Edith Sampson was the first black woman to be a delegate to a major political convention. She gave a lecture for the Emancipation Centennial Commission on the meaning and significance of the Emancipation Proclamation. The document provides images to accompany her lecture of important figures like Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pauli Murray, India Edwards, and George V. Denny.

1. Edith Sampson, the American Negro
Emancipation Centennial Commission
and the “Meaning and Significance of
the Historic Emancipation
Proclamation”
Images to Accompany the Lecture

2. Mary McLeod Bethune
Image courtesy of National Park Service.

3. Edith Sampson
Image courtesy of Library of Congress.

4. Eleanor Roosevelt
Image courtesy of US Embassy.

5. Edith Sampson & Eleanor Roosevelt
Image courtesy of National Archives.

6. Pauli Murray
Image courtesy of Library of Congress.

7. India Edwards
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

8. George V. Denny
Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery