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Joslin Bingham (Frisco) posing on a chair

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Amsterdam News.

Date:

1920s

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Delta Psi Chapter of Shaw University in Raleigh N.C. from 1924-1928

Date:

1928

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Rollin Smith, baritone

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Amsterdam News.

Date:

1929

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Easton & Howell posing with a ukulele

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Strand (N.Y.)

Date:

1931

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Eluard Luchell McDaniel

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Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

Date:

1931

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Eluard Luchell McDaniel seated with his arms around the back of a wooden chair

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Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

Date:

1931

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Mary McLeod Bethune and Roland Hayes, standing in front of a building

Date:

1934

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Police escorting a bloody African American man with injuries past a telephone booth, during the Harlem Race Riots

Date:

1935

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Portrait of Louis Armstrong in a suit playing a trumpet

Date:

1935

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Wounded African American man being escorted by police during the Harlem Race Riots

Date:

March 20, 1935

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Jesse Owens, landing after a jump, at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

Creator:

Schirner.

Date:

1936

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Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe and others racing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, before an audience

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Atlantic-Photo G.m.b.H.

Date:

1936

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John Woodruff and other men running a race at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, before an audience

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Schirner.

Date:

1936

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Walter White, Royal Wilkins, William Patterson, and other women and children posing in front of a Coca Cola advertisement in 1936

Date:

1936

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The 11th annual Tuskegee Relay team posing with their trophies

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May 8, 1937

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Southwest Co-Champions 1937, of Arkansas State A.M.&N. College

Date:

1937

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Andrew Cooks and 1st watermelons

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Mazmanian.

Date:

May 1938

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Georgia Dental Society, 2nd Annual Meeting, Charity Hospital, Savannah, Georgia, May 9-11, 1938

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Daltz Studio (Savannah, Ga.)

Date:

May 1938

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African American football players on a field, including Bussey, Butler, Gary, Evans, Simpson, Lewis, Heileg, R. Hill, Bligeon, Dimery, Ashe and Williams

Creator:

Warren's Studio (Orangeburg, S.C.)

Date:

September 29, 1939

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Lincoln colored drive-in movie

Creator:

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.

Date:

1940s

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Little Bill Gaither, Memphis Slim and Big Bill Broonzy in photography studio, Chicago (Ill.)

Creator:

Studio Portrait

Date:

February 1940 approx.

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Louis Barre Band, including Lester Young on tenor saxophone, recording in the Columbia Records Studio

Date:

1940

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Picture of Billie Holiday wearing a dress seated on a chair with Sonny White, Lawrence Lucie, John Williams, Kermit Scott, Jimmy Powell, Harold Doc West dressed in suits and hats standing around her

Date:

1940

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Lead Belly, shown from the back, playing for an audience

Creator:

Knopf, Hans.

Date:

1941

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Louis Joe and John Henry Lewis, African American boxers, posing together

Date:

March 9, 1941

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African American men and African American women dancing in a large room with a wooden floor with a band and decorations in the background

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 28, 1942

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An African American woman in a wedding gown holding a boquet with her arm through the arm of an African American man in military uniform standing in front of a fireplace

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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28.
Couples of African American men in uniform and African American women in dreses walking arm in arm in lines across a wooden floor

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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29.
Couples of African American men in uniform and African American women in dresses walking arm in arm in lines across a wooden floor

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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30.
Doris Miller in navy uniform standing next to a woman in a dress with two other men in uniform and another woman in a dress

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 21, 1942

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Doris Miller in uniform signing autographs in a group of African American women in dresses and uniform with a African American man in uniform in the foreground taking their picture

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 16, 1942

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32.
Doris Miller in uniform standing with a group of African American men in uniform and suits and African American women in dresses in front of a Christmas tree

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 21, 1942

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33.
Doris Miller standing with two other men, all in navy uniform

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 21, 1942

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34.
A group of African American men, some in suits and some in uniform, and African American women, most in dresses, some in uniform, in a rec hall with pool tables and table tennis

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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35.
A group of African American men, some in suits and some in uniform, and African American women, most in dresses, some in uniform, seated around tables playing games

