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 Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

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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EASY RIDER | 1936 Unidentified Man on a Motorcycle, ca. 1936. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography

EASY RIDER | 1936

Unidentified Man on a Motorcycle, ca. 1936. Daniel Cowin Collection, International Center of Photography

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Edna Earl Gaston (1928) Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina postcards in the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillVia Vintage Black Folk

Edna Earl Gaston (1928) Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina postcards in the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Names unknown (circa 1900s)Via Vintage Black Folk

Names unknown (circa 1900s)

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LOVE STRUCK | 1954

Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in Carmen Jones, 1954. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger

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GQ | 1930s By Richard Samuel Roberts, from the book, A True Likeness—The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts: 1920-1936, which depicts South Carolina’s African-American life in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

GQ | 1930s

By Richard Samuel Roberts, from the book, A True Likeness—The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts: 1920-1936, which depicts South Carolina’s African-American life in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

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A GIRL AND HER DOLL | 1918 African American toddler. Name unknown (1918) Michael Francis Blake Photographs Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University . Via Vintage Black Folk Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

A GIRL AND HER DOLL | 1918

African American toddler. Name unknown (1918) Michael Francis Blake Photographs Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University . Via Vintage Black Folk

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YWCA Camp for Girls (1930) by Addison Scurlock. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute

YWCA Camp for Girls (1930) by Addison Scurlock. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute

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VINTAGE FASHIONISTAS II | 1922 Six Howard University students sitting in Griffith Stadium watching football game. All but one of the women wear cloche hats and sporting flapper style outfits. Addison Scurlock, photographer. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute.

VINTAGE FASHIONISTAS II | 1922

Six Howard University students sitting in Griffith Stadium watching football game. All but one of the women wear cloche hats and sporting flapper style outfits. Addison Scurlock, photographer. Image courtesy of the American History Museum, Smithsonian Institute.

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Black Couple | 1902 Hugh Mangum Photographs Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University (circa 1900s) Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

Black Couple | 1902

Hugh Mangum Photographs Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University (circa 1900s)

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BLACK STYLE | 1940s Young woman posing on bench in Harris studio. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art via Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

BLACK STYLE | 1940s

Young woman posing on bench in Harris studio. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art

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JIMI HENDRIX, LOVE TO THE POWER “WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER THIS WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE” — Jimi Hendrix . Photo by David Montgomery Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

JIMI HENDRIX, LOVE TO THE POWER

“WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER THIS WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE” — Jimi Hendrix

. Photo by David Montgomery

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THE GREAT GATSBY | 1932

 An unidentified African American couple with matching raccoon skin coats with a Cadillac convertible, taken on West 127th Street, Harlem, New York City. Image by James Van Der Zee.

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Southern Belle |1920s By Richard Samuel Roberts, from the book, A True Likeness—The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts: 1920-1936, which depicts South Carolina’s African-American life in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

Southern Belle |1920s

By Richard Samuel Roberts, from the book, A True Likeness—The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts: 1920-1936, which depicts South Carolina’s African-American life in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

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VINTAGE FASHIONISTAS | 1921 The Sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the University of Pennsylvania’s first Black sorority, 1921. VIA Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

VINTAGE FASHIONISTAS | 1921

The Sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the University of Pennsylvania’s first Black sorority, 1921. VIA

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