[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Diagram shows number of magazines and newspapers published by African Americans. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the Am... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Diagram shows relative number of African Americans in various businesses. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American ... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Line graph shows numbers and percentages of African Americans who are biracial. The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held i... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Circle graph shows comparison of African Americans in various occupations to whites. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of th... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery between 1790 and 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the ... More
[The Georgia Negro] Slaves and free Negroes. - Exposition Universelle ...
Graph shows percentage of enslaved African Americans compared to free African Americans from 1790 to 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of t... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans enrolled in public schools between 1876 and 1896. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro ... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows number of African Americans teachers from 1886 to 1895. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Se... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery in 1860 and percentage of African Americans who owned property in 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta U... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Line graph shows percentage of African American men and women who are single, married, or widowed by age. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for th... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Maps show comparison of African American population in the United States with several European countries and Australia. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University s... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows number of African Americans practicing various Christian religions. The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was he... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Diagram shows number of African American almshouse residents. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at t... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows mortality rates of African Americans in Philadelphia and the United States. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibi... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows number of African American church organizations, churches, church members, and value of church property. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University ... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows African American population between 1750 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section... More
The Georgia Negro A social study / / By W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.
Diagram shows routes of the African slave trade with state of Georgia starred. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 to show the ec... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows number of African American prisoners in jails and the types of crimes they committed. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Ne... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans in various occupations by sex. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the Amer... More
A group of people standing next to a truck. African-american settler f...
Slavery. Free images of slavery. Use free photos of slavery without any copyright restrictions.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows illiteracy rate of African Americans compared to illiteracy rates in eight European countries and Russia. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows school enrollment of African Americans between 1876 and 1895. The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in ... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in rural and urban environments between 1860 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the ... More
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Map shows African American population distribution. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris E... More
A case of learned ignorance - why can't he trust his naked eyes? / Kep...
Illustration shows Yale professor and university president Arthur T. Hadley looking through a huge magnifying glass trained on a laborer labeled "Trust Employee"; however, what Hadley sees through the lense is ... More
Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619
20 slaves sold to colonists. Reproduction of painting (?). Illus. in Harper's Monthly Mag., v. 102, 1901 Jan., p. 172. Reference photographic copy available in 4422-A-1. This record contains unverified, old dat... More
Justice versus prejudice / Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, standing with right hand on the left shoulder of an African American man, standing to the left, and his left hand on a paper labeled "15th Amendment"; behind the... More
Simon Sheffield, fireman, arrested for robbery
Name: Simon Sheffield.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 6 June 1906.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-89-Simon Sheffield..The Shields Daily News for 6 June 1906 r... More
Robert Richardson, miner, arrested for breaking and entering a marine ...
Name: Robert Richardson.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 18 November 1907.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-117-Robert Richardson..For an image of his accomplice... More
The Whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.
Photograph shows a large family of African Americans posed outside former slave quarters at Hermitage Plantation.
H. A. Molzon presents a modern screen version o fthe everalsting play ...
Motion picture poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows reproductions of four engravings of scenes from the book and in the center a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an emancipated slave.
Polaire with negro, her "Black Slave"
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[Convention of former slaves, left to right: unidentified, Anna Angale...
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Hank Thomas, Freedom Rider - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Henry "Hank" Thomas, at the age of 19, was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders that departed from Washington, D.C. He also was a passenger on the Greyhound Bus that was burned outside of Anniston, AL.
Bill Harbour, Freedom Rider - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
William "Bill" Harbour was 19 and a student at Tennessee State University when he joined the Freedom Rider Movement. He is also the co-chair of the Freedom Riders Park Board.
Rip Patton, Freedom Rider - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Ernest "Rip" Patton, Jr. was 21 and a student at Tennessee State University when he joined the Freedom Rider Movement.
Convention of former slaves, Wash., D.C.
Two elderly African American women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo shows, left to right, Elizabeth Berkeley and Sadie Thompson (based on identification provided in ima... More
SLAVES REUNION. LEWIS MARTIN, AGE 100; MARTHA ELIZABETH BANKS, AGE 104...
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SLAVES REUNION. ANNIE PARRAM, AGE, 104; ANNA ANGALES, AGE 105; ELIZABE...
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SLAVES REUNION. LEWIS MARTIN, AGE 100; MARTHA ELIZABETH BANKS, AGE 104...
