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1.
The 11th annual Tuskegee Relay team posing with their trophies

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May 8, 1937

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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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The 4 Black Diamonds, four African American dancers/comedians, all wearing suits, coats and hats, standing on one leg

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unknown

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4.
A. MacMillian coming out of plane

Creator:

Kisco Certified Photo Service.

Date:

February 8, 1949

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Aaron, de Reus der Reuzen = Aaron, the giant of giants

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unknown

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African American amputee with canes in field next to tractor in Memphis, Tenn.

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United Press International.

Date:

1956

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African American Bishop, Decatur Ward Nichols standing with an open book at a podium

Creator:

Sleet, Moneta, 1926-1996.

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unknown

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8.
African American boy standing on a chair, conducting the famous Piccaninny Band

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Gale & Polden.

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unknown

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9.
African American boys, girls, men and women with two men in robes

Creator:

DeVigne, Gaston.

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unknown

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10.
African American doctor and nurse attending to woman and newborn

Creator:

Clemons, Curt.

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unknown

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11.
African American entertainer

Creator:

Strand (N.Y.)

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unknown

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12.
African American football player for the Cleveland Browns kneeling while holding his helmet

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unknown

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13.
African American football player for the Patriots

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Jet (Boston, Mass.)

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unknown

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14.
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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15.
African American Howard University football player, wearing his uniform, holding a football

Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1926

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African American male and female students outside the Florida A. & M. University in Tallahasee, Fla.

Creator:

Dukane Press.

Date:

1970 approx.

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17.
An African American male conductor, conducting musicians

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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18.
An African American male graduate, standing with his parents and kissing his father on the lips

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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19.
African American man

Creator:

Howell, Duane.

Date:

August 21, 1969

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20.
African American man and a woman with their arms around each other, sitting at a table

Date:

August 1956

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21.
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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22.
An African American man and an African American woman standing on some stairs embracing

Date:

1950 approx.

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23.
An African American man and another man boxing with a refferee watching

Creator:

Estamperi_a de Arte (Barcelona)

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unknown

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24.
An African American man and woman dancing outside a wooden cabin in front of a group of African American children and an older African American man and woman in Hallelujah

Creator:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Date:

unknown

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25.
African American man and woman in front of a prop door

Creator:

White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

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unknown

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26.
An African American man demonstrating a rifle in front of a group of soldiers

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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27.
An African American man dressed as a king with state robes, crown and scepter with a curtain behind him

Creator:

Segall-Majestic.

Date:

unknown

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African American man holding a brass instrument, standing next to a boy dressed as a conductor, holding a baton

Creator:

Gale & Polden.

Date:

unknown

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29.
An African American man in a graduation cap and gown with a bow tie

Creator:

Beadle Studio (Jackson, Miss.)

Date:

1948

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30.
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

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31.
African American man in a suit and cap with a mustache leaning on a chair

Creator:

Kowalk (River Edge, N.J.)

Date:

unknown

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32.
An African American man in a suit and top hat holding gloves and cane standing with an African American woman in dress and head scarf with her arm though the man's arm

Creator:

Amsterdam News.

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unknown

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33.
African American man in a suit with his hands in his front pockets

Creator:

Maurice.

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unknown

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34.
An African American man in a traditional African robe, standing by a door and gesturing

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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35.
An African American man in overalls sitting and looking out a window

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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36.
African American man loading tobacco leaves onto a horse-drawn cart, with men and women sorting leaves under a buildings covering

Creator:

Ferguson, Ernest.

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unknown

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37.
An African American man playing drums and cymbals

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unknown

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38.
An African American man riding a horse alongside African American male field workers

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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39.
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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40.
An African American man seated on bed next to a small coal stove

Creator:

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978.

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unknown

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41.
African American man sitting on a chair, wearing a suit, with his legs crossed

Creator:

Blaul, Louis A.

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unknown

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42.
An African American man sitting on a create and holding a cane beside the outside door of a building

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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43.
An African American man standing in a building amidst a crowd of people and writing in a book

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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44.
An African American man wearing a coat, hat, knee length boots with a cigar in his mouth carrying a rifle with two dogs at his feet and a bundle of bird carcasses hanging next to him

Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

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unknown

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45.
An African American man wearing a hat, sitting in front of plant and smoking a pipe

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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46.
African American man wearing a jacket and hat holding a trumpet

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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47.
An African American man wearing a suit coat playing the guitar

Creator:

LaVere, Steve.

Date:

1968

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48.
African American man wearing a uniform, leaning on a rock, reading a piece of paper

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unknown

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49.
African American man wearing a white suit and hat

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unknown

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50.
An African American man wearing curlers and a hairnet, standing beside another African American man

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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51.
An African American man with a hat standing holding drumsticks with his left arm raised with a drum set behind him, two microphones to his right and the neck of a guitar showing on his left

Creator:

Ross, Raymond.

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unknown

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52.
An African American man, a member of Sherman's Tuxedo Brass Band, sitting on an indoor bench beside his drum

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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53.
African American members of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World, standing in front of the Queen City Lodge No. 174 in Elmira, New York

Creator:

Loomis, Fred T.

