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Paul Robeson, 1925 From Wikipedia: Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement. At Rutgers College, he was an American football player, and then had an international career in singing,...   High-res

Paul Robeson, 1925

From Wikipedia: Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement. At Rutgers College, he was an American football player, and then had an international career in singing, as well as acting in theater and movies. He became politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, fascism, and social injustices. His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with communism, and criticism of the United States government caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

Q&A with Eleanor Roosevelt, The Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1948 Sometimes I think we are a little too calm when we run up against this type of prejudice. One might suggest that democracy is today at the crossroads, and unless we show some zeal in...   High-res

Q&A with Eleanor Roosevelt, The Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1948

Sometimes I think we are a little too calm when we run up against this type of prejudice. 

One might suggest that democracy is today at the crossroads, and unless we show some zeal in fighting for fundamental democratic beliefs, we may find other beliefs in the ascendancy. 

Sooner or later a nation has to make up its mind to be a united nation or fall apart..

William Bailey, WWII veteran and middle school science teacher (and head of his department), whose house, shared with his wife and 12-year-old son, was bombed with dynamite on March 16, 1952, is honored on April 1, 1952.

The bombings by white resisters were common in transitional neighborhoods where black residents were purchasing property, such as South Central LA, Inglewood, Lynwood and Compton. Even after the bomb went off, multiple residents called the police to report threatening letters and phone calls, telling them to leave (example below).

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In July, Bailey would sue the city of Los Angeles for willful neglect and failure to provide protection, believing the city had prior knowledge of the bombings.

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Some white neighborhoods would advertise their exclusivity:

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$10 Reward. Absented herself last evening, the slave girl MARY JANE, about 20 years of age, and remarkably white for a slave, but when spoken to has the accent of a negress. It is supposed that she has been enticed away by some white person. The...   High-res

$10 Reward. Absented herself last evening, the slave girl MARY JANE, about 20 years of age, and remarkably white for a slave, but when spoken to has the accent of a negress. It is supposed that she has been enticed away by some white person. The above reward will be paid for her apprehension on application to WILLIAM COLLERTON.

New Orleans, April 17, 1839