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Source Collection
Josephine A. Pearson papers, 1860-1943
Description
Propaganda flyer making a case to defeat the Susan B. Anthony amendment. This flyer addresses the "negro problem," or ideology that the passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment would enable African Americans to vote and cause social discord. This is related to the social norms of the day that people of African descent where inferior to those of European descent. To view the original record click https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll27/id/65/rec/2.
Date Created
8-3-2021
Recommended Citation
""The Truth about the Negro Problem," flyer" (2021). Suffrage's Dark Secret: White Supremacy. 7.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-exhibit-suffrage2020-doc2/7
Keywords
Political posters., Women--Suffrage--Tennessee., African Americans--Suffrage.
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