A - B Index to African American Newspaper Articles
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1830-1935
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Main Entry |
Ethnic | Name |
Title |
Source | News Date | Date | Year | Vol | Page |
| A. M. E. Zion Church | AA | n | West India Emancipation celebration at A.M.E.Zion | GRTH | 1888-07-31 | 07-31 | 1888 | 4 | 140 |
|
Abbott, Henry |
AA |
y |
Drowned in river, Grand Rapids, MI |
GREL |
1884-09-09 |
09-09 |
1884 |
3 |
248 |
|
Adams, Hon. Edgar J. |
AA |
y |
Hon. Edgar J. Adams loses hat to Charles Bugg |
GRH |
1897-09-12 |
09-12 |
1897 |
6 |
244 |
|
Adams, John |
AA |
y |
Trial for assault charges, discharged |
GREL |
1891-02-21 |
02-21 |
1891 |
5 |
110 |
|
Adams, John C. |
AA |
y |
Man arrested for assault on woman at A.M.E. Church |
GREL |
1891-02-13 |
02-13 |
1891 |
5 |
109 |
|
Adams, Joseph |
AA |
y |
Joseph Adams candidate for supervisor, Grand Rapids |
GHT |
1897-04-02 |
04-02 |
1897 |
6 |
191 |
|
Adams, Mitchell |
AA |
y |
Charged with murdering Mr. Hefferan |
GREL |
1889-12-28 |
12-28 |
1889 |
4 |
279 |
|
Adams, Wayman |
AA |
y |
Painter of Negro mammy at exhibition in New Orleans, LA |
GRH |
1922-12-27 |
12-27 |
1922 |
9 |
106 |
|
Addison, Craymon |
AA |
y |
Arrested for grand larceny in Ottawa County |
GHDT |
1920-07-27 |
07-27 |
1920 |
8 |
141 |
|
Addison, Earl |
AA |
y |
Arrested for grand larceny in Ottawa County |
GHDT |
1920-07-27 |
07-27 |
1920 |
8 |
141 |
|
Adrian School for girls |
AA |
n |
Arrested for petty theft, sent to Adrian school for girls |
GRD |
1897-10-10 |
10-10 |
1897 |
6 |
252 |
|
Adrian, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored boy stole watermelon at Adrian, MI |
GRE |
1883-08-03 |
08-03 |
1883 |
3 |
187 |
|
Adrian, MI |
AA |
n |
Discharged incorrigible girl from Industrial School |
GRH |
1901-09-09 |
09-09 |
1901 |
7 |
057 |
|
Adrian, MI |
AA |
n |
Obtaining money under false pretenses |
GRDE |
1869-12-02 |
12-02 |
1869 |
2 |
058 |
|
Adrian, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored not admitted to roller rink in Adrian |
GRE |
1884-11-27 |
11-27 |
1884 |
3 |
272 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Armory Theatre |
GHDT |
1915-08-13 |
08-13 |
1915 |
8 |
071 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
'The Birth of a Nation' playing at Powers Theatre |
GRP |
1915-12-31 |
12-31 |
1915 |
8 |
084 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
For bathing suits at Central Clo. House |
GHDT |
1912-07-05 |
07-05 |
1912 |
8 |
012 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Uncle Tom's Cabin at Opera House |
GHDT |
1899-11-07 |
11-07 |
1899 |
6 |
318 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Kelley's colored minstrels at Munising Opera house |
DMJ |
1911-07-18 |
07-18 |
1911 |
8 |
009 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Sunny South Co. Show advertisement |
GHDT |
1915-02-06 |
02-06 |
1915 |
8 |
057 |
|
Advertisement |
CH |
n |
O. K. China Laundry advertisement |
GRDD |
1885-06-06 |
06-06 |
1885 |
4 |
022 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Lecture of Fred Douglass, March 27 |
GRDD |
1867-03-21 |
03-21 |
1867 |
1 |
276 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
'The Man With the Branded Hand' |
GRH |
1917-10-07 |
10-07 |
1917 |
8 |
098 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Darkest America advertisement |
GRH |
1897-05-14 |
05-14 |
1897 |
6 |
209 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Celebrated Indian Herb Doctor, Prof. R. J. Lyons |
DP |
1867-07-10 |
07-10 |
1867 |
1 |
285 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Grand Haven Eagles vs Elster Colored Athletics |
GHDT |
1920-07-12 |
07-12 |
1920 |
8 |
137 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
Ross Dairy and Ice Cream Co. not connected to Klan |
GRH |
1924-04-18 |
04-18 |
1924 |
9 |
174 |
|
Advertisement |
AA |
n |
The Mandarin Inn restaurant, Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1922-06-23 |
06-23 |
1922 |
9 |
035 |
|
Alabama |
AA |
n |
College for education of negroes for ministry, Alabama |
GRPT |
1904-06-27 |
06-27 |
1904 |
7 |
111 |
|
Alabama |
AA |
n |
Alabama proposes to eliminate the negro voter |
GHDT |
1901-04-25 |
04-25 |
1901 |
7 |
047 |
|
Alabama |
AA |
n |
College for education of negroes for ministry, Alabama |
GRPT |
1904-06-27 |
06-27 |
1904 |
7 |
112 |
|
Albion, MI |
AA |
n |
President of Albion College raps Klan, bootleggers |
GRH |
1923-09-27 |
09-27 |
1923 |
9 |
131 |
|
Albion, MI |
AA |
n |
Arrested in shooting and liquor charge |
GRH |
1923-04-21 |
04-21 |
1923 |
9 |
109 |
|
Aldrich, Charles |
AA |
y |
Arrested for breach of peace, fined |
GRH |
1896-10-17 |
10-17 |
1896 |
6 |
166 |
|
Aldridge, Ira |
AA |
y |
A Negro Defendant in a Seduction Case |
GRDEN |
1856-03-23 |
03-23 |
1856 |
1 |
043 |
|
Alexander, Babae |
AA |
y |
Arrested for stealing motor boat at St. Joseph |
GHDT |
1914-05-28 |
