Harlem Nude ’33 by James Vander Zee
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Harlem Nude ’33 by James Vander Zee

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The Supremes…..Ooh, Baby, Baby, Where Did Our Love Go???

The Supremes…..Ooh, Baby, Baby, Where Did Our Love Go???

BLACK GIRLS ROCK! IN A “MAD MEN” WORLD | 1966

Jennifer Jackson (Miss March 1965) pictured with her twin sister Janis when they worked as Bunnies at Chicago’s Playboy Club… Janis is on the left, Jennifer on the right. Janis never posed nude in the magazine.

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Graduation Day | 1939By James Van Der Zee (1886-1983). Gelatin silver print, hand colored, 1939 via Museum of the International Center of Photography. Gift of The Sandor Family Collection, 2000
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Graduation Day | 1939
By James Van Der Zee (1886-1983). Gelatin silver print, hand colored, 1939 via Museum of the International Center of Photography. Gift of The Sandor Family Collection, 2000

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Voodoo Child | Jimi Hendrix

Too Cute | Black Victorians | 1880
Credit: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Too Cute | Black Victorians | 1880

Credit: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 1797) also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. He was enslaved as a child, purchased his freedom, and worked as an author, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies, and the United Kingdom, where he settled by 1792. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, depicts the horrors of slavery and influenced the enactment of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
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Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 1797) also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. He was enslaved as a child, purchased his freedom, and worked as an author, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies, and the United Kingdom, where he settled by 1792. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, depicts the horrors of slavery and influenced the enactment of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

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BB KING | BLUES LEGENDSA young Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King holding one of the predecessors of his famed guitar, Lucille.
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BB KING | BLUES LEGENDS
A young Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King holding one of the predecessors of his famed guitar, Lucille.

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THE MOD SQUADGoing Places [Sharpe Family Album] ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011
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THE MOD SQUAD
Going Places [Sharpe Family Album] ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011

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SUPER BOY | 1949
Butterfly Boy, New York, 1949. By Jerome Liebling. Courtesy of The Jewish Museum, New York.
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SUPER BOY | 1949

Butterfly Boy, New York, 1949. By Jerome Liebling. Courtesy of The Jewish Museum, New York.

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ALL AMERICAN IDOL
Eson, 1950s, via waheedpix, ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012
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ALL AMERICAN IDOL

Eson, 1950s, via waheedpix, ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012

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FAMILY MATTERS | THE BLACK VICTORIANSWilliam T. Shorey (1859-1919), famous whaling captain, and his family, San Francisco, CA. Late 1800s
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FAMILY MATTERS | THE BLACK VICTORIANS
William T. Shorey (1859-1919), famous whaling captain, and his family, San Francisco, CA. Late 1800s

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Brothers & Sisters | 1880 Jeff, George, Oliver, and Lillie Wayes, ca. 1880s. Daniel Whittaker, Weatherford, Texas. Daniel Cowin Collection I International Center of  of Photography
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Brothers & Sisters | 1880
Jeff, George, Oliver, and Lillie Wayes, ca. 1880s. Daniel Whittaker, Weatherford, Texas. Daniel Cowin Collection I International Center of
of Photography

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Unidentified Woman with Camera, ca. 1935. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography
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Unidentified Woman with Camera, ca. 1935. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography

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BALLERS | 1920s
Alpha Phi Alpha basketball team on the steps on of there fraternity house on Striver’s Row, Harlem, NYC, circa 1920s. By James Van Der Zee Via
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BALLERS | 1920s

Alpha Phi Alpha basketball team on the steps on of there fraternity house on Striver’s Row, Harlem, NYC, circa 1920s. By James Van Der Zee Via

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