Africans, Darkies and Negroes: Black Faces at the Pan American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, New York by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 The descriptions in this title were utilized during the turn of the century to describe members of the African family at various phases in their European experience. They are intended not as an offens... Read more
Images from the African Village, Pan American Exposition 1901 by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Photographs courtesy of the Buffalo Museum of Science. Previous Next... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
Presentation to commemorate the protest rally of the Phyllis Wheatley Club November 11, 1900, by Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Ph.D. by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 This presentation was made by Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Ph.D. on November 12, 2001 at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church (Light of the World Mission). The church service celebrated the 101st anniver... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
Ross, James A. by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 James A. Ross Courier August 1, 1900 Contemporary newspaper accounts of the Phyllis Wheatley Club's protest meeting, to advocate for inclusion of the Negro Exhibit at the Pan American Exposition, name... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
The Midway by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 View Historic Photographs of the African Village Pan American Exposition Photos courtesy of the Buffalo Museum of Science . Introduction There is no question but that 1901 was an exciting year for the... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
The Old Plantation by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Photo of the entrance to the Old Plantation, from Snap Shots on the Midway of the Pan Am Expo by Richard H. Barry, Buffalo, NY: Robert Allan Reid, 1901. A representation of a colonial mansion served a... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
The Negro Exhibit by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Originally compiled and organized for the Paris Exhibition of 1900, the Negro Exhibit and its history make an intriguing story. W.E.B. DuBois , one of the founders of the Niagara movement, the forerun... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
The Negro Exhibit at the Pan Am by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Although numbering fewer than two thousand residents in 1901, members of Buffalo's Black community had a long history of civic and community activism.For example, one group, though newly formed, had i... Pan American Exposition of 1901 Read more
"Uncrowned Queens, Dedicated to the Heroic, Toiling Black Woman": Our Inspiration by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 The Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. was named for Drusilla Dunjee Houston and her poem Uncrowned Queens. It was written in 1917 and in response to the elite Black ... Drusilla Dunjee Houston Read more
Introduction to the Esquimaux Village by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 The Midway exhibits at the Pan American Exposition included "representations" of the cultures of numerous peoples of color.While the Uncrowned Queens Project has focused on the Darkest Africa, Old Pla... The "Esquimaux Village" at the Pan American Exposition Read more
Sandy's Story by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Unaquthlook (center) on the ship headed to the Pan Am Exposition. Unaquthlook boarded a ship in 1901, and traveled with a Norwegian sea captain to the Pan American Exposition in New York. In April, sh... The "Esquimaux Village" at the Pan American Exposition Read more
The Midway: Esquimaux Village by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc. Aug 27, 2026 Entrance to the Eskimaux Village. Even in the middle of Buffalo's summer, visitors arriving through the main entrance to the Pan Am fairgrounds were dazzled by a display of eternal "snow and ice". A c... The "Esquimaux Village" at the Pan American Exposition Read more