05-28 |
1914 |
8 |
044 |
|
Alger, General |
AA |
y |
25th Encampment ends |
GRTH |
1891-08-08 |
08-08 |
1891 |
5 |
187 |
|
Alguire, John |
AA |
y |
Double murder |
GREL |
1881-08-15 |
08-15 |
1881 |
3 |
135 |
|
Alice, J. |
AA |
y |
Article in defense of colored residents |
GREP |
1913-06-03 |
06-03 |
1913 |
8 |
036 |
|
Allegan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Lawsuit in Allegan County, MI |
IS |
1876-09-07 |
09-07 |
1876 |
3 |
009 |
|
Allegan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Democratic County Convention - Allegan Co. |
AJ |
1872-09-14 |
09-14 |
1872 |
2 |
102 |
|
Allegan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Men arrested in tar and feather episode |
GRSEP |
1879-02-22 |
02-22 |
1879 |
3 |
046 |
|
Allegan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Allegan women tar and feather young woman |
GHDT |
1918-08-13 |
08-13 |
1918 |
8 |
113 |
|
Allegan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Arrrested for stealing, Allegan County, MI |
GREL |
1885-12-23 |
12-23 |
1885 |
4 |
047 |
|
Allegan, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored men organized Butler and West Club |
GREL |
1884-09-23 |
09-23 |
1884 |
3 |
253 |
|
Allegan, MI |
AA |
n |
All women equal in eyes of high court |
GHDT |
1923-12-20 |
12-20 |
1923 |
9 |
166 |
|
Allegan, MI |
AA |
n |
Sensation created by Allegan Negro Woman |
GRTH |
1887-02-06 |
02-06 |
1887 |
4 |
091 |
|
Allegan, MI |
AA |
n |
Allegan colored Methodist church |
GREL |
1885-04-27 |
04-27 |
1885 |
4 |
015 |
|
Allegan, MI |
AA |
n |
Article on River embankment and Deer |
DFP |
1864-12-09 |
12-09 |
1864 |
1 |
222 |
|
Allen, Henry |
AA |
y |
Henry Allen, ex-slave, died at Mackinaw City |
GREP |
1893-03-18 |
03-18 |
1893 |
6 |
031 |
|
Allen, Henry J. |
AA |
y |
Kansas governor banishes Ku Klux Klan from state |
GRP |
1922-11-03 |
11-03 |
1922 |
9 |
090 |
|
Allen, Johnny |
AA |
y |
Johnny Allen and Minstrel Troupe at Luce's Hall |
GRDE |
1870-11-26 |
11-26 |
1870 |
2 |
090 |
|
Allen, Jonathan |
AA |
y |
Applies for marriage license with Jonathan Allen |
GRH |
1910-09-24 |
09-24 |
1910 |
7 |
234 |
|
Allen, Malachi |
AA |
y |
Hung for murder at Little Rock, AR |
GREL |
1889-04-20 |
04-20 |
1889 |
4 |
198 |
|
Allen, Robert |
AA |
y |
Convicted of deadly assault |
GREP |
1901-03-30 |
03-30 |
1901 |
7 |
043 |
|
Alpena, MI |
AA |
n |
Pickett & Scott's Negro Minstrels at Maltz Opera House |
AA |
1897-08-04 |
08-04 |
1897 |
6 |
230 |
|
American Colonization Soc. |
AA |
n |
Address on Negro Emigration |
GREL |
1890-01-21 |
01-21 |
1890 |
5 |
014 |
|
American Colonization Soc. |
AA |
n |
Article on purpose of society |
GRDE |
1869-06-11 |
06-11 |
1869 |
2 |
045 |
|
American Colonization Soc. |
AA |
n |
Negroes free passage to Africa, found untrue |
GRH |
1892-02-23 |
02-23 |
1892 |
5 |
285 |
|
American Colonization Soc. |
AA |
n |
Ship sails for Liberia with negro colonists |
GREL |
1888-11-05 |
11-05 |
1888 |
4 |
165 |
|
American Freedmen |
AA |
n |
Undertaker duped Members of American Freedmen |
GREL |
1885-09-10 |
09-10 |
1885 |
4 |
036 |
|
American Legion |
AA |
n |
American Legion resolution against Klan |
GRH |
1923-10-20 |
10-20 |
1923 |
9 |
155 |
|
American Masons |
AA |
n |
Will not associate with Ku Klux Klan |
GRH |
1922-07-02 |
07-02 |
1922 |
9 |
041 |
|
American Masons |
AA |
n |
American Masonry denies sympathy with Ku Klux Klan |
GRH |
1922-07-02 |
07-02 |
1922 |
9 |
043 |
|
American Missionary Ass'n |
AA |
n |
Anti-Slavery movement |
GRDE |
1873-06-28 |
06-28 |
1873 |
2 |
126 |
|
American Plaster Co. |
AA |
n |
Strikers at Plaster mines, replaced by negroes |
GRP |
1917-06-12 |
06-12 |
1917 |
8 |
095 |
|
American Plaster Co. |
AA |
n |
G. R. Trades and Labor protest negroes replacing miners |
GRP |
1917-06-29 |
06-29 |
1917 |
8 |
096 |
|
Ames, James W. |
AA |
y |
Presided over Michigan House of Representatives |
GREP |
1901-03-15 |
03-15 |
1901 |
7 |
040 |
|
Anderson, John |
AA |
y |
Killed Jane Ware, he was lynched |
GRTH |
1891-05-26 |
05-26 |
1891 |
5 |
142 |
|
Anderson, Miss |
AA |
y |
Man assaulted woman, lynched by mob Bowling Green, KY |
GREL |
1892-12-28 |
12-28 |
1892 |
5 |
398a |
|
Anderson, William |
AA |
y |
Killed Jane Ware, he was lynched |
GRTH |
1891-05-26 |
05-26 |
1891 |
5 |
142 |
|
Andersonville Prison |
AA |
n |
Soldier on Andersonville Prison |
AJ |
1866-03-12 |
03-12 |
1866 |
1 |
264 |
|
Ann Arbor |
AA |
n |
Services held at Fraternity house & A.M.E. church |
GRH |
1922-01-08 |
01-08 |
1922 |
9 |
001 |
|
Ann Arbor, MI |
AA |
n |
two colored men arrested in Ann Arbor, MI |
GRDE |
1873-06-09 |
06-09 |
1873 |
2 |
124 |
|
Ann Arbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Arrested in killing of Mrs. William Caldwell at Ann Arbor |
GRP |
1920-10-22 |
10-22 |
1920 |
8 |
146 |
|
Ann Arbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Ex-slave dies, 110 yrs., at Ann Arbor |
GREP |
1910-02-15 |
02-15 |
1910 |
7 |
219 |
