being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Transcript of Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Transcript of Director of Demographic Services for Topeka Public Schools Gerald A. Miller being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Transcript of Defense Witness William Clark being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen. Clark was acting as an expert demographic witness for the defense.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Transcript of Michael Tribbey, Assistant Superintendent of Program Audit and Planning for Topeka Public School District, being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
A newspaper article from the Kansas City Star about a payment of $19,500 to Evelyn Rene Johnson to settle the 1973 civil rights suit filed on her behalf. The judge ordered all parties to be silent and sealed the documents.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Topeka Area Metropolitan Map Series (Map Sheet L-26 3) with hand drawn markings by William Lamson marking school district boundaries.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Topeka Area Metropolitan Map Series (Map Sheet L-25 2) with hand drawn markings by William Lamson marking school district boundaries.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Topeka Area Metropolitan Map Series (Map Sheet L-27 5) with hand drawn markings by William Lamson marking school district boundaries.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Topeka Area Metropolitan Map Series (Map Sheet L-26 4) with hand drawn markings by William Lamson marking school district boundaries.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Topeka Area Metropolitan Map Series (Map Sheet L-25 1) with hand drawn markings by William Lamson marking school district boundaries.
A newspaper article from The Black Panther detailing the importance of women in the Black Panther Party and calling on other women to find their strength to fight for liberation. The article was written by Joan Byrd and Afeni Shakur, two of the New York 21 who were arrested in 1969 for allegedly planning the bombing of buildings in New York City.
Three untitled poems written by Ericka Huggins. She signs first poem with her name and “Niantic Prison 1970” in reference to the York Correctional Institution in Connecticut. Each of the three poems makes reference to prison and themes of freedom and longing.
A newspaper article from The Black Panther by Deputy Communications Secretary Judi Douglass recounting instances from around the country where workers successfully organized and participated in strikes, showing that the power does lie in the hands of the people.
A newspaper article from Daily World, a newspaper in Jersey City, New Jersey. Jimmy York, the deputy chairman of the Jersey Branch of the Black Panther Party, talks to the writer about harassment the Black Panthers in the city face from the police, including bogus arrests with excessive bail and raids on homes and Party headquarters.
A newspaper article from The Black Panther by June Culberson about the historical and worldly context of women in revolutionary movements. She writes that examples by women from China, Cuba, and Vietnam shows that women can and should be on equal footing with men in the revolutionary actions of the Black Panther Party.
A rectangular teal button commemorating the Million Woman March on October 25, 1997. The text says "Celebrating Sisterhood in the spirit of peace, freedom, and justice." The march, which drew over 500,000 attendees to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a grassroots organized event and included demands for improvements to social services and more.
A red button commemorating the Million Woman March on October 25, 1997. The march, which drew over 500,000 attendees to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a grassroots organized event. The 12 point program of the march included demands for support of imprisoned Black women, improvements to social services, an end to homelessness, and more.
A newspaper article from The Black Panther. Lois Newton, a member of the Black Panther Party, was beaten and arrested by New York police causing the loss of her unborn baby on November 28, 1970. This is her report on her meeting in jail with Angela Davis who was arrested in October 1970 on charges of kidnapping and murder; she was later acquitted.
A newspaper article from the Topeka Capital-Journal about the decline in Topeka's K-12 public school population between 1970 and 1983. By 1983, those numbers had started to level out, but there were still recommendations to close 12 to 14 of the district’s 26 public elementary schools based on declining enrollment and building conditions.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about forensic tests performed on the bodies of the victims and defendants in the murder trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) being inconclusive to show that the defendants held or shot the weapons in question. Shakur was on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper.
Sylvia Stewart was born in the Farish Street District. Ms. Stewart talks about her experiences growing up in the district during the era of Jim Crow segregation; the business her grandfather and father owned; and her experiences with racism. The transcript is edited with handwritten notes.
Susie Noel has lived in the Farish Street District since 1922. She talks about her experiences with the NAACP and the violence against Black people in the district during the Civil Rights Movement. She recounts her relationships with some of the Freedom Riders. She also talks about the different businesses and people in the district from the past.