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unknown

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54.
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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55.
African American men and women drinking at a bar, with bartenders working behind the bar

Creator:

Yates, Ted.

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unknown

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56.
African American men and women harvesting rice, using a machine

Creator:

Photo Arts (Winnsboro, S.C.)

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unknown

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57.
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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58.
African American men and women standing on stage in the Apollo Theatre, behind a man speaking into a microphone

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unknown

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59.
African American men and women working in a tobacco factory

Creator:

Cook, Huestis P. (Huestis Pratt), 1868-1951.

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unknown

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60.
African American men at the bowling alley in the student union building with a man paying and others playing

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unknown

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61.
African American men harvesting strawberries using machinery, in a field in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Creator:

Lazarus, J.

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unknown

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62.
African American men holding Bird basketball awards

Creator:

Yearwood, Lloyd.

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unknown

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63.
African American men on a line of wagons filled with cotton in Hallelujah

Creator:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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unknown

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64.
African American men painting a building at Tuskegee Institute

Date:

1921

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65.
African American men playing football on a field

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unknown

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66.
African American men singing into microphones, one playing a guitar

Creator:

Flerlage, Raeburn.

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unknown

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67.
African American men sitting at a piano

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unknown

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68.
African American men standing on a scaffolding in front of a mural of an African American man and woman

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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69.
African American men using machinery to harvest cranberries

Creator:

Terhune, Wallace I.

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unknown

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70.
African American men, women and children harvesting sugarcane in a field, with two carts being pulled by oxen, and a man on a horse [hand colored]

Creator:

Milwaukee Public Museum.

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unknown

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71.
African American musicians

Creator:

Kriegsmann, James.

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unknown

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72.
African American soldier in France during World War I

Creator:

Florian, Pierre.

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unknown

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73.
African American soldier in uniform leaning on a small table, with an American flag behind him

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unknown

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74.
African American woman in a dress sitting on a chair while holding an infant, with an African American girl, and an African American man standing behind them

Creator:

Hersilie-He_loi_se, Eric.

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unknown

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75.
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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76.
An African American woman sitting on a couch and shelling beans, with a small African American child asleep beside her

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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77.
An African American woman wearing a sweater standing at a podium with her hand on the microphone with Jesse Jackson wearing a brown suit standing next to her clapping with a poster displaying a heraldic device behind him

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unknown

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78.
African Americans playing piano, guitar and double bass

Creator:

DeVigne, Gaston.

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unknown

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79.
An African man sitting on a chair by some old furniture, holding a cane and tipping his hat

Creator:

Cheers, D. Michael.

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unknown

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80.
Afro-Spanish Restaurant

Creator:

Hamilton, Alex.

Date:

November 9, 1968

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81.
Al. E. Holman of Mamie & Holman wearing a suit with his arms folded

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unknown

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82.
Albert Ray, the Watermelon King, dancing with a watermelon on his head

Creator:

United Press Photo.

Date:

June 3, 1952

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83.
Albet Taylor in coat on snow in front of open hangar

Creator:

Kisco Certified Photo Service.

Date:

February 3, 1949

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84.
Album cover photo of Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell

Creator:

Rosenbaum, Art.

Date:

1963

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85.
Alex Bradford and his Bradford Specials at piano

Creator:

Kriegsmann, James J.

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unknown

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86.
Alfred Anderson, Instructor Tuskegee University

Creator:

Wilson, G. Marshall.

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unknown

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87.
Alonzo Colbert, The Black Diamond, wearing a suit and hat

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unknown

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88.
Anderson, Alfred, Instructor Tuskegee, Ala.

Creator:

Wilson, G. Marshall.

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unknown

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89.
Andrew Cooks and 1st watermelons

Creator:

Mazmanian.

Date:

May 1938

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90.
Andrew Cyrille playing a drum set, while wearing headphones

Creator:

Ross, Raymond.

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unknown

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91.
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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92.
Antigua Progressive Society members around a podium

Date:

June 1, 1968

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93.
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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94.
Archie Williams, V. of C. 400 M. Gold Medal, 1936 Olympics

Date:

1936

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95.
Art Davis playing a double bass, while wearing sunglasses

Creator:

Ross, Raymond.

Date:

unknown

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96.
Art Farmer playing a trumpet

Creator:

Ross, Raymond.

Date:

1971

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97.
Atlanta Life Delegates to the N.N.I.A. Convention

Date:

1951

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98.
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, after announcing his landslide victory, gets a pat on his cheek from his mother, Irene

Creator:

United Press International.

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October 4, 1977

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99.
Atlanta Treat-- Democratic vice-presidential candidate Al Gore, right, pats his mouth after a meal of hot dogs and a milkshake at Atlanta's landmark Varsity Restaurant Monday evening : eating with Gore is Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson

Creator:

Dickerson, John.

Date:

July 28, 1992

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100.
August Wilson and an African American woman at Harlem YMCA

Creator:

Yearwood, Lloyd.

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unknown

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