1963 March on Washington Union made pinback.
Mission Statement: Black Legacy Images aspiration is to promote normally difficult dialog between races through sharing positive and debasing images of America's history so we as a country can began to heal from the inside out.
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Mississippi Souvenir String holder - Black babies don't drink milk they drink ink that is why they are black.
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Milton Bradley's Darkey Ten Pen - Object of the game is to bowl down the black men with the watermelon colored ball.
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Cream of Wheat Chef Biscuit Jar, manufactured date unknown.
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Syrup pitcher, milk pitcher, and tray from Sambo's restaurant. Most Sambo's closed in 1982. The first Sambo's has re-opened in Southern California if interested there is information on the World Wide Web. Most buildings that were Sambo’s restaurants are now Denny's restaurants. In 2007 this set was on display at the History San Jose Museum in San Jose, CA.
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Arrest Black Babies T-shirt came in several styles and colors for men and women.
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Tar Baby (above jars) was an animation character in Disney’s movie, "Song of the South”. Disney has no plans of re-releasing Song of the South some reasons are Tar Baby and other black character’s in the movie depicts how Black American’s were portrayed in movies. The movie demonstrates how Black American's were disrespected at the time the movie was filmed. Hiding history does not change history; “Song of the South” could be a good teaching tool when teaching this era of America’s history or diversity.
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Niggerhead tobacco tin when the "word" became politically incorrect B. Leidersdorf Company changed the name of this product to Biggerhead tobacco.
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Mammy Campbell Soup puzzle
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Caricature tablecloth from Diana's Shack in Palo Alto, California, Dinah's Place, (Shack) was replaced with Trader Vic's. When President John F. Kennedy was a student at Stanford he frequented the restaurant when the building was demolished, the piece of beam where the President inscribed his name was sold.
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Taken from: http://www.auntjemima.com/aj_history/: "From the mid 1950’s until the late 1960’s Aylene Lewis was hired to portray Aunt Jemima at the Aunt Jemima restaurant in the newly opened Disneyland." These matches were loaned to the History San Jose Museum in 2007.
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1940's Paramount Pictures Jasper cartoon character pull toy.
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