The Exhibit of the American negroes was created in large part through the efforts of W. B. B. DuBois, Thomas Calloway and many of the historic Black colleges. Mostly founded after the Civil War, the schools who sent materials to Paris were all located in the South. Most of what was sent included included, student papers and a limited number of three dimensional objects. Click on the headers below or the buttons on the left to view selected photographs sent by different schools:

1. Fisk University

2. Howard University

3. Tuskegee Institute

4. Hampton Institute

5. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina

6. Agricultural and Mechanical College, Greensboro, North Carolina

7. Other Institutions

A. Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
B. Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tennessee
C. Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tennessee
D. Pine Bluff Normal and Industrial School, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
E. Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, Augsta, Georgia