|
Ann Arbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Arrested in shooting, Ann Arbor, MI |
GRDE |
1878-11-23 |
11-23 |
1878 |
3 |
043 |
|
Ansted, D. T. |
AA |
y |
author, "The English and the Negroes" |
GREQ |
1853-05-18 |
05-18 |
1853 |
1 |
031 |
|
Anthony, John |
AA |
y |
Innocently convicted of murder |
GREN |
1910-11-14 |
11-14 |
1910 |
7 |
241 |
|
Anthony, John |
AA |
y |
Appeal to supreme court for a new trial |
GREN |
1910-11-02 |
11-02 |
1910 |
7 |
242 |
|
Anthony, John |
AA |
y |
Convicted negro may gain freedom |
GRH |
1910-11-15 |
11-15 |
1910 |
7 |
244 |
|
Arkansas |
AA |
n |
Klan committing violence on local residents in Arkansas |
GRH |
1897-07-22 |
07-22 |
1897 |
6 |
220 |
|
Armstrong, Gen. S. C. |
AA |
y |
Address on Hampton Institute at Park Congregational |
GRTH |
1889-11-20 |
11-20 |
1889 |
4 |
260 |
|
Armstrong, George |
AA |
y |
Held in jail for leaving an accident |
GHDT |
1927-04-18 |
04-18 |
1927 |
9 |
255 |
|
Artson, Lillie |
AA |
y |
Arrested for living in house of ill repute |
GREL |
1892-02-15 |
02-15 |
1892 |
5 |
279 |
|
Astwood, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Former U.S. consul to San Domingo insulted |
GRTH |
1890-02-22 |
02-22 |
1890 |
5 |
036 |
|
Atlanta, Ga |
AA |
n |
Ku Klux Klan convention at Atlanta, GA |
GRP |
1922-11-28 |
11-28 |
1922 |
9 |
096 |
|
Atwater, George S. |
AA |
y |
League of American Wheelmen |
GRD |
1894-03-01 |
03-01 |
1894 |
6 |
071 |
|
Aukerman, Monroe |
AA |
y |
Arrested in killing of Fred Harris |
GREP |
1901-01-23 |
01-23 |
1901 |
7 |
031 |
|
Baar, Jacob |
AA |
y |
Alabama proposes to eliminate the negro voter |
GHDT |
1901-04-25 |
04-25 |
1901 |
7 |
047 |
|
Babcock, Frankie |
AA |
y |
Charge of truancy |
GRE |
1891-10-15 |
10-15 |
1891 |
5 |
226 |
|
Baber, Willie |
AA |
y |
Attendant abandoned by Barney Baldwin |
GRTH |
1891-11-30 |
11-30 |
1891 |
5 |
248 |
|
Bacon, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Comparison between Indians and Negroes |
GREQ |
1849-11-28 |
11-28 |
1849 |
1 |
013 |
|
Bacon, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Comparison between Indians and Negroes |
GREQ |
1849-11-28 |
11-28 |
1849 |
1 |
014 |
|
Bailey, Clara |
AA |
y |
Sentenced for keepers of disorderly houses, paid fine |
GRD |
1897-01-06 |
01-06 |
1897 |
6 |
179 |
|
Bailey, Clara |
AA |
y |
Arrested on charges of disorderly conduct |
GRD |
1897-01-31 |
01-31 |
1897 |
6 |
187 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Arrested at crap game |
GRD |
1896-11-15 |
11-15 |
1896 |
6 |
169 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
109 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
107 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
108 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
106 |
|
Bailey, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Life as a slave in Virginia |
GRPT |
1904-06-25 |
06-25 |
1904 |
7 |
110 |
|
Bailey, Isaac Edward |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave, Union soldier, 103 yrs. old, Grand Rapids, MI |
GHDT |
1919-07-08 |
07-08 |
1919 |
8 |
116 |
|
Bailey, Isaac Edward |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave, Union soldier, 103 yrs. old, Grand Rapids, MI |
GHDT |
1919-07-08 |
07-08 |
1919 |
8 |
117 |
|
Bailey, Isaac Edward |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave, Union soldier, 103 yrs. old, Grand Rapids, MI |
GHDT |
1919-07-08 |
07-08 |
1919 |
8 |
118 |
|
Baldwin, Barney |
AA |
y |
Attendant abandoned by Barney Baldwin |
GRTH |
1891-11-30 |
11-30 |
1891 |
5 |
248 |
|
Baldwin, MI |
AA |
n |
In fight kills James Turpin, held on charges, Baldwin, MI |
GRH |
1930-07-08 |
07-08 |
1930 |
9 |
297 |
|
Baldwin, MI |
AA |
n |
Shooter, captured and taken to Baldwin jail |
GRP |
1922-07-25 |
07-25 |
1922 |
9 |
055 |
|
Ball, Hon. B. D. |
AA |
y |
Colored citizens club |
GRDE |
1872-08-10 |
08-10 |
1872 |
2 |
100 |
|
Ball, Mrs. |
AA |
y |
Accuses colored waiter of assault, verdict not guilty |
PR |
1892-07-13 |
07-13 |
1892 |
5 |
367 |
|
Ballard, Dovie |
AA |
y |
Probes chance of fair trial for Dovie Ballard in South |
GRP |
1931-11-06 |
11-06 |
1931 |
9 |
307 |
|
Ballard, James |
AA |
y |
The Whites and the Negroes by James Ballard |
GRDE |
1870-12-24 |
12-24 |
1870 |
2 |
091 |
|
Ballard, Rev. James |
AA |
y |
Remarks made by Rev. Ballard |
DEN&H |
1859-12-27 |
12-27 |
1859 |
1 |
129 |
|
Baltimore, MD |
AA |
n |
Colored man shoots two policemen at Baltimore |
GRP |
1920-03-19 |
03-19 |
1920 |
8 |
128 |
|
Banks, LeRoy |
AA |
y |
Held in jail for leaving an accident |
GHDT |
1927-04-18 |
04-18 |
1927 |
9 |
255 |
|
Banks, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Negro Absorption |
GRDEN |
1856-02-12 |
02-12 |
1856 |
1 |
041 |
|
Barbadoes |
AA |
n |
Article on Negroes in Barbadoes |
GRH |
1892-06-26 |
06-26 |
1892 |
5 |
362 |
|
Barber, Prof. Charles |
AA |
y |
Stated, 'Negroes should be deported', Lansing |
GRPT |
1905-03-16 |
03-16 |
1905 |
