In Search of African America: One Collector's Experience January 17-March 21, 2004

Introduction:
James Hicks Collection
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James Hicks giving a tour of the exhibit
 
This exhibit is divided into 10 sections
 

the exhibit gallery1. Introduction (you are here)
--The James Hicks Collection

2 young men 2. The Burden of Slavery, 1619-1861

Civil War soldier 3. The Civil War, 1861-1865
boy 4. The Price of Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

3 young people 5. Say Hello To Jim Crow, 1878-1897

young woman 6. Up From Slavery:
The Self Help Period
1898-1919
man wearing saddle shoes 7. The Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1946
Martin Luther King Jr. 8. The Civil Rights Era, 1947-1968
9. The Black Power Movement, 1968-1980
Bill Cosby 10. The Turn of the Century, 1981-2004
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