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About this image...
- Title: African American Baseball Players From Morris Brown College, With Boy And Another Man Standing At Door, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899
- Original Date: 1899 or 1900
- Related Names: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Subject: African Americans--Sports--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900
- Subject: Baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900
- Subject: Morris Brown College--People--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900
- Collection: African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition. The Paris Exposition of 1900 included a display devoted to the history and present conditions of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois and special agent Thomas J. Calloway spearheaded the planning, collection and installation of the exhibit materials. This collection includes mounted photographs reportedly displayed in the exhibition, as well as material specially compiled by Du Bois: four photograph albums showing "Types" and "Negro Life"; three albums entitled "The Black Code of Georgia, U.S.A.;" and drawings charting the condition of African Americans at the turn of the century.
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