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Title

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