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A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

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Following the color line; an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy

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A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right.

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A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right.
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Following the color line; an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1908
Place: New York
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 323.173-B (Baker, R. S. Following the color line)
Topics
United States -- Race relations
African Americans
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Brooms & brushes
African American boys
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR6499368-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11589705
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 02e99b30-c6bc-012f-1c6a-58d385a7bc34
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The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1908: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a07e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a07e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1908). A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a07e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A "broom squad" of Negro boys; Which makes a regular business of sweeping several of the streets in the very worst slum district in Philadelphia; It gives them employment and it teaches them civic responsibility and pride; Miss Hancock at the right.