"Buffaloes", 367th Infantry, (African American) return colors to Union...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: "Buffaloes", 367th Infantry, [African American] return colors to Union League Club. Men drawn up in front of Union League Club just before the c... More
"Buffaloes." 367th Infantry, (African American) troops return colors t...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: "Buffaloes." 367th Infantry, [African American] troops return colors to Union League Club. Men drawn up in front of Union League Club just befor... More
"Mutt and Jeff" of Company "D," 505th Engineers on the Roma. The talle...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: "Mutt and Jeff" of Company "D," 505th Engineers on the Roma. The tallest and shortest members of the 505th [African American] Engineers that ret... More
(African American) casuals from Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, On "Giusep...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: [African American] casuals from Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, On "Giuseppe Verdi." Casuals, some who have been wounded or gassed, on the "Giuseppe Verdi".
(African American) member of the telephone and telegraph battalion at ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
(African American) men called in the draft from Eldorado, Arkansas. - ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
(African American) minstrels on board the "Saxonia". Lieutenant Ruther...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: [African American] minstrels on board the "Saxonia". Lieutenant Rutherford's Ministrels who he recruited on board the Saxonia in her homeward tr... More
(African American) Officers of 366th Infantry Back on Aquitania. These...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: [African American] Officers of 366th Infantry Back on Aquitania. These officers, all of whom have been returned with their troops on the Aquitan... More
(African American) trooper entertaining his comrades in the American R...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: [African American] trooper entertaining his comrades in the American Red Cross Recreation Hut at Orleans, France.
(African American) troops entering Camp Devens, Massachusetts. - NARA ...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
African-American women weighing wire coils and recording weights, to e...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American (African American) troops camp in France. Machine gun instruc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American (African American) troops giving a military concert in an Als...
Public domain photograph of music band, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Red Cross canteens, United States. Taking food to the (Africa...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: American Red Cross canteens, United States. Taking food to the [African American] family all down with the "Flu" at Charlotte, North Carolina. T... More
American Red Cross Rest Room for (African American) soldiers and sailo...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: American Red Cross Rest Room for [African American] soldiers and sailors. [African American] sailors in the rest room of the Red Cross headquart... More
Famous New York (African American) soldiers return home. (Henry) Johns...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Famous New York [African American] soldiers return home. [Henry] Johnson, one of heroes of New York's [African American] 369th (old 15th) regime... More
First (African American) man to be drafted from Seattle, Washington. -...
Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old, has eleven sons in the service. General notes: Use War and Conflict Num... More
How they did it over there. (African American) troops of the 505th Eng...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: How they did it over there. [African American] troops of the 505th Engineers that returned on S.S. Roma showing how they used cold steel on the Huns.
Illiterates have (an) opportunity to learn (the) language. Class of il...
Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Illiterates have [an] opportunity to learn [the] language. Class of illiterates, Army Young Men's Christian Association, Building Number 1, Camp... More
Negro recruits at Camp Gordon, Georgia. - NARA - 533593
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Scene At Camp Gordon, Georgia. - NARA - 533595
Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Training Negro troops at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. - NARA - 533622
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"Afro-Americans" float in Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911 (...
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of... More
Handbill with engraving by Jack Smith- Back To the Slave Quarters! Vot...
Vertical wood engraving shows a caricature of Lincoln standing over a slave master who is cracking the whip of Negro Segregation toward a black woman and her three children. Lincoln says, "No nation can stand ... More
Handbill with engraving by Jack Smith- Back To the Slave Quarters! Vot...
Vertical wood engraving shows a caricature of Lincoln standing over a slave master who is cracking the whip of Negro Segregation toward a black woman and her three children. Lincoln says, "No nation can stand ... More
African-American family on stoop outside 2318 Pine Street
Horizontal, black and white photograph of a street view of Pine Street. Two women and a boy sit on the central stoop and a girl and a boy stand near the second stoop where another girl sits. Another boy hangs o... More
African-American girls gather after school near Sumner High School
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing African-American girls gathering near Sumner High School. The girls appear to be upper elementary or middle-school aged. The main group is walking along a sidewalk... More
African-American men eating at a soup kitchen
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing African-American men eating at a crowded plank table in a soup kitchen. A variety of bowls are spread across the table, and a pitcher can also be seen. Large windo... More
An African-American drumming group perform on the back of a truck carr...
