This series consists of magazines, postcards, newsclippings, printed fans, programs, pamphlets, marketing images, postcard books, and information cards dating from 1915 to 2002. A wide variety of attitudes towards African Americans throughout the twentieth century is represented within this series including Jim Crow-era postcards and materials that celebrate the contributions of African American artists, writers and politicians in American society. A small collection of sheet music is included in this series varying from "negro spirituals" to "minstrel music" and tunes made popular by African American singers such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. Other notable materials include original "Coon Chicken" advertisements, a small collection of paper advertising fans depicting African Americans. Examples include a fan of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a "Darkie Toothpaste" advertisement fan.