1. Big Bill Broonzy singing while playing a guitar Creator: Gahr, David. Date: 1958 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
2. 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 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
3. 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 Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
4. 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 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
5. 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
6. Department store lunch counter with Colored Only sign Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
7. 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
8. 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