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[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama] – Historic Reproduction

[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama], [1902] — historic photograph
[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama], [1902]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama]

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Tuskegee Institute, the school Booker T. Washington founded in Alabama in 1881, is the setting here, and the picture shows a history lesson in session rather than a campus view. Frances Benjamin Johnston made a series of photographs at Tuskegee in 1902 that presented the school's academic work to outside audiences, many of them skeptical of what Black students could achieve. Classroom scenes like this one were meant to counter stereotypes, showing students engaged in ordinary schoolwork. Look at how the students are arranged and what they are attending to, since these details reflect how the school wanted its education to be seen.

Created / published[1902]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsTuskegee Institute--People--1900-1910. African Americans--Education--Alabama--Tuskegee--1900-1910. Students--Alabama--Tuskegee--1900-1910. Classrooms--Alabama--Tuskegee--1900-1910. History--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,230 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139320

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