Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

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Title

Education will Prove the Equality of the Races. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

Subject

African Americans, education

Description

In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the importance of education to African Americans, who had been denied such opportunities under slavery.

Creator

James Carter Beard

Source

Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division

Publisher

Thomas Kelly

Date

1870-1871

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Lithograph

Coverage

United States