7 |
142 |
|
Barnes, Isaac |
AA |
y |
Colored porter at Astor House |
CD |
1884-07-31 |
07-31 |
1884 |
3 |
242 |
|
Barnett, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Speech graceful but injurious |
GRH |
1892-03-29 |
03-29 |
1892 |
5 |
309 |
|
Barry, James L. |
AA |
y |
Arrested on suspicion of stealing |
GRH |
1901-11-11 |
11-11 |
1901 |
7 |
067 |
|
Barton, Fred |
AA |
y |
Charge of vagrancy |
GRH |
1896-10-17 |
10-17 |
1896 |
6 |
166 |
|
Barts, James |
AA |
y |
Arrested for disorderly conduct |
GRH |
1892-04-05 |
04-05 |
1892 |
5 |
321 |
|
Bashaw, Frank |
AA |
y |
Charged with assault against Mazzie Puckett |
GRH |
1925-08-18 |
08-18 |
1925 |
9 |
221 |
|
Battle Creek |
AA |
n |
Carrie E. Busby, lecturer, to urge colored to fight |
GREP |
1901-02-16 |
02-16 |
1901 |
7 |
034 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Injured at work near Battle Creek, MI |
GREP |
1900-11-05 |
11-05 |
1900 |
7 |
026 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored girl graduated at Battle Creek, MI |
GRSEP |
1877-07-07 |
07-07 |
1877 |
3 |
013 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Died at Battle Creek, slave until 1851 |
GRE |
1885-09-02 |
09-02 |
1885 |
4 |
034 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Union Grand Lodge elects officers at Battle Creek |
GRD |
1898-01-29 |
01-29 |
1898 |
6 |
279 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Arrested in stabbing at Battle Creek |
GRP |
1914-08-11 |
08-11 |
1914 |
8 |
048 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Nearly 200 colored troops voted in Battle Creek |
GRDMD |
1870-04-07 |
04-07 |
1870 |
2 |
073 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Day celebrated at Battle Creek |
GRD |
1895-08-02 |
08-02 |
1895 |
6 |
126a |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848 |
GRPT |
1904-07-21 |
07-21 |
1904 |
7 |
120 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
41st Meeting Michigan Colored Masons, Battle Creek |
GRH |
1908-01-31 |
01-31 |
1908 |
7 |
182 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
State Convention colored men at Battle Creek, MI |
GREL |
1884-02-29 |
02-29 |
1884 |
3 |
222 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Shot by stranger at Battle Creek, MI |
GREP |
1910-06-11 |
06-11 |
1910 |
7 |
223 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Celebration at Battle Creek, MI |
GRE |
1884-06-27 |
06-27 |
1884 |
3 |
237 |
|
Battle Creek, MI |
AA |
n |
Dies in Battle Creek; clothes stolen by thief |
GRH |
1899-02-02 |
02-02 |
1899 |
6 |
297 |
|
Battles, James |
AA |
y |
Colored bootlegger in Newaygo |
GRH |
1897-12-22 |
12-22 |
1897 |
6 |
269 |
|
Battles, James |
AA |
y |
Charged with selling liquor with paying special tax |
GRD |
1897-12-22 |
12-22 |
1897 |
6 |
270a |
|
Bay City, MI |
AA |
n |
Dark Tragedy in Bay City, MI |
GRDE |
1869-04-07 |
04-07 |
1869 |
2 |
034 |
|
Bay City, MI |
AA |
n |
Accidentally burned to death at Bay City, MI |
GREP |
1893-02-02 |
02-02 |
1893 |
6 |
013 |
|
Beach, Rev. King D. |
AA |
y |
Pulpit topic of Rev. King D. Beach |
GRH |
1922-07-17 |
07-17 |
1922 |
9 |
047 |
|
Beaver, PA |
AA |
y |
White girl marries negro man of Beaver, PA |
GRDL |
1879-05-21 |
05-21 |
1879 |
3 |
063 |
|
Bee Hive building |
AA |
n |
Fire destroyed 'Bee Hive' apartment building |
GRDD |
1889-08-20 |
08-20 |
1889 |
4 |
230 |
|
Beecher, Henry Ward |
AA |
y |
Slaves and Bibles |
DE&H |
1858-05-20 |
05-20 |
1858 |
1 |
092 |
|
Beld, Daniel |
AA |
y |
Daniel Beld, colored man, former slave, dies |
GRE |
1883-09-04 |
09-04 |
1883 |
3 |
201 |
|
Belknap, Capt. Charles |
AA |
y |
Midnight visitation - home broken into |
GREL |
1891-11-23 |
11-23 |
1891 |
5 |
243 |
|
Belknap, Capt. Charles |
AA |
y |
Capt. Belknap refused to prosecute |
GREL |
1891-11-23 |
11-23 |
1891 |
5 |
244 |
|
Belknap, Charles |
AA |
y |
District affairs |
GRE |
1891-10-22 |
10-22 |
1891 |
5 |
228 |
|
Bell, Anna |
AA |
y |
Accidental death at Petoskey |
GREP |
1907-08-14 |
08-14 |
1907 |
7 |
175 |
|
Bell, Madame |
AA |
y |
Clairvoyant, died |
GRTH |
1887-10-07 |
10-07 |
1887 |
4 |
118 |
|
Bell, William |
AA |
y |
Examination on charges of stealing from Hazeltine Home |
GREL |
1892-06-04 |
06-04 |
1892 |
5 |
350 |
|
Bell, Wm |
AA |
y |
Accused of larceny |
GREL |
1891-06-07 |
06-07 |
1891 |
5 |
148 |
|
Bell, Wm |
AA |
y |
Accused of grand larceny |
GREL |
1892-06-02 |
06-02 |
1892 |
5 |
348 |
|
Benedict, Billy |
AA |
y |
Arrested on charges of robbery |
GRD |
1895-01-22 |
01-22 |
1895 |
6 |
101 |
|
Benjamin, P. H. |
AA |
y |
'How South views problem of race segregation |
GHDT |
1916-11-02 |
11-02 |
1916 |
8 |
087 |
|
Benjamin, P. H. |
AA |
y |
'How South views problem of race segregation |
GHDT |
1916-11-02 |
11-02 |
1916 |
8 |
087 |
|
Benjamin, P. H. |
AA |
y |
'How South views problem of race segregation |
GHDT |
1916-11-02 |
11-02 |
1916 |
8 |
086 |
|
Benjamin, Rev. R.P.O. |
AA |
y |
Prominent in inducing negro migration to west |
