Print with illustration

Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a.k.a. "Mrs. Paul L. Nelson"

This artifact may foster discussion of early African American civil rights efforts but also of black art and literature.

A photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935), who was a Delaware poet and civil rights activist. She was married to fellow poet and novelist Paul L. Nelson from 1898-1906. Surrounding the photograph is a decorative border containing images of an eagle with its wings spread, two lit torches, a scene of a slave being whipped, a scene of a lighter-skinned man writing, one palm frond behind each torch, a paintbrush and palette, a cog on a pole, and across the bottom, a Black man climbing, a pair of shackles, and a Black man preaching.

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Paul L. Nelson
Civil Rights
Black activism
Black authors

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Physical dimensions: Undetermined

Digital dimensions: 270 x 388 px

Ink and paper.

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Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA)

https://history.delaware.gov/african-americans-ww1/

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Artifacts of Social Life