1931 Lynching of Matt Williams in Salisbury, Maryland
and 1935 lynching exhibition at the Maryland Institute
 
"Maryland, My Maryland!" editorial cartoon from The Baltimore Sun, 6 December 1931.

"In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" editorial cartoon from The Jeffersonian, 12 December 1931.

"Spooks!" editorial cartoon from The Jeffersonian, 20 February 1932.

Source for cartoons: GOVERNOR (Newspaper clippings) Mathew Williams lynching, 1931 [MSA S1048-1, 2/31/3/14]

"Art's Ideas on Lynching Find Exhibition Place." The Baltimore Sun, 16 February 1935.

"To Show Lynching Pictures." The Baltimore Sun, 24 March 1935.

"Anti-Lynch Exhibition." The Baltimore Sun, 31 March 1935.




Cases concerning segregation and private institutions
Clark v. Maryland Institute for the Promotion of Mechanic Arts, 87 Md. 643, 41 A. 126 (1898).
Lexis Opinion
Shepard's results as of 4/5/2007

COURT OF APPEALS (Briefs), Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898, April Term 1898 Case No. 9, pages 1-25, (borrowed from COA)
Baltimore City Superior Court Records
Appellant's Brief
Appellee's Brief

COURT OF APPEALS (Minutes) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, Volume JFF 1 pp. 398 and 432 [MSA S424, 1/66/12/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Opinions) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898 Case No. 9 [MSA S393, 1/65/13/63]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, April Term 1898 No. 9, Volume AR 1 folio 28, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, January Term 1898, Volume AR 1 page 11, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/45]

COURT OF APPEALS (Docket) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, October Term 1897, Volume JFF 1 page 449, [MSA S412, 1/66/14/44]

BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Cases Instituted) Number 504, Clark vs. Maryland Institute, 1897 [MSA C1497, MdHR 50,336-49, 2/16/11/35]

COURT OF APPEALS (Maryland Reports) Clark vs. Maryland Institute, Volume 87 pp. 643-664, 2/6/10/26.

Student Paper written by Edward Abrams. (See also MSA SC 5339-66-4).

Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Libary of Baltimore City, 149 F.2d 212 (4th Cir. Md. 1945).

Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Libary of Baltimore City, 54 F. Supp. 514 (D. Md. 1944).

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, March Term, 1945. No. 5273. Appealed from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland.

T. Henderson Kerr and Louise Kerr, Appellants, v. The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City, a corporation, et al., Appellees.

Brief for Appellants

Appendix to Brief for Appellants

Brief for the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Brief and Appendix for Library and Library Trustees, Appellees


Prepared by the Maryland State Archives, 4/5/07.