GREL |
1891-08-24 |
08-24 |
1891 |
5 |
203 |
|
Benjamin, Thomas E. |
AA |
y |
Deploes lynching of negroes |
GRP |
1920-07-10 |
07-10 |
1920 |
8 |
135 |
|
Bennett, Alfred |
AA |
y |
Land suit in Ottawa Circuit Court |
GRE |
1875-11-09 |
11-09 |
1875 |
2 |
184 |
|
Bennett, Amanda |
AA |
y |
Charged with making a false affidavit |
GRPT |
1904-03-16 |
03-16 |
1904 |
7 |
092 |
|
Bennett, Virgil |
AA |
y |
Member of pioneer colored family dies at Ferrysburg |
GHDT |
1915-11-06 |
11-06 |
1915 |
8 |
081 |
|
Bennington Club |
AA |
n |
Bennington Club - colored social club organized |
GRH |
1902-11-16 |
11-16 |
1902 |
7 |
080 |
|
Benter, Dr. W. H. |
AA |
y |
Colored Republicans to meet, Dr. W. H. Benter, speaker |
GRH |
1896-10-04 |
10-04 |
1896 |
6 |
160 |
|
Benter, Dr. W. H. |
AA |
y |
Eloquent address at Colored Republicans meeting |
GRH |
1896-01-06 |
10-06 |
1896 |
6 |
161 |
|
'Bentley', colored man |
AA |
y |
Pardoned at Jackson Prison, now in Chicago |
GREL |
1888-03-20 |
03-20 |
1888 |
4 |
134 |
|
Bentley, George |
AA |
y |
Steals money from bank and puts it in another |
GREL |
1883-06-06 |
06-06 |
1883 |
3 |
175 |
|
Bentley, George |
AA |
n |
from prison to cook in lumber camp |
GRE |
1884-12-18 |
12-18 |
1884 |
3 |
278 |
|
Bently, George |
AA |
n |
Address at church on Withey Street |
GRDE |
1875-09-30 |
09-30 |
1875 |
2 |
180 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Day celebrated at Benton Harbor, MI |
GRD |
1891-07-31 |
07-31 |
1891 |
5 |
174 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Preparations for Emancipation Day at Benton Harbor, MI |
GRE |
1893-07-08 |
07-08 |
1893 |
6 |
046 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Formation of longshoremen's union, Benton Harbor |
GHDT |
1897-07-22 |
07-22 |
1897 |
6 |
223 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Trouble between white & colored stevedores, Benton Harbor |
GHDT |
1897-07-21 |
07-21 |
1897 |
6 |
222 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored Masons Convention elects officers |
GREP |
1909-08-21 |
08-21 |
1909 |
7 |
212 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Emancipation Day celebrated at Benton Harbor, MI |
GRE |
1891-07-31 |
07-31 |
1891 |
5 |
175 |
|
Benton Harbor, MI |
AA |
n |
Colored Masons Convention elects officers |
GREP |
1909-08-22 |
08-22 |
1909 |
7 |
213 |
|
Benton, Harry |
AA |
y |
Colored porter, C. & W.M. RR has lucky lottery ticket |
GREL |
1886-02-16 |
02-16 |
1886 |
4 |
051 |
|
Benzie County, MI |
AA |
n |
Lost money, helped by Benzie County |
GREL |
1889-08-23 |
08-23 |
1889 |
4 |
232 |
|
Benzie Countym MI |
AA |
n |
Colored peoples' resort opens in Benzie County |
GRH |
1921-01-25 |
01-25 |
1921 |
8 |
150 |
|
Berd, Isaac W. |
AA |
y |
Colored slave, Union soldier, hotel keeper, dies Muskegon |
GHDT |
1912-07-31 |
07-31 |
1912 |
8 |
013 |
|
Berlin, MI |
AA |
n |
Messiah Baptist holds camp meeting at Berlin, MI |
GHDT |
1904-08-29 |
08-29 |
1904 |
7 |
125 |
|
Berrien Center, MI |
AA |
n |
Southwestern colored camp meeting at Berrien Center |
GRD |
1895-07-04 |
07-04 |
1895 |
6 |
119 |
|
Berrien Centre, MI |
AA |
n |
Three colored arrested for robbery |
GRE |
1888-03-15 |
03-15 |
1888 |
4 |
133 |
|
Berrien County, MI |
AA |
n |
Deaths in county |
GRH |
1899-03-21 |
03-21 |
1899 |
6 |
301 |
|
Berry, John |
AA |
y |
Colored man in jail has pneumonia, dies |
GHDT |
1917-04-09 |
04-09 |
1917 |
8 |
092 |
|
Bertrand, Frank |
AA |
y |
Charged of assault and battery on Stanley Polaski |
GRH |
1896-10-17 |
10-17 |
1896 |
6 |
166 |
|
Bethany Home |
AA |
n |
Rev. Morrow, chaplain at Bethany Home dismissed |
GREL |
1892-01-14 |
01-14 |
1892 |
5 |
272 |
|
Bethel, Mary |
AA |
y |
Arrested for living in house of ill repute |
GREL |
1892-02-15 |
02-15 |
1892 |
5 |
279 |
|
Bethel, Mary |
AA |
y |
Arrested for drunkenness |
GREL |
1892-08-05 |
08-05 |
1892 |
5 |
371 |
|
Betlike, Dominick |
AA |
y |
Seeks divorce after two months at Wheatland |
GREP |
1907-08-13 |
08-13 |
1907 |
7 |
174 |
|
Beverly, J. W. |
AA |
n |
Chicken Thief pardoned by Gov. Alger |
GREL |
1888-11-02 |
11-02 |
1888 |
4 |
164 |
|
Beverly, John |
AA |
y |
Convicted of stealing chickens |
GREL |
1886-03-05 |
03-05 |
1886 |
4 |
054 |
|
Beverly, Miss Hattie |
AA |
y |
Colored teacher creates opposition in Grand Rapids, MI |
GRH |
1899-01-20 |
01-20 |
1899 |
6 |
296 |
|
Beverly, W. H. |
AA |
y |
Arrrested for stealing, Allegan County, MI |
GREL |
1885-12-23 |
12-23 |
1885 |
4 |
047 |
|
Big Eliza |
AA |
y |
Arrives on D.L. & N. train to Geary's World Museum |
GREL |
1891-12-14 |
12-14 |
1891 |
5 |
254 |
|
Big Eliza |
AA |
y |
Big Eliza to be at Mr. Geary's family resort |
GREL |
1891-12-12 |
12-12 |
1891 |
5 |
252 |
|
Big Rapids, MI |
AA |
n |
Negro barber admitted to bar at Big Rapids, MI |
RCC |
1886-05-07 |
05-07 |
1886 |
4 |
057 |
|
Big Winnie |
AA |
y |
Huge woman had to ride in railroad baggage car |
GRDE |
1887-06-20 |
06-20 |
