1. Young African American men and women of Hygienic Public School choir Date: 1915 Format: Still image Access: Public
2. Willie Dixon in a suit standing playing the double bass and Victoria Spivey in a dress performing at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
3. Willie Dixon Blues Stars : musical group Creator: Gottesman, Irv. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
4. Williams Jubilee Singers, touring Europe [hand colored] Date: March 30, 1916 Format: Still image Access: Public
5. Williams Jubilee Singers, touring Europe [hand colored] Date: April 5, 1916 Format: Still image Access: Public
6. The Williams Jubilee Singers touring Europe : African American men and women wearing suits and hats, holding luggage with stickers on them [hand colored] Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
7. Williams Jubilee Singer touring Europe [hand colored] Date: April 15, year unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
10. The Vocalaires : Philadelphia (Pa.) Creator: Lock, Gilbert R. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
11. Victoria Spivey in a dress, Lonnie Johnson in a suit, and Muddy Waters in the background at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
12. Univeristy Singers of New Orleans, in aid of Colored Orphans' Home of Louisiana Creator: Sawyer, L. A. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
14. Two portraits of Eddie Rector, one photo of him playing trombone, one with him dancing on stage with a band behind him, and one with him dancing on a sidewalk Creator: Campbell's Photo Art (Dayton, Ohio) Date: April 20, 1943 Format: Still image Access: Public
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18. Two African American men in suits sitting next to an Billie Holiday in a dress Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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20. Swan Silas Bass Singers in Knoxville, Tenn, 22 May 1949 Date: May 22, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
21. Songs We Taught Your Mother, LP album cover photo : featuring Victoria Spivey, Lucille Hegamin, Alberta Hunter, and Jimmy Rushing Creator: Bradley, Jack. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
22. Slim-Marshall and his Smiling Billy Stewards-Floridians at Strong Ballroom, Philadelphia (Pa.) Creator: Stanley. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
25. The six men of the Mighty Clouds of Joy Creator: Reed, John E. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
27. The six men of The Huff Singers in matching suits Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
28. Signed picture of Deep River Singers to Jimmy Creator: Theatrical Chicago. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
31. Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole Trio on guitar and piano with a man playing drums Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
32. 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
33. Royal Teens performing at dance hall in Philadelphia (Pa.) Creator: Hanks, Thomas. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
34. The Rousseau family of musicians, singers and elocutionists sitting in chairs, holding guitars and mandolins Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
35. Rev. William H. Skipwith wearing a suit, with one hand on a chair Date: May 2, 1918 Format: Still image Access: Public
37. Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses and singing into a microphone Creator: Ray, Bill. Date: May 7, 1966 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
38. Ray Charles wearing sunglasses, while playing a piano Creator: Corvisart-Epinal. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
39. Ray Charles wearing sunglasses, standing up behind a piano Creator: Pomegranate Publications (Corte Madera, Calif.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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42. Ray Charles wearing a suit and sunglasses, and leaning on a piano Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
43. Ray Charles performing on stage Creator: Ray, Bill. Date: May 7, 1966 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
44. The Ravens : African American singing group Creator: Kriegsmann, James J. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
47. Portrait of two African American performers Date: December 15, 1937 Format: Still image Access: Public
48. Portrait of Screamin' Jay Hawkins wearing a suit and bow tie Creator: Moss Photo Service, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
50. Portrait of Nat King Cole, wearing a suit Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
51. Portrait of Nat King Cole wearing a patterned suit with one hand on his face Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
52. Portrait of Little Richard. Creator: Moss Photo Service, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Date: December 10, 1957 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
53. Portrait of Chubby Checker, an African American musician, also wearing jewelry Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
54. The Platters : an African American woman wearing a dress and fur garment, and men wearing suits Creator: Echte Foto. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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56. Plantation singers : two African American men sitting by a tree playing guitar, with two other men, and three women singing in front of them, outside of Stratford Hall Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