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Freedom for Belgium (as the Kaiser said to the Pope)
German military officer with whip, holding chain of captured woman, "Belgium," walking through desolate landscape, probably in occupied Belgium. Possibly published in New York Herald. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms ... More
King Cotton and his slaves, Greenwood, Miss.
Photograph shows three African American men and one boy posed with horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of cotton in front of the Leflore County courthouse. C. E. Gillespie & Co.
Age has not dimmed Mammy Prater's love for sweets
Photograph shows elderly woman, an ex-slave, wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair holding small paper bag and candy in her hands.
Sailing over the blue waters of the Bosphorus one sees great white pal...
Photographs show hamals (porters) standing in street, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1343 (top image) and no. 1345 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923... More
Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of former slaves of the Pet...
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Descendants of former slaves on the Pettway Plantation. Gees Bend, Ala...
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Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of former slaves of the Pet...
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Negroes at Gees Bend, Alabama. Descendants of slaves of the Pettway pl...
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Some of the descendants of the Pettway Plantation slaves. Gees Bend, A...
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One room of old Trepagnier plantation house as it is today. This house...
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Old Negro (former slave) Willis Winn with horn with which slaves were ...
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A black and white photo of a man sitting on a porch, Texas, during Gre...
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Old Negro (former slave) Willis Winn with horn with which slaves were ...
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A couple of women sitting outside of a building. Office of War Informa...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More
Briscoe house seen from south. It was an old plantation home now inhab...
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Old Negro women living in one of the slum "villages" that used to be s...
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Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands (vicinity). Old Negr...
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CARTER G. WOODSON - TEACHER, HISTORIAN, PUBLISHER
Carter G. Woodson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
Gwendolyn Hunt at Point Mugu in 1960s
Gwendolyn Hunt poses for a picture at work in the late 1960s. Hunt was twice featured in Ebony magazine, which used this picture for both the 1969 and 1971 pieces. In 2011, Google and Ebony partnered to scan an... More
First of the Selma to Montgomery marches, Carter G. Woodson Home Natio...
A peaceful civil rights demonstration that included a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge would eventually become known as 'Bloody Sunday' by the African American community. On March 7, 1965, civil rights dem... More
Descendants of Mount Vernon slaves pose at a slave monument at the est...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Old City Cemetery, where slaves and slaveholders, Union and Confederat...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Tallahassee was the only southern capital never capture... More
COL. Robert Berry, head of the law department at the U.S. Military Aca...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC. 5 Eugene Harris Jr. Release Status: Release... More
GEN Hugh G. Robinson, division engineer of the U.S. Army Southwestern ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Eugene Harris Jr. Release Status: Released ... More
Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Harriet Tubman
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This black-and-white photo shows Harriet Tubman posed, standing with her hands perched on a chair. Tubman was the most famous conductor ... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Foreboding Sunset over B...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A dark, cloud-tainted sunset over the mysterious waters of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge evokes a feeling of isolation similar... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Heart of Chesapeake Countr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Vernetter Pinder, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor, sings gospel songs to a group of on-lookers at the Dorchester County Visitor Center. Loc... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Walkway Over the Choptank
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The elevated boardwalk entrance to the maritime-themed Dorchester County Visitor Center provides the people walking its length with swee... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Entering James Webb's Cabi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A leafy branch hangs over James Webb's rustic log cabin, which a white-haired man enters. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public ... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Running Through Mt. Pleasa...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Among the graves of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor flees through the headstones and wet grass to freedom. Locat... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Leverton Safe House
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The lush but short crops surrounding Jacob Leverton's safe house would have offered little coverage for Underground Railroad travelers a... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cars Parked Before Buildin...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Restaurants, shops, art galleries, museums, and accommodations line Race Street in Historic Downtown Cambridge. The town's architecture ... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Standing Before the Harrie...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Harriet Tubman Organization's president, Donald Pinder, stands before a vibrant, folk art mural depicting Tubman's life. Location: ... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Pooled Water at the Greens...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A rocky, tree-lined bank holds in the Choptank's rippling waters at a crossing known as Red Bridges. Location: Location: Red Bridges, G... More
Ohio River Scenic Byway - Slave Pen Exhibit
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center patrons learn more about a slave pen, which was used to hold slaves being transported furth... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Yellow Grass