1887 |
4 |
104 |
|
Billbobs baseball team |
AA |
n |
'Billbobs' to play Elster's Athletics |
GRH |
1922-08-03 |
08-03 |
1922 |
9 |
058 |
|
Bingham, George |
AA |
y |
Injured at work near Battle Creek, MI |
GREP |
1900-11-05 |
11-05 |
1900 |
7 |
026 |
|
Bird, I. W. |
AA |
y |
Assaults white man for attentions to his daughter |
GRE |
1891-08-28 |
08-28 |
1891 |
5 |
207 |
|
Birdsell, John |
AA |
y |
Arrest on assault with intent to commit murder |
GREL |
1881-08-31 |
08-31 |
1881 |
3 |
137 |
|
Birmingham, AL |
AA |
n |
Pugilist knocked out by local pugilist, Birmingham, AL |
GREL |
1889-12-03 |
12-03 |
1889 |
4 |
262 |
|
Black (Blind Tom) |
AA |
y |
Blind Tom, Negro, musical prodigy at Luce's Hall |
GRDE |
1870-06-01 |
06-01 |
1870 |
2 |
081 |
|
Black (Charles Points) |
AA |
y |
A Boy Murderer - Youthful Depravity |
DE&H |
1858-10-26 |
10-26 |
1858 |
1 |
107 |
|
Black (Smith) |
AA |
n |
Homicide at Detroit |
DEN&H |
1859-08-10 |
08-10 |
1859 |
1 |
121 |
|
Black (Thomas) |
AA |
n |
Bloody Fight |
GRWEN |
1861-07-10 |
07-10 |
1861 |
1 |
140 |
|
Black Laws |
AA |
n |
Law amended - no restriction on intermarriages |
MNR |
1883-06-16 |
06-16 |
1883 |
3 |
177 |
|
Black Patti Troubadours |
AA |
n |
Black Patti Co. of Troubadours at Harmony Lodge |
GRH |
1897-11-20 |
11-20 |
1897 |
6 |
260 |
|
Blackwell, Bishop G. L. |
AA |
y |
Reception for Bishop G. L. Blackwell |
GRH |
1913-05-13 |
05-13 |
1913 |
8 |
031 |
|
Blackwell, Bishop G. L. |
AA |
y |
Advocates revivals to aid local A.M.E. churches |
GRH |
1913-05-12 |
05-12 |
1913 |
8 |
030 |
|
Blackwell, Rev. G. R. |
AA |
y |
Asserts Jack Johnson, pugilist, has done harm to race |
GREP |
1913-05-13 |
05-13 |
1913 |
8 |
033 |
|
Blake, Aldrich |
AA |
y |
Of Oklahoma predicts ruin of Klan |
GRH |
1923-09-30 |
09-30 |
1923 |
9 |
137 |
|
Blake, Aldrich |
AA |
y |
Of Oklahoma predicts ruin of Klan |
GRH |
1923-09-30 |
09-30 |
1923 |
9 |
136 |
|
Blake, Aldrich |
AA |
y |
Of Oklahoma predicts ruin of Klan |
GRH |
1923-09-30 |
09-30 |
1923 |
9 |
138 |
|
Blake, Iwing |
AA |
y |
Iwing Blake, colored lad, drowned while fishing |
MDN |
1897-06-12 |
06-12 |
1897 |
6 |
215 |
|
Blash, Will |
AA |
y |
Charged with murder, will hang |
GREL |
1891-11-25 |
11-25 |
1891 |
5 |
246 |
|
Blease, Ex-governor |
AA |
y |
Defends lynching in the south - South Carolina |
GRH |
1915-08-28 |
08-28 |
1915 |
8 |
075 |
|
Blodgett, D. A. |
AA |
y |
Reminiscences of Early Logging in Osceola County |
RCC |
1893-01-20 |
01-20 |
1893 |
6 |
007 |
|
Blodgett, D. A. |
AA |
y |
Asks aid for A.M.E. Church indebtedness |
GRDD |
1885-10-28 |
10-28 |
1885 |
4 |
042 |
|
Blodgett, D. A. |
AA |
y |
D. A. Blodgett treats poor children at Christmas time |
GRTH |
1891-12-25 |
12-25 |
1891 |
5 |
255 |
|
Blodgett, D. A. |
AA |
y |
Benevolence to city children by D. A. Blodgett |
DPD |
1892-01-08 |
01-08 |
1892 |
5 |
266 |
|
Blodgett, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Thanked for assistance on debt on colored churches |
GRTH |
1887-08-31 |
08-31 |
1887 |
4 |
114 |
|
Bloom, Charles G. |
AA |
y |
Woman marries and commits bigamy |
GRTH |
1889-09-26 |
09-26 |
1889 |
4 |
242 |
|
Blount, Harvey |
AA |
y |
Ex-slave, of Grand Haven, dies at Kalamazoo Hospital |
GHDT |
1917-02-12 |
02-12 |
1917 |
8 |
090 |
|
Blount, Harvey |
AA |
y |
Janitor in government offices Grand Haven for 20 yrs. |
GRET |
1893-11-24 |
11-24 |
1893 |
6 |
059 |
|
Blount, Mrs. Harvey |
AA |
y |
Died in Grand Haven, MI |
GHDT |
1899-03-30 |
03-30 |
1899 |
6 |
302 |
|
Blunt, Tom |
AA |
y |
Rapist, hung by mob at Chattanooga, Tn |
GREP |
1893-02-15 |
02-15 |
1893 |
6 |
022 |
|
Boas, Jacob |
AA |
y |
$50 reward |
CHA |
1836-12-03 |
12-03 |
1836 |
1 |
003 |
|
Bocher, M. L. |
AA |
y |
To lecture on 'Life on a Southern Plantation' |
GHET |
1893-01-25 |
01-25 |
1893 |
6 |
008 |
|
Booker, Felix D. |
AA |
y |
Veterinary college cannot draw color line |
GRP |
1908-11-17 |
11-17 |
1908 |
7 |
201 |
|
Boston, MA |
AA |
n |
Aboltion Convention in Boston |
GRWEN |
1862-04-09 |
04-09 |
1862 |
1 |
144 |
|
Boston, MA |
AA |
n |
Exhibition on Negro achievement in Boston |
GRH |
1922-10-16 |
10-16 |
1922 |
9 |
082 |
|
Bowe, W. H. |
AA |
y |
Clerk in Treasurer's office robbed and beaten |
GRH |
1908-08-16 |
08-16 |
1908 |
7 |
198 |
|
Bowles, Representative |
AA |
y |
Speech against repeal of 15th Amendment, Mississippi |
GREL |
1890-02-08 |
02-08 |
1890 |
5 |
030 |
|
Bowling Green, KY |
AA |
n |
Man assaulted woman, lynched by mob Bowling Green, KY |
GREL |
1892-12-28 |
12-28 |
1892 |
5 |
398a |
|
Boy, John |
AA |
y |
Disturbance on train, sent to Detroit House of Correction |
PR |
1903-03-11 |
03-11 |
1903 |
7 |
082 |
|
Boyne City, MI |
AA |
n |
Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI |
GRH |
1929-08-16 |
08-16 |
1929 |
9 |
286 |
|
Braddison, Jeff |
AA |
y |
Undertaker duped Members of American Freedmen |
GREL |
1885-09-10 |
09-10 |
1885 |
4 |
036 |
|
Bradley, Hugh |
AA |
y |
