Black History Album: The Way We Were

A vintage photo blog chronicling the life and times of Blacks in America. How we lived, loved, struggled & triumphed from the end of slavery in 1865 to the Black Power movement of the 1960s.

Posted 4 months ago
The Little Drummer Boy | 1941 on Flickr.
African American boy playing drum set at 1941 Children’s Christmas party at May Co. department store in Los Angeles, 1941.

Credit: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.

Find Us On Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr
1. werewolfjournal reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
2. daynelawlessdrums reblogged this from hipdrumshit and added:
  
  African American boy playing drum set at 1941 Children’s Christmas party at May Co. department store in Los Angeles,...
3. faynbret reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
4. wbfiles liked this
5. wbfiles reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
6. amorimsamya reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
7. flamlife reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
8. eatmorecake reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
9. gravity-rides reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
10. the80sstolemyyouth reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
11. allegrettos reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
12. gravity-rides liked this
13. xroxana reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
14. auralanimal reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
15. revealthendisguise liked this
16. slutgarden reblogged this from oneafter909
17. -birdsandmonsters- reblogged this from slutgarden
18. anruik reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
19. easyexitskyward reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
20. c0nun-drum reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
21. saltypeople reblogged this from oneafter909
22. ashleylek reblogged this from coffesmokesbusiness
23. 123helpisontheway reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
24. coffesmokesbusiness reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
25. ophyliakilledhamlet reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
26. ivy-rosee liked this
27. churchofelectricity reblogged this from oneafter909
28. oneafter909 reblogged this from thebluestofblues
29. toliestark reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum and added:
  
  tha beat goez on.
30. cantmakeyoucarebutaware reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
31. aaronrodgersismyquarterback reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
32. braininsideout reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
33. sweetvendetta21 reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
34. updownsmilefrown reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
35. iheldaladdinslamp reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
36. onyxinkblot reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
37. napalmmaestro reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
38. undertheolivetree88 reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum and added:
  
  Doubt there’s a pedal behind that kick drum. Probably kickin’ away, wow and...snare is...
39. avispado liked this
40. javojaco reblogged this from megalomaniaco
41. mightypadowan reblogged this from riotwarfare
42. littlemissmagnolia reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
43. daydreamntn reblogged this from outofworkaholic
44. n-morgan reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
45. philz18 reblogged this from calamityofsociety
46. haekalpulungan reblogged this from blackhistoryalbum
47. yourprettyface liked this
48. iiindie reblogged this from dgem69
49. imwhatitis liked this
50. lll-lll reblogged this from ideasarebulletproof
51. Show more notesLoading...