Title: An African-American drumming group perform on the back of a truck carrying a banner that reads "All Together All The Time Makes It Easy To Keep St. Louis Clean" on Market Street.
Child waving American flag African-American experience
Title: Child waving American flag.
Group of African American men reporting property losses around time of...
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing a large open room where a group of African Americans, mostly men, There is a large central aisle in the room. Along the left side men are standing in a line, in th... More
Group of mostly African-American men standing on an unidentified stree...
Title: Group of mostly African-American men standing on an unidentified street corner.
Initiative Petition for Control of Mixed Blocks Occupied by Both White...
Title: Initiative Petition for Control of Mixed Blocks Occupied by Both White and Colored People, 1915
Initiative petition for control of mixed blocks occupied by both white...
Propose an ordinance to "prevent ill feeling, conflict and collisions between the white and colored races in the City of St. Louis, in the city blocks occupied by both races, and to preserve the public peace, a... More
Negro segregation- a measure to assassinate a race
Title: Negro segregation: a measure to assassinate a race Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Elizabeth Madison - Public domain portrait print
Title: Elizabeth Madison. Public domain photograph - female portrait, 19th century, woman, mother, grandmother, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two African American infants in wicker chair
Title: Two African American infants in wicker chair. Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
African-American School in Henderson KY, 1916
African-American School in Kentucky, 1916 by Lewis Hine (LOC) Original title: Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco ... More
African-American band in Oxford Armistice Day Parade 1918 (3191380635)
snyder, 1857 Subject (TGM): Military parades and ceremonies; Parades and processions; Flags; Streets; City and town life; Armistices; Buildings; Bands; Marching bands; Afro-Americans; Town clocks; Location: Oxford, Ohio
African-American performers at Oxford Street Fair 1913 (3191367917)
snyder, 1818 Subject (TGM): Fairs; City and town life; Vaudeville shows; Afro-Americans; Actors; Performances; Entertainers; Entertainment; Location: Oxford, Ohio [Banner "Old Plantation, a scream from start to... More
Meal preparation in the Old Main Building commons dining room 1918 (31...
snyder, 16 Subject (TGM): Kitchens; Universities and colleges; Cooks; Location: Oxford, Ohio
Meal preparation in the Old Main Building commons dining room 1918 (31...
snyder, 16 Subject (TGM): Kitchens; Universities and colleges; Cooks; Location: Oxford, Ohio
Lynching of Laura Nelson, May 1911
The barefoot corpse of lynched Laura Nelson. May 25, 1911, Okemah, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Etched in the negative:"copyright-1911-g.h.farnum, okemah. okla 2898." St... More
Capitol Spittoon Cleaning 1914 - A couple of men standing next to each...
"CAPITOL, U.S. CLEANING INTERIOR". 1914 photo shows two African-American men doing janitorial work at the U.S. Capitol. One on left has a mop and bucket; the one on right has a stack of spittoons and a cleaning... More
African American troops camp in France. Machine gun instruction. - NAR...
Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
FMIB 35001 Knocking Out, or making the preliminary cleaning of the she...
Knocking Out, or making the preliminary cleaning of the shells Subject: Crab fisheries, Cookery (Crabs), African American fish trade workers Geographic Subject: Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) Tag: Fisheries Techniques
FMIB 35002 One method of washing shells
One method of washing shells Subject: Crab fisheries, Fishery processing--United States, African American fish trade workers Geographic Subject: Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) Tag: Fisheries techniques
Storer College Students with School Banner, Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Isabelle Stewart, Raymond McNeal, and Odetta Johnson sit on the lawn at school holding a school pennant.
Susan Elizabeth Frazier 1919
Passport photo of Susan Elizabeth Frazier. Miss Frazier was the first African American allowed to teach in New York City public schools.
PSM V84 D082 A comparison of white and colored children measured by th...
