Law and the Struggle for Racial Justice: Selected Materials from the Riesenfeld Rare Books Center

  • Main Exhibit
  • Introduction

Exhibit

Thumbnail of 1804 Philadelphia Address of the American Convention promoting Abolition of Slavery Address of the American Convention (1804)

Thumbnail of Minutes from Proceedings of the New York Anti-Slavery Convention with handwritten notes Proceedings of the New York Anti-Slavery Convention (1835)

Thumbnail of Arrest Warrant Rachel vs. Tunis Applegate Complaint: Rachel vs. Tunis Applegate (1830)

Thumbnail of Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Thumbnail of 1872 Constitutionality of the Civil Rights Bill - Arguments of the State of Kentucky Civil Rights Bill: Blyew vs. United States (1872)

Thumbnail of Title Page: 'FALSE RECONSTRUCTION OR THE SLAVERY THAT IS NOT ABOLISHED.' False Reconstruction
(1876)

Thumbnail of State of New Jersey proposal 'An Act to Prevent Discrimination' An Act to Prevent Discrimination (1883)

Thumbnail of Kentuck Jim Crow Law Acts Passed at the ... Session (1892)

Thumbnail of 'Argument of Clarence Darrow in the case of Henry Sweet' Sweet Trial: Argument of Darrow (1927)

Thumbnail of Harlem Riot Subcommittee Report Harlem Riot: Subcommittee Report (1935)

Thumbnail of jacket art of Autobiography 'Let Me Live' Angelo Herndon:
Let Me Live (1937)

Thumbnail of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund pamphlet Fantastic Case of the Trenton Six (1951)

Thumbnail of American Heritage Magazine article showing Rosa Parks seated on a bus Rosa Parks: American Heritage (1972)

Thumbnail of 1967 Berkeley handbill 'Help Support Our Boycott' Support Our Boycott! (1967)

Thumbnail of signed letter from Mayor Donald M. Fraser Letter from Mayor Donald M. Fraser
(1983)

Thumbnail of Petition: 'Human Rights Violations by the Police Against Blacks in the U.S.A.' Petition from UMN Law Student (1983)