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Amistad acquires Alternate ROOTS archive

Amistad has acquired the records of Atlanta-based Alternate ROOTS, a regional arts service organization of artists who work for social...

Illinois Club files debut at Amistad

The history of the Original Illinois Club is making its debut at Amistad Research Center. A ledger book dating from 1930 to 1949 is the...

Alexis De Veaux Papers

Masani Alexis De Veaux (1948- ) is an American writer and illustrator, and former chair of the Department of Women’s Studies at the State...

Senga Nengudi Papers

Senga Nengudi (1943 -) is an African American visual artist known for her abstract sculptures that combine found objects with...

Thomas-Jones Family Papers

The Thomas-Jones Family Papers document four successive generations of an African-American family with ties to New Orleans, North...

Memoir of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Donated to Amistad Research Center

The fragile nature of the lives of formerly-enslaved and manumitted individuals is dramatically illustrated in a recently donated memoir...

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