The political broadsides contained here includes digitized copies of promotional flyers, political club membership lists, and political correspondence courtesy of the University of Virginia's Special Collections at the Alderman Library.

The timeline of political activity in Charlottesville, contextualized within a broader state political timeline, refutes the commonly held notion that African American political activity was dormant during the years from the turn of the century until the 1930s.

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