1. August Wilson and an African American woman at Harlem YMCA Creator: Yearwood, Lloyd. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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3. African American men and women drinking at a bar, with bartenders working behind the bar Creator: Yates, Ted. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
4. Group shot of the women of the Junior Matrons Auxiliary Creator: Worthington Studio. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
5. Cylde McPhatter and the Drifters singing in Memphis (Tenn.) Creator: Withers, William C. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
6. Jimmy Reed with guitar on stage with masked sitting people Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1961 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
7. Portrait of Little Junior Parker Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1958 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
8. Mr. Gaskin sitting behind a desk reading from a paper to an African American woman, writing on a notepad Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
9. B.B. King with Billy Harvey's band at Club Handy Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
10. Ruth Brown in a strapless dress wwith earrings and high heel shoes behind a microphone on stage in Memphis with an audience of African American men and African American women in the background Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
11. Elvis Presley with Nappy Brown, Little Junior Parker, and Bobby Blue Bland in Elllis Auditorium, Memphis (Tenn.) Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950 approx. Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
12. Roscoe Gordon with rooster on shoulder grabbing record from Sam Phillips Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
13. Beale Streeters : Earl Forest, Billy Duncan, Bobby Bland and Johnny Ace at WDIA Studios, Memphis, early 1950's Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
14. Department store lunch counter with Colored Only sign Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
15. Old-timer shoe-shine stand (white folks welcome) in Handy Park Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
16. Lincoln colored drive-in movie Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1940s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
17. Portrait of Susan Long, an African American woman Creator: Winn, Walter. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
18. African American model with arms crossed [hand colored] Creator: Wink. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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20. African American model in swimsuit holding an apple [hand colored] Creator: Wink. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
21. Robert K. Johnson of the I.B.P.O.E.W. Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
22. Alfred Anderson, Instructor Tuskegee University Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
23. Two pictures, one an outside view of Mercy Douglass Hospital and the second a group picture of a large number of men in suits and an African American woman Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: 1956 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
24. Anderson, Alfred, Instructor Tuskegee, Ala. Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
25. Group of men at awards ceremony Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
26. Helen Curl Harris in her beauty salon Creator: Wilson, G. Marshall. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
27. Portrait of an African American woman Creator: Wilson, G. M. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
28. Portrait of an African American woman Creator: Wilson, G. M. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
29. Duke Ellington and his orchestra Creator: William Morris Agency. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
30. Picture of Florence Mills from U.S. Thompson to his editor Creator: Wilding, Dorothy, 1893-1976. Date: December 5, 1926 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
31. Chicago teachers strike Creator: Wide World Photos. Date: January 10, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
32. Protests halt black housing project Creator: Wide World Photos. Date: December 3, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
33. Mortar Board Time-- Michigan State University President Clifton R. Wharton JR., (right) chats with newly designated Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson before fall term commencement exercises at MSU Saturday Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: December 2, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
34. Two men peeling the bark off trees Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
35. Airport officials and ambulance driver transfer the body of slain sniper Mark Essex from plane to ambulance for burial in Emporia, KS. He was killed in gun battle with police after killing six persons and wounding 17 others in New Orleans Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 11, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
36. African American boy smiling after receiving a football from a toy distribution center in Camden, N.J. Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: December 22, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
37. Sniper and officer's guns-- New Orleans arms identification officer Alex Vega holds the 44-magnum (left) used by the sniper and the shotgun used by Deputy Superintendent Louis Sirgo who was slain : note several bullet holes visible in the barrel of Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 9, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
38. Pondering the big question-- New Orleans Police Superintendent Clarence Giarusso ponders the big question of if there was more than one sniper involved in the Howard Johnson's shootings : Giarrusso replied, I'm not satisfied either way Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 10, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
39. Services for sniper-- the casket contain- the body of Mark James Essex is carried from the St. James Baptist Church : Essex was the sniper who was killed by police Sunday in New Orleans atop a motor hotel Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 13, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
40. Wants to play : Wali Jones of the Milwaukee Bucks pulls at his beard as he listens to his attorney, Richie Phillips, left, answer questions from newsmen about Jones' suspension from the team Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 13, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
41. Slain Sniper --Mark J. Jimmy Essex who was the sniper slain atop the Howard Johnson's Hotel after he killed six persons in New Orleans Sunday is shown posing for a group picture in the Navy in San Diego, Calif., in 1969 Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: 1969 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
42. Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, at a luncheon of the Urban League of Philadelphia and the Health and Welfare Council, Inc. Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
43. Man of the hour : Syracuse University guard Dennis DuVal, a junior from Westbury, N.Y. holds his Connecticut Basketball Classic Most Valuable Player award after it was presented to him by University of Connecticut Athletic Director John Toner Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: December 24, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
44. Parents of sniper-- Mrs. Nellie Essex and her husband, Mark Essex answer newsmen's questions during a news conference at the St. James Baptist Church : their son, Mark (Jimmy) Essex, was slain by police Sunday in a New Orleans shootout Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 11, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
45. Holdup hero-- The Rev. Karey (cq) Rivers, 37, a Baptist pastor and state employment official, was credited with thwarting a bank robbery in downtown Syracuse Tuesday : Rivers grabbed suspect and held him until police arrived Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: November 28, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
46. Identified as slain sniper - this is a high school yearbook photograph of Mark James Robert Essex, identified today as the sniper killed by police atop a New Orleans hotel Sunday Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
47. Navy's offensive starting lineup for their annual game against the Army in Philadelphia Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: December 1, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
48. Busy street in Africa, with students and tents Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
49. Slain officers --three New Orleans police officers slain by a snipers bullets include, from left: Patrolman Philip Coleman, Deputy Superintendent Louis Sirgo and Patrolman Paul Persigo Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: January 9, 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
50. Ted Berry, 67, puffs on one of his ever-present pipes as he became Cincinnati's first black mayor Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. Date: December 1, year unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required