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African-American men and women with Acorn banner on covered porch with film crew in the foreground

"Act 320 makes cohabitation between the white and Negro races a felony punishable with not less than one month nor more than one year in the penitentiary" newspaper clipping

"Changing the wheel constitution the trick" newspaper clipping

Agricultural Wheel Article

African-American man wearing glasses and cap in Philadelphia Phillies uniform with glove

"Death at hands of unknown mob" newspaper clipping

Allwhite Lynching Editorial

"Dear Colonel" letter in newspaper on August 19, 1849

Alph Lynching Article

Variety of papers with "American Krusaders" on the fronts

American Krusaders Ephemera

White woman in a white top looking downward

Freda Hogan Ameringer

"Helena. The Murderer of Constable Blount Killed by a Posse" newspaper clipping

Wyatt Ames Lynching Article

"Short Shrift. A Negro outrages a white lady in Pine Bluff" newspaper clipping

James Anderson Lynching Article

"Negro met quick justice" newspaper clipping

William Anderson Lynching Article

"Passengers see body hanging" newspaper clipping

William Anderson Lynching Article

Ten-story building in between much smaller storefronts on city street with parked cars

"White man cut Negro's throat" newspaper clipping

Article about the Argenta Race Riot of 1906

"Every section of Argenta guarded" newspaper clipping

Argenta Race Riot Article

"John B Lindsay slain by fusillade from store of Negroes in Argenta" newspaper clipping

Argenta Race Riot Article (Part 1)

"John B. Lindsay Slain by Fusillade from Store of Negroes in Argenta" newspaper clipping continued from first page

Argenta Race Riot Article (Part 2)

"The Triple Noose" newspaper clipping

Arkadelphia Executions Article

Multistory brick campus buildings on grass with trees

Arkansas Deaf Mute Institute

Group of African-American men and women in formal clothing standing together on grass

Arkansas Farm Bureau, Negro Division

Newspaper front page "Arkansas Ladies Journal"

Arkansas Ladies Journal

African-American woman in suit talking to white man in suit and white woman in yellow shirt

Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission

Multistory brick building with covered porch and four front columns under clock tower with cupola

Arkansas School for the Blind

Multistory red brick building with white spire

Multistory brick building with cupola on main section's roof and wings with trees and sign in front yard

Arkansas School for the Blind

Brick building with stone column facade roundabout stone wall driveway and landscaping

Arkansas School for the Deaf

School campus with circle driveway landscaping parking lot trees and city skyline in background

Arkansas School for the Deaf

Group of children and young African-American men and women with white teachers in front of brick building with arched windows

ASD Colored Division

Newspaper front page "Arkansas State Press"

Arkansas State Press

"Klansmen go to Stuttgart" newspaper clipping

The Arkansas Traveller

"Centerville Iowa Needs Klan" newspaper clipping

The Arkansas Traveller

Red cross trucks parked in a field

Rust-colored metal rectangle engraved with names and dates

Ashley County Lynching

"Lynch Law" newspaper clipping

Ashley County Lynching Article

"Negro is lynched at Garland City" newspaper clipping

Andrew Avery Lynching Article

"Mob kills Negro riot threatened" newspaper clipping

Bailey Lynching Article

White man smiling in glasses and hat standing next to white woman smiling in dress with poster on brick wall behind them

Jason and Holly Baldwin

"Splitting his daughter's head with an ax" newspaper clipping

Barker Lynching Article

Grave monument with portrait of African-American woman on it and engraving in cemetery

Daisy Bates Gravestone

Older African-American woman seated at her desk with reflection in mirror behind her

Mary McLeod Bethune

Young dark-haired white man in clerical collar

"A tale of horror" newspaper clipping

Biscoe Lynching Article

"Killing of a dog leads to lynching" newspaper clipping

Blakely Lynching Article

Colorful multicolored artwork on concrete viaduct wall on two-lane road with bridge over it

Anthropomorphic brain busting from cardboard box and African-American figures painted on concrete viaduct wall with railing

African-American figures and clasped hands with "One Common Goal" painted above them on concrete viaduct wall on two-lane road

African-American woman with "Say Her Name Breonna Taylor" around her and graffiti writing on concrete wall

The words "I Can't Breathe" with painting of African-American man in green on concrete wall

African-American girl holding "Black History" book with stack of books on her left side and roses with multistory school building behind her painted on concrete wall

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