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Sepia photo of two young black boys sitting on mules/horses that are connected to carriages
Special Collections
Century-old selfies
Published March 7, 2018
Two undergrads create exhibit of historical African-American photos found in JHU's Special Collections
A crop image of a photo of African-American women aboard a ship in 1930
Exhibit
Freedom in many forms
Published Feb 2, 2018
Sheridan Libraries exhibit honors the ways black Americans have expressed freedom and empowerment
The Art of Politics
Political cartoons of the past
Published Aug 9, 2016
Special Collections display explores work of two 20th century Baltimore cartoonists
Illuminating the weird
Published Summer 2016 Photos
A peek at some of the strangest items in the George Peabody Library / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Favorite things
Curse tablets and other 'priceless' treasures
Published Summer 2014 Photos
A joke book. A Roman curse tablet. A clump of a cow's hair. Call them collectors' picks. / Johns Hopkins Magazine