Emancipation Proclamation [graphic] : September 22, 1862.

Chicago : E.G. Renesch, c1919.

1 lithograph : col. ; 41 x 51 cm.

BEIN BrSides Double Folio 2010 12: Mounted on linen.

A post-World War I poster commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation and celebrating the achievements of famous African Americans. Featured on the poster are Paul L. Dunbar, a famous poet, Frederick Douglas, and Lt. Colonels Franklin A. Dennison and Otis B. Duncan, both officers in the 8th Illinois Regiment, part of the 93rd Division that was integrated into the French army during World War I. Various vignettes can be seen, including one of African American soldiers fighting, and a female personification of liberty with her arms around both a white and an African American child. In the center of the poster is an oval portrait of Lincoln underneath a bald eagle and United States banner. The poster includes quotes from Abraham Lincoln and Booker T. Washington.

English

February 18, 2010