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1.
Starting on a long journey : a painting of men and women traveling on a train, with an African American man employee

Date:

1809

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Sam Langford : an African American boxer

Date:

1886

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Boxers Jack Johnson and Sam McVey standing in a ring before starting their fight

Date:

1903

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Flebue ge Kaples

Date:

1908

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Sadie and Leopold

Date:

October 3, 1908

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Senator Hill of Georgia

Creator:

Beaman's Music House.

Date:

February 12, 1908

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The Washington-Trio : singers and dancers

Date:

1908

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Sam Mac Vea : a figurine

Date:

1909

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Shaw University varsity football team sitting in front of a door after beating Lincoln University

Date:

1909

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In the cotton field at Betty's hope. St. Croix. D.W.I.

Creator:

Ovesen, A.

Date:

December 26, 1911

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Portrait of an African American man in a suit

Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1912

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Three coons in Dixie Land : an African American man holding two opossums in either hand, leaning against a tree

Creator:

H. & W. B. Drell Co. (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Date:

December 10, 1912

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Le Charlatan : a painting of a man looing into another man's mouth using a stick and magnifying glass, with an African American man standing behind them

Date:

1913

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Wash day on the old plantation [hand colored]

Creator:

Acmegraph Co. (Chicago, Ill.)

Date:

February 3, 1913

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Four African American soldiers in uniform posing with an American flag

Date:

1919

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16.
Lincoln University football champions of 1919, along with their coaches

Date:

1919

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Joslin Bingham (Frisco) posing on a chair

Creator:

Amsterdam News.

Date:

1920s

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African American men painting a building at Tuskegee Institute

Date:

1921

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Florida Ostrich Farm, Hurricane, the fastest trotting ostrich in the world, record 1/2 mile 1.07 minutes [hand colored]

Creator:

H. & W. B. Drew Co. (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Date:

December 15, 1921

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King Charles, an African American entertainer, wearing a suit, hat and flower in his pocket, while holding a pair of gloves

Date:

1921

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21.
Tuskegee carpenter shop

Date:

1921

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22.
Head shot : Wayne Hardy

Date:

March 8, 1922

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23.
Storer College football team of 1922

Date:

1922

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24.
Man in a suit seated at a desk of the California State Legislature

Date:

1925

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25.
African American Howard University football player, wearing his uniform, holding a football

Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1926

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26.
Buddy Gilmore with drum set in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date:

September 2, 1927

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

Date:

1928

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Group shot of the I.B.P.O.E.W. members at the grand lodge in Jackson, Mississippi

Creator:

Beadle, Bill.

Date:

July 3, 1928

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A man in a suit seated in a chair smoking a cigar with a woman in a dress and two strand necklace seated on the arm of the chair holding a newspaper

Date:

1928

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Group shot of reception by the Order of the Eastern Star, Princess Hagar Chapter No. 7

Creator:

Foster, L. L.

Date:

October 5, 1929

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31.
Rollin Smith, baritone

Creator:

Amsterdam News.

Date:

1929

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32.
George Godfrey, African American boxer, training in preparation for his fight with Primo Carnera

Creator:

International News Photo.

Date:

June 18, 1930

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33.
Easton & Howell posing with a ukulele

Creator:

Strand (N.Y.)

Date:

1931

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34.
Eluard Luchell McDaniel

Creator:

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

Date:

1931

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

Creator:

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

Date:

1931

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Lincoln University Pa., Nu chapter AOA 1932

Date:

1932

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37.
Portrait of an African American man in a suit and topcoat with a hat, holding gloves and a cane

Creator:

Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983.

Date:

1932

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38.
Mary McLeod Bethune and Roland Hayes, standing in front of a building

Date:

1934

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39.
Maxie Rosenbloom, former light heavyweight champion, and John Henry Lewis fighting in the eighth round of a ten round fight

Creator:

Associated Press Photo (N.Y.)

Date:

July 15, 1935

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40.
Police escorting a bloody African American man with injuries past a telephone booth, during the Harlem Race Riots

Date:

1935

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41.
Portrait of Louis Armstrong in a suit playing a trumpet

Date:

1935

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42.
Two men leaning on a small plane

Date:

September 1935

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43.
Wounded African American man being escorted by police during the Harlem Race Riots

Date:

March 20, 1935

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44.
Archie Williams, Godfrey Brown and other men running at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, with an audience watching

Creator:

Presse-Illustrationen Hoffmann.