Less than 6 per cent. of the city children are more than a year backward, 18 per cent. of the mill children, and 26 per cent. of the colored children. None of either the mill or colored children test more than ... More
Times Democrat 26 Dec 1913 p 5 - Christmas Gifts for Negro Children - ...
Times Democrat 26 Dec 1913 p 5 - story "Christmas Gifts for Negro Children" with mention of young Louis Armstrong as leader of the band of the "Colored Waifs' Home". Also mentioned as "Henry Rainey" (sic), la... More
Printing-Office, Morristown College
Printing office at Morristown College in Morristown, Tennessee, United States
Lynching of Zachariah Walker Historical Marker, Coatesville, Pennsylva...
Lynching of Zachariah Walker state historical marker, located at Doe Run Rd. (Rt. 82S), approx. 1/4 mile from Coatesville city limits (at Phila. Power Plant access gate) East Fallowfield Township, Chester Coun... More
Pioneer Press 1917-07-07
Front page of the Martinsburg Pioneer Press, the first African-American newspaper in West Virginia, from July 7, 1917. Left two columns are devoted to the white supremacist riots in East St. Louis, Illinois. ... More
African American Girl (MSA) (5788380283)
Collection Name: African American Portrait Collection. Click here to see entire Collection Photographer/Studio: Unknown Description: A little girl stands on a chair. She is between one and two years old. Cover... More
Early 20th Century African American Religious Figure
Card mounted photo of a woman in black religious robes reading from a book atop a pedestal. The card is imprinted with the logo of Fowler Photography Studio formerly at 238 N. 8th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1911 Golden Potlatch - Afro-Americans
A parade float from the 1911 Golden Potlatch in Seattle, Washington, using the term "Afro-Americans".
Annual report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland ...
Identifier: annualreportof1915mary (find matches) Title: Annual report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Maryland. Bureau of Statistics and Information Subje... More
Annual report of the Cheyney Training School for Teachers (Institute f...
Identifier: annualreporto141915chey (find matches) Title: Annual report of the Cheyney Training School for Teachers (Institute for Colored Youth) Year: 1913 (1910s) Authors: Cheyney Training School for Teach... More
Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an inte...
Identifier: kellymillershist00mill_1 (find matches) Title: Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose... More
Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an inte...
Identifier: kellymillershist00mill_1 (find matches) Title: Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose... More
MME. ELLA BRADLEY-HUGHLEY - Public domain book illustration
Identifier: negrotrailblazer00beas (find matches) Title: The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of ... More
The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) - a compilation of r...
Identifier: negrotrailblazer00beas (find matches) Title: The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of ... More
The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) - a compilation of r...
Identifier: negrotrailblazer00beas (find matches) Title: The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of ... More
The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) - a compilation of r...
Identifier: negrotrailblazer00beas (find matches) Title: The Negro trail blazers of California (microform) : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of ... More
California Eagle 1916-04-08
Front page of ' from April 8, 1916. Headline reads "Watts Citizens Will March To Victory; Election Monday April 10th".
Nameplate of California Eagle 1916-04-08 (cropped)
Front page of ' from April 8, 1916. Headline reads "Watts Citizens Will March To Victory; Election Monday April 10th".
The Florida Sentinel 1919-04-19
Front page of an issue of the Florida Sentinel, an African-American newspaper published in Jacksonville, dated April 19, 1919.
Phoenix Tribune 1918-08-03
Front page of the August 3, 1918 issue of the , the first African American newspaper in Arizona, filled with news of World War I. Volume 1, number 20. From the Arizona Memory Project.
Reverend Richard Henry Singleton (1865-1923) in the Atlanta Constituti...
Atlanta Constitution article reporting Reverend Richard Henry Singleton (1865-1923) representing African Americans and the AME Church at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
African-American nurse and child
Title: African-American nurse and child. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Lawrence-During World War I
Painting "During World War I there was a great migration north by southern Negroes". Panel 1 from Migration of the Negro, 1940-1.[1]
Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church 1914 school photo
Class photo of a school for African American children that met at Craigs Chapel in Greenback, Tennessee, United States
Unitia-school-tn1 African-American experience
Class photo from a school for African-American children in Unitia, Tennessee, United States