Officiates at First negro wedding at First Reformed Church |
GHDT |
1915-02-09 |
02-09 |
1915 |
8 |
058 |
|
Bradly, William |
AA |
y |
Confession on death bed at Battle Creek, MI |
RN |
1886-07-09 |
07-09 |
1886 |
4 |
065 |
|
Bradwell, Mr. |
AA |
y |
Article on their attributes |
GRDMD |
1870-02-06 |
02-06 |
1870 |
2 |
065 |
|
Brady, Wm |
AA |
y |
Arrested for assaulting Anna Stewart |
GREL |
1890-09-02 |
09-02 |
1890 |
5 |
075 |
|
Braglan, Walter |
AA |
y |
Arrested at crap game |
GRD |
1896-11-15 |
11-15 |
1896 |
6 |
169 |
|
Brewer, Justice |
AA |
y |
'Religion will save the negro race' |
GREP |
1907-02-18 |
02-18 |
1907 |
7 |
167 |
|
Brice, Sam |
AA |
y |
Sentenced for bigamy in Chicago, IL |
GRE |
1890-12-01 |
12-01 |
1890 |
5 |
095 |
|
Briggs, Marlin |
AA |
y |
Marlin Briggs, ex-slave, dies over 100 yrs. old |
GRH |
1892-01-12 |
01-12 |
1892 |
5 |
271 |
|
Bristol, TN |
AA |
n |
Raped white lady, lynched at Bristol, TN |
GRD |
1891-06-13 |
06-13 |
1891 |
5 |
153 |
|
Broadus, Dr. |
AA |
y |
Lecture on Three Kinds of American Negroes |
GREL |
1891-05-29 |
05-29 |
1891 |
5 |
144 |
|
Brogden, Lucy |
AA |
y |
Lucy Brogden dies of consumption |
GRTH |
1891-10-05 |
10-05 |
1891 |
5 |
225 |
|
Broghan, Sam |
AA |
n |
Colored Criminal injured sent to poor farm |
GREL |
1881-02-26 |
02-26 |
1881 |
3 |
114 |
|
Broglan, Sam |
AA |
y |
Out of state prison |
GRTH |
1887-06-12 |
06-12 |
1887 |
4 |
103 |
|
Broglan, Sam |
AA |
y |
Superintendents of Poor making provisions for family |
GREL |
1881-05-24 |
05-24 |
1881 |
3 |
125 |
|
Broglan, Sam |
AA |
n |
Had a fit, picked up by police |
GREL |
1884-05-19 |
05-19 |
1884 |
3 |
227 |
|
Broglan, Susan |
AA |
y |
Sentence for disturbance |
GREL |
1884-06-26 |
06-26 |
1884 |
3 |
235 |
|
Broogean, Louisa |
AA |
y |
Judge Brown officiates at marriage |
GRE |
1891-10-03 |
10-03 |
1891 |
5 |
219 |
|
Brooklyn Tract Society |
AA |
n |
The Negro's Dream |
GREQ |
1851-03-26 |
03-26 |
1851 |
1 |
020 |
|
Brooks, Hezekiah |
AA |
y |
Hezekiah Brooks develops new variety of mango, Miami, FL |
GRH |
1922-09-05 |
09-05 |
1922 |
9 |
071 |
|
Brooks, Minnie |
AA |
y |
Murdered white woman and black man |
GRE |
1884-10-08 |
10-08 |
1884 |
3 |
263 |
|
Brown, Annie |
AA |
y |
Sentence for street walking |
GREL |
1889-01-22 |
01-22 |
1889 |
4 |
181 |
|
Brown, Charles |
AA |
y |
Bartender assaults colored man |
GRDE |
1869-05-14 |
05-14 |
1869 |
2 |
040 |
|
Brown, Clarence |
AA |
y |
Shot in attempted burglary at Ypsilanti |
GREP |
1910-02-19 |
02-19 |
1910 |
7 |
221 |
|
Brown, Edward |
AA |
y |
Veteran of Civil War, 58 yrs., dies at Grand Rapids |
GRH |
1901-09-11 |
09-11 |
1901 |
7 |
058 |
|
Brown, Eileen |
AA |
y |
Found guilty of assault with dangerous weapon |
MC |
1929-10-11 |
10-11 |
1929 |
9 |
293 |
|
Brown, Fanny |
AA |
y |
Sentence for street walking |
GREL |
1888-12-24 |
12-24 |
1888 |
4 |
175 |
|
Brown, Fanny |
AA |
y |
Sentence for disorderly conduct |
GRE |
1889-05-07 |
05-07 |
1889 |
4 |
201 |
|
Brown, Fred |
AA |
y |
Arrested for stealing |
GREL |
1885-05-06 |
05-06 |
1885 |
4 |
016 |
|
Brown, Henrietta |
AA |
y |
Black Woman killed white man |
DA&T |
1863-12-07 |
12-07 |
1863 |
1 |
196 |
|
Brown, Herman |
AA |
y |
Charged with burglary, acquitted |
GREL |
1891-10-17 |
10-17 |
1891 |
5 |
227 |
|
Brown, Herman |
AA |
y |
Guilty on disorderly charges, 45 days in jail |
GRH |
1910-10-25 |
10-25 |
1910 |
7 |
240 |
|
Brown, Herman |
AA |
y |
Arraigned-disorberly charges at House of All Nations |
GRH |
1910-10-19 |
10-19 |
1910 |
7 |
238 |
|
Brown, Lemuel |
AA |
y |
Injured in fall |
GRE |
1886-09-08 |
09-08 |
1886 |
4 |
075 |
|
Brown, Lemuel |
AA |
y |
Sentence for disturbance |
GREL |
1884-06-26 |
06-26 |
1884 |
3 |
235 |
|
Brown, Louis |
AA |
y |
A colored tourist |
GREL |
1889-07-25 |
07-25 |
1889 |
4 |
223 |
|
Brown, Lyda |
AA |
y |
Arrested on charge of rape, brought for examination |
GHDT |
1897-08-07 |
08-07 |
1897 |
6 |
231 |
|
Brown, Percy |
AA |
y |
11 yr. old lad runs away found at Memphis, Tn |
GRH |
1896-02-20 |
02-20 |
1896 |
6 |
148 |
|
Brown, Richard |
AA |
y |
Colored man refused marriage license to white woman |
GREP |
1913-01-22 |
01-22 |
1913 |
8 |
015 |
|
Brown, Stella |
AA |
y |
Women sentenced for drunk and disorderly charges |
GRE |
1889-06-02 |
06-02 |
1889 |
4 |
214 |
|
Brown, Stella |
AA |
y |
Arrested for assault |
GRTH |
1890-01-30 |
01-30 |
1890 |
5 |
024 |
|
Brown, William |
AA |
y |
Charge of assault dropped |
GREL |
1890-11-22 |
11-22 |
1890 |
5 |
090 |
|
Browne, Rev. S. Henri |
AA |
y |
Cannot buy shoes because of color |
GREP |
1913-05-05 |
05-05 |
1913 |
8 |
024 |
|
Browne, Rev. S. Henri |
AA |
y |
Compiling local negro statistics |
GRN |
1913-03-08 |
03-08 |
1913 |
8 |
020 |
|
Browne, Rev. S. Henri |
AA |
y |
Colored people have no incentive for education |
GRH |
1913-04-07 |
04-07 |
1913 |
8 |
025 |
|
Bruce, B. K. |
AA |
y |
Remarks on Ex-Senator Bruce |
PR |
1889-12-11 |
12-11 |
1889 |
4 |
265 |
|
Bruce, B. K. |