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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36.
Group of African American men, some in uniform, and women in dresses getting cake from a table

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

October 1, 1942

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37.
Group of men, some in uniform and some in suits, and women, some in dresses and some in uniform, two men playing table tennis

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E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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38.
Group picture of African American men and women in four rows, most of the women in dresses, some in uniform, most of the men in navy uniform, some in suits

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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39.
A group picture of African American men in uniform and African American women in dresses with a cake on a table and sign saying A happy birthday

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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Group picture of three rows of African American men in uniform and African American women in dresses

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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41.
Henrietta Miller seated in a chair with some men in suits and a woman in uniform seated in a row behind a desk below a USO banner and United States flag

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

August 4, 1942

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42.
Howard Mitchell and Pitts Stickel running a race in Franklin Field Philadelphia on April 24th 1942

Date:

April 24, 1942

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43.
A line of 5 African American men and two women, three of the men are in military uniform, the other two in tuxedos, the two women in dresses

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 12, 1942

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44.
Man in a suit and vest in front of a window blind

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios.

Date:

December 9, 1942

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45.
Marva Trotter, wife of Joe Louis, in a dress on stage with a band, a few African American men in naval uniform with another man and a woman in a dress in the foreground in front of a Christmas tree

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 28, 1942

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46.
Men and women in lounge car of the train Congressional Limited

Date:

1942

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47.
Men in navy uniform and women in dresses seated at a long table eating

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 16, 1942

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48.
Men wearing military uniforms in formation with an American flag

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 16, 1942

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49.
Three African American men in military uniform seated by a table, two reading and the other writing

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

December 9, 1942

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50.
Two African American men in uniform and two African American women in dresses playing cards at a table with a row of three African Amrican men in uniform and two African American women in dresses behind them

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

August 23, 1942

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51.
Dorie Miller in uniform standing with a woman in a dress in front of a Christmas tree with a group of men and women in the background

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

February 21, 1943

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52.
Picture of a group of African American women in dresses seated at a table with a row of African American men in uniform and women in dresses with a band band on a raised platform behind them

Creator:

E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.)

Date:

January 23, 1943

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53.
Two members of the crew of the destroyer escort U.S.S. Mason are smiling as their ship is commissioned in a snowstorm at the Boston Navy Yard

Date:

March 21, 1944

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54.
Women and some men of Masons Choral Club with books on ground

Creator:

Vodery News Service (Cambridge, Md.)

Date:

1944

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55.
Oliver Edwards and his son, Robert, tack up raccoon skins to dry, so they can sell them to a lumbering company

Date:

March 23, 1945

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56.
African American men and women standing around a desk, under a sign for Alumni Associates of Methodist Schools

Creator:

Dummett.

Date:

May 17, 1947

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57.
Men and women around dining table

Creator:

Blanche, Wilbert H.

Date:

June 1949

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58.
An African American man and an African American woman standing on some stairs embracing

Date:

1950 approx.

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59.
An African American man in a suit and bow tie standing in front of an end table looking at an African American woman in a skirt and blouse seated in a cushioned chair

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1950s

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60.
An African American man seated at at a desk with a typewriter holding a pen with paper in front of him kissing an African American woman seated on the edge of the desk

Date:

1950s

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61.
Department store lunch counter with Colored Only sign

Creator:

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.

Date:

1950s

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62.
Old-timer shoe-shine stand (white folks welcome) in Handy Park

Creator:

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.

Date:

1950s

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63.
Atlanta Life Delegates to the N.N.I.A. Convention

Date:

1951

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64.
Three African American women and one man looking at a bulletin pamphlet

Creator:

Godbey.

Date:

July 29, 1951

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65.
Anne Wolfolk, Jalyeane A. Taylor, Ray Ferynson and Eugene Whitlock at the American Council on Human Rights 2nd annual meeting

Creator:

Dummett.

Date:

February 10, 1952

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66.
Mugshot of Bukka White at the Shelby County Penal Farm

Creator:

LaVere, Stephen C.

Date:

1952

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67.
Before leaving for the gym where he'll work out, Jimmy Carter pauses to oblige with a few autographs

Creator:

Sunday News Roto.