57. Photo montage of famous African American singers Creator: Bland, Jim. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
58. Paul Robeson talking to two negro members of the International Brigade in Benica_sim, Spain Creator: Robeson, E. G. Date: 1938 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
59. Paul Robeson singing in Madrid, Spain, for soldiers outside of their barracks Creator: Robeson, E. G. Date: 1937 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
60. Paul Robeson posing with soldiers in front of a building in Albacete, Spain Creator: Robeson, E. G. Date: 1938 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
61. Paul Robeson playing in a football game at Rutgers College Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
62. Paul Robeson and Eslanda Goode Robeson in 1931 Creator: Ben. Date: 1931 Format: Still image Access: Public
63. Nat King Cole wearing a suit, playing a piano Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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65. Nat King Cole standing behind a microphone, wiping his face with a towel Creator: Hoffmann, Dezo. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
66. Nat King Cole standing behind a microphone in a recording studio Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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68. Mickey and Slyvia : Famed Rock and Roll team at Club Zel-Mar, Philadelphia, Pa. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
69. Men playing instruments, with a woman singing with them Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
70. Memphis Slim : American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
71. The McCormick Silver Jublee Singers, in match tuxedos, one woman sitting on a piano bench Creator: Harrison. Date: March 13, 1938 Format: Still image Access: Public
72. Mary McLeod Bethune and Roland Hayes, standing in front of a building Date: 1934 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
73. Man with guitar and three people with a microphone in front of sitting people on stage Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
74. Man and two women holding both hands out Creator: Payne, Robert. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
75. Lucille Hegamin wearing a sleeveless dress surrounded by men in suits playing drums, a tuba, a trombone, a trumpet, a violin, a saxophone and a piano Creator: Elcha (New York, N.Y.) Date: 1921 Format: Still image Access: Public
76. Little Richard playing piano with other musicians playing instruments, with one African American standing on the pinao Creator: Gebr. Spanjersberg N. V. (Rotterdam) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
77. Little Richard playing piano and two other African American men playing instruments Creator: Paramount. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
78. Larry Lucie and His Lucienaires Creator: International Artists Corporation. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
79. Josh White playing guitar at Cafe Society Downtown in New York Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
80. The Jordanaires standing on or near stone bench Creator: Blake Photographers. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
81. Johnnie Guitar Watson with Johnny Otis Band performing in Los Angeles, Feb. 24, 1956 Date: February 24, 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
82. Joe Williams and Jimmy Rushing singing with jazz band Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
83. Jimmy Lloyd singing while wearing a suit Creator: Philips Electrical Ltd. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
84. Jimmie Lunceford and band, singing into a microphone Date: June 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
85. James Elmer Spyglass sitting at a piano wearing a suit Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
86. Ivan Browning and Henry Starr in songs & rhythm Date: April 20, 1939 Format: Still image Access: Public
87. The Ink Spots : African American singing group Creator: Bruno. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
89. The Happy Land Jubilee, formerly of the Talladega Blind School, Talladega Alabama, standing in front of an automobile that bears their name Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
91. Garland's Neger Operette : African American men and women singers, wearing suits and dresses, holding flowers on a stage [hand colored] Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
92. Four Tunes : African American singing group Creator: Kriegsman, James J. Date: 1953 approx. Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
93. Four photos of Little Richard and his Royal Guards : a photo of Gladys Knight and the Fabulous Pips : a photo of Patti Labelle and the Blue Belles : a poto of the Marvelettes Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
95. The Four Knights : African American men singers, posing in suits Creator: Echte Foto. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
96. Floyd Ray and his orchestra : Coconut Grove (Miami, Fla.) Date: April 19, 1937 Format: Still image Access: Public
97. The five women and one man of The Caravans Creator: Maurice (Chicago) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
98. The five men of the Sensational Knights with their hand out Creator: Denning, Michael. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
99. Five men of the Harmonizing Four Creator: Kriegsmann, James J. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required