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Race discrimination.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Livingston Farrand papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-5-7
Abstract The Livingston Farrand Papers consist of correspondence, office files, reports, letters of transmittal, notices of appointment to committees, scrapbooks, cross reference sheets, clippings, diplomas, and certificates deriving from his presidency of Cornell University from 1921 to 1937. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, pertaining largely to the routine administration of the President's Office and the University. Subjects include student and faculty issues, student health,...
Dates: 1921-1939.

WWI racist postcard

 Collection — Manuscript box 86 - Folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070576529]
Identifier: 7886
Abstract

Postcard depicts a black prostitute with caricatural giant red lips coming on to a soldier who pulls away in alarm. The caption reads: "Les 10 commandements du soldat / 6 - Plaisir d'amour ne donneras / Qu'aux poules blanches seulement!"

Dates: 1914 - 1918