AA |
n |
Opinion on progress of his race |
GRE |
1884-12-13 |
12-13 |
1884 |
3 |
277 |
|
Bruce, Hon. B. K. |
AA |
y |
Anti-Negro Emigration bill |
GREL |
1890-01-23 |
01-23 |
1890 |
5 |
015 |
|
Bruce, Hon. B. K. |
AA |
y |
Speech on 'The Race Problem' by ex-slave |
GRE |
1888-03-03 |
03-03 |
1888 |
4 |
132a |
|
Bruce, Hon. B. K. |
AA |
y |
Speech on 'The Race Problem' by ex-slave |
GRE |
1888-03-03 |
03-03 |
1888 |
4 |
132b |
|
Bruce, Jennie |
AA |
y |
Failed suicide attempt |
GRTH |
1891-11-12 |
11-12 |
1891 |
5 |
241 |
|
Bruce, Jennie |
AA |
y |
Attempted suicide twice |
GRD |
1891-11-12 |
11-12 |
1891 |
5 |
240 |
|
Bruce, Senator |
AA |
y |
Colored Senator from Mississippi speech |
IS |
1876-02-24 |
02-24 |
1876 |
'3 |
004 |
|
Brucker, Gov. |
AA |
y |
Probes chance of fair trial for Dovie Ballard in South |
GRP |
1931-11-06 |
11-06 |
1931 |
9 |
307 |
|
Brunswick |
AA |
n |
Attempted lynch at Brunswick, ?GA |
GRH |
1892-08-11 |
08-11 |
1892 |
5 |
373 |
|
Bryant, John |
AA |
y |
Attempted assaulted |
GRTH |
1889-12-19 |
12-19 |
1889 |
4 |
273 |
|
Bryant, Mary |
AA |
y |
Arrested for disorderly conduct |
GRTH |
1887-04-14 |
04-14 |
1887 |
4 |
094 |
|
Buck, William |
AA |
y |
Pleads guilty of armed robbery |
GRP |
1927-01-04 |
01-04 |
1927 |
9 |
253 |
|
Bugg, Charles |
AA |
y |
Hon. Edgar J. Adams loses hat to Charles Bugg |
GRH |
1897-09-12 |
09-12 |
1897 |
6 |
244 |
|
Bugg, John |
AA |
y |
Attempted escape foiled |
GRTH |
1888-08-03 |
08-03 |
1888 |
4 |
145 |
|
Bugg, John F. |
AA |
y |
Colored barber marital problems |
GRDE |
1878-10-24 |
10-24 |
1878 |
3 |
040 |
|
Burch, Mrs. Jessie |
AA |
y |
Shot by stranger at Battle Creek, MI |
GREP |
1910-06-11 |
06-11 |
1910 |
7 |
223 |
|
Burkett, John |
AA |
y |
Arrested for vagrancy |
MDN |
1897-05-06 |
05-06 |
1897 |
6 |
207 |
|
Burns, Helen |
AA |
y |
Will not wed negro man at Montclair, N.J. |
GRH |
1925-11-09 |
11-09 |
1925 |
9 |
235 |
|
Burt Tp.,Cheboygan Co., MI |
AA |
n |
Colored settlement, Burt Twp., Cheboygan Co., MI |
CD |
1885-04-16 |
04-16 |
1885 |
4 |
013 |
|
Burton, George |
AA |
y |
Arraigned for stealing |
GREP |
1893-02-08 |
02-08 |
1893 |
6 |
018 |
|
Burton, Georgia |
AA |
y |
Just out of jail, arrested on disorderly charges |
GRD |
1897-12-21 |
12-21 |
1897 |
6 |
268 |
|
Burton, Robert |
AA |
y |
Pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons |
GRH |
1924-12-09 |
12-09 |
1924 |
9 |
206 |
|
Busbee, Robert |
AA |
y |
Lost house and good by fire |
GRTH |
1886-09-24 |
09-24 |
1886 |
4 |
084 |
|
Busby, Carrie E. |
AA |
y |
Carrie E. Busby, lecturer, to urge colored to fight |
GRH |
1901-02-19 |
02-19 |
1901 |
7 |
036 |
|
Busby, Carrie E. |
AA |
y |
Carrie E. Busby, lecturer, to urge colored to fight |
GREP |
1901-02-16 |
02-16 |
1901 |
7 |
034 |
|
Busby, Carrie E. |
AA |
y |
Carrie E. Busby, lecturer, to urge colored to fight |
GREP |
1901-02-16 |
02-16 |
1901 |
7 |
035 |
|
Bush, George and Anna |
AA |
y |
Lose home in fire, Greenville residents built new one |
GRP |
1925-05-28 |
05-28 |
1925 |
9 |
213 |
|
Bushrod, Raymond |
AA |
y |
Assault of girl leads to lynching, Hawesville, KY |
GRH |
1897-09-28 |
09-28 |
1897 |
6 |
246 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
John A. Loomis, porter on railroad and owns newspaper |
GREP |
1900-02-24 |
02-24 |
1900 |
7 |
001 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
Opening fish market with F. H. Warren, Grand Rapids |
GREL |
1885-10-01 |
10-01 |
1885 |
4 |
038 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
Opening fish market with F. H. Warren, Grand Rapids |
GREL |
1885-10-01 |
10-01 |
1885 |
4 |
039 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
Bernard W. Fitts, owner of Crystal Printing in Chicago |
GHDT |
1907-07-27 |
07-27 |
1907 |
7 |
173 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
From Elevator Boy to Hotel Proprietor |
GREP |
1900-03-17 |
03-17 |
1900 |
7 |
002 |
|
Business |
AA |
n |
Stanford Hotel for colored people opened |
GRH |
1908-11-30 |
11-30 |
1908 |
7 |
208 |
|
Butcher, Nelson |
AA |
y |
Moved to Cass County in the 1840's |
AA |
1902-03-19 |
03-19 |
1902 |
7 |
070 |
|
Butler, Bertha |
AA |
y |
Charged with fathering a child |
GRH |
1892-03-20 |
03-20 |
1892 |
5 |
303 |
|
Butler, Gen. |
AA |
y |
Meeting between Fredrick Douglass & Gen. Butler |
GRTH |
1886-09-12 |
09-12 |
1886 |
4 |
076 |
|
Butler, Gen. |
AA |
y |
Meeting between Fredrick Douglass & Gen. Butler |
GRTH |
1886-09-13 |
09-13 |
1886 |
4 |
077 |
|
Butler, Joseph |
AA |
y |
Escaped from Jackson Prison |
GRH |
1892-03-20 |
03-20 |
1892 |
5 |
301 |
|
Butler, Senator |
AA |
n |
Advocacy of Negro Emigration bill |
GRTH |
1890-01-18 |
01-18 |
1890 |
5 |
012 |
|
Butler, William |
AA |
y |
Attempted suicide |
GRE |
1893-06-22 |
06-22 |
1893 |
6 |
043 |
|
Byron Township |
AA |
n |
Last Will, Byron Township, Kent Co. MI |
GREL |
1885-01-30 |
01-30 |
1885 |
4 |
004 |
Transcriber: Evelyn M. Sawyer
Created: 21 June 2003