Date:

1936

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45.
Archie Williams, V. of C. 400 M. Gold Medal, 1936 Olympics

Date:

1936

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46.
Cornelius Johnson, 1936, 60, Olympische Spiele Berlin 1936

Date:

1936

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47.
The Four Vagabonds, an African American musical group

Creator:

Seymour, Maurice, 1904-

Date:

August 11, 1936

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48.
Jesse Owens and Luz Long in 1936 in Berlin, after the long jump

Creator:

Dr. Wolff & Tritschler.

Date:

1936

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49.
Jesse Owens, 61, Olympische Spiele Berlin 1936

Date:

1936

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50.
Jesse Owens, landing after a jump, at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

Creator:

Schirner.

Date:

1936

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51.
Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe and others racing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, before an audience

Creator:

Atlantic-Photo G.m.b.H.

Date:

1936

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52.
Jessie Owens running a race at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

Creator:

Presse-Illustrationen Hoffmann.

Date:

1936

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53.
Jessie Williams running at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin

Date:

1936

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54.
John Woodruff and other men running a race at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, before an audience

Creator:

Schirner.

Date:

1936

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Olympische Spiele Berlin 1936 : Jesse Owens (U.S.A.) erringt im Weitsprung die Goldmedaille

Date:

1936

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56.
Portrait of Angelo Herndon

Creator:

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

Date:

December 1936

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57.
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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58.
The 11th annual Tuskegee Relay team posing with their trophies

Date:

May 8, 1937

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59.
Old timer

Creator:

Associated Press.

Date:

September 2, 1937

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60.
Paul Robeson singing in Madrid, Spain, for soldiers outside of their barracks

Creator:

Robeson, E. G.

Date:

1937

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61.
Picking tobacco near Warrenton, North Carolina : African American men and women harvesting tobacco in a field, near Warrenton, North Carolina

Creator:

Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959.

Date:

July 27, 1937

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62.
Southwest Co-Champions 1937, of Arkansas State A.M.&N. College

Date:

1937

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63.
Two men eating on a wagon full of cotton

Creator:

Associated Press.

Date:

1937

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64.
Andrew Cooks and 1st watermelons

Creator:

Mazmanian.

Date:

May 1938

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65.
Bozarth's Tourist Rooms

Creator:

Dexter Press.

Date:

1938

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66.
The Deep River Boys around CBS microphone

Creator:

CBS Inc.

Date:

June 3, 1938

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67.
Georgia Dental Society, 2nd Annual Meeting, Charity Hospital, Savannah, Georgia, May 9-11, 1938

Creator:

Daltz Studio (Savannah, Ga.)

Date:

May 1938

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68.
Paul Robeson posing with soldiers in front of a building in Albacete, Spain

Creator:

Robeson, E. G.

Date:

1938

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Paul Robeson talking to two negro members of the International Brigade in Benica_sim, Spain

Creator:

Robeson, E. G.

Date:

1938

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70.
Sufi Abdul Hamid wearing safety goggles on his head, holding onto an airplane propeller

Creator:

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

August 1, 1938

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71.
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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72.
Count Basie Big Band playing

Creator:

CBS Archives.

Date:

1940 approx.

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73.
Lincoln colored drive-in movie

Creator:

Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007.

Date:

1940s

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74.
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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75.
Louis Barre Band, including Lester Young on tenor saxophone, recording in the Columbia Records Studio

Date:

1940

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76.
Old Black Joe

Creator:

Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959.

Date:

1940 approx.

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77.
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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78.
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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82.
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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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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84.
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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86.
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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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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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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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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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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91.
Group of men, some in uniform and some in suits, and women, some in dresses and some in uniform, two men playing table tennis

Creator:

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

Date:

December 9, 1942

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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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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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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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96.
Howard Mitchell and Pitts Stickel running a race in Franklin Field Philadelphia on April 24th 1942

Date:

April 24, 1942

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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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98.
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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99.
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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Men and women in lounge car of the train Congressional Limited

Date:

1942

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