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 3 months ago
Le Jazz Hot Beauty | 1931

African American woman dressed tip to toe in the latest, flapper inspired fashion of the day. Harlem, New York, 1931. James Van Der Zee, Photographer.

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