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[Content Warning - Language and Images] Black History and the Springfield Race Riot Slides, circa 1972

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 28

Scope and Contents

Includes items containing racial slurs, racist depictions of African Americans, photographs of lynchings.

Dates

  • 1908-1994
  • Majority of material found within 1958-1994

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois-Springfield (UIS)

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520