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Tribute to African Americans [AfricanAmerican Heritage Month - February, 2012]
Collective Research by the 8th Grade Class [Core Group]
The 8th grade class [core group] was asked to do collective research at the Library of Congress web site to pay tribute to the African Americans and in keeping with African American
Heritage Month [February]. They went online at:
to collect photographs and information about the African Americans that comprise The William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs.
This tribute to the African Americans is also a classroom exercise to create greater awareness of the utilization of the Library of Congress web site to study:
American History,
Arts and Culture,
Government, Politics and Law,
Maps and Geography,
News and Journalism,
Religion and Philosophy,
Science and Technology,
Business,
Sports and Leisure,
World History and Cultures.
About The William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs:
The William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs provides almost 350 images showing African Americans and
related military and social history. The Civil War era is the primary time period covered, with scattered examples through 1945.
Most of the images are photographs, including 270 cartes de visite.
Subjects of special note include Sojourner Truth, fugitive slaves, former slave children from New Orleans, and freed slaves at
Seabrook Plantation in South Carolina. Military service photographs document participation in the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish
American War, and World War I. Several photographs show Buffalo Soldiers, and one album is filled with portraits of officers of the
25th United States Colored Troops. Baseball is the theme for a group portrait from Danbury, CT, and a panoramic view of the 1924
Colored World Series opening game.
The Library of Congress purchased this collection from William A. Gladstone in 1995. Gladstone's distinctive ownership logo
appears on the backs of many photographs.
The teacher [Mr. Chambers] is also a documentary photographer:
Click on names below to open the students' research papers in PDF format. |