Alligator bait
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Depicting African-American children or infants as alligator bait was a common trope in American popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Images of African-American children or infants being hun
Early 20th century postcard depicting Black children as "alligator bait".
"The usual bait could not be found, But pickaninnies played around" (Palmer Cox, That Stanley!, 1878)
"Alligator Bait" photograph published by McCrary & Branson, 1897 (British Library)
"Topics: Racism, ethnic wit and humor, 1898–1920" (National Museum of American History)
University of Florida
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The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its
The East Florida Seminary, re-established in Gainesville in 1866, was the direct predecessor to the University of Florida.
Buckman Hall, completed in 1906, opened as one of the University of Florida's first buildings following its establishment through the Buckman Act in 1905.
An early Florida Gators football practice in 1912
The University of Florida campus in 1906, looking southwest