Date:

September 20, 1953

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68.
Chuck Hollaway, an African American wingback for the UCLA Bruins

Date:

1956

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69.
Esker Harris, an African American right guard for the UCLA Bruins

Date:

1956

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70.
A group of young African American women in short sleeveless or strapless dresses some with numbers on their left arms standing and kneeling around a seated African American man wearing a suit and an Elk's hat holding a cane

Date:

August 28, 1958

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71.
Luke Owens, an African American defensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals

Date:

1959

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72.
Willi Besmanoff reels from right thrown by Sonny Liston during the sixth round of a fight

Date:

December 11, 1959

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73.
Portrait of Lightnin' Hopkins, singing and playing a guitar

Creator:

LaVere, Stephen C.

Date:

1960

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74.
Ralph Boston, Tenn. State 1960, Olympic broad jump champ

Date:

1960

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75.
Portrait of Roosevelt Taylor, player for the Chicago Bears

Creator:

Laughead Photographers (Dallas, Tex.)

Date:

1961

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76.
Floyd Patterson, heavyweight boxing champ clenches his fists as he speaks to newsmen at Idlewild Airport

Date:

April 4, 1962

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77.
Frank Budd, sprints, class of 1962 in Asbury Park, N.J.

Date:

1962

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78.
Roy L. Hill holding a Negro Digest

Creator:

Howell, Duane.

Date:

August 21, 1962

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79.
Album cover photo of Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell

Creator:

Rosenbaum, Art.

Date:

1963

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80.
Ernie Clark, African American linebacker for the Detroit Lions

Creator:

Laughead Photographers (Dallas, Tex.)

Date:

1963

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81.
Herman Lee, African American football player for the Chicago Bears

Creator:

Laughead Photographers (Dallas, Tex.)

Date:

1963

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82.
Billy Martin, an African American kicker for the Chicago Bears

Creator:

Laughead Photographers (Dallas, Tex.)

Date:

1964

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83.
J.C. Caroline, defensive halfback for the Chicago Bears

Creator:

Laughead Photographers (Dallas, Tex.)

Date:

1964

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84.
Sergeant Major Roosevelt F. Camp

Creator:

Sasaki, Tokuzo.

Date:

August 15, 1966

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85.
An African American man wearing a suit coat playing the guitar

Creator:

LaVere, Steve.

Date:

1968

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86.
Afro-Spanish Restaurant

Creator:

Hamilton, Alex.

Date:

November 9, 1968

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87.
Antigua Progressive Society members around a podium

Date:

June 1, 1968

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88.
African American man

Creator:

Howell, Duane.

Date:

August 21, 1969

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89.
Roy L. Hill holding a Negro Digest

Creator:

Howell, Duane.

Date:

August 21, 1969

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90.
Men and women at the National Urban League Conference

Date:

August 1970

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91.
Mississippi attorney William Miller (L) of Jackson, Imari Obadele, (C), president of the Republic of New Africa, and Aishei Salim, minister of information for the republic, announcing the construction of buildings in Hinds County

Date:

1971-30-3

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92.
Sunday school of New York on parade

Creator:

Harris Photo.

Date:

June 5, 1971

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93.
Gospel party with old couple and four children

Creator:

Harris Photo.

Date:

November 4, 1972

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94.
Group photo of Brotherhood Youth Movement

Creator:

Harris Photo.

Date:

June 12, 1972

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95.
143 Street, and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard with a large group of African American men with graffiti on the walls of buildings, a car parked on the edge of the street, trash in the gutter and an advertisement for Salem cigarettes

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Harris Photo.

Date:

August 23, 1976

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African American boys, girls, men and women with two men in robes

Creator:

DeVigne, Gaston.

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unknown

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97.
African American entertainer

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Strand (N.Y.)

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unknown

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98.
African American football player for the Cleveland Browns kneeling while holding his helmet

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unknown

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99.
An African American man and an African American woman standing near the base of some stairs by a railing kissing

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unknown

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100.
African American man and woman in front of a prop door

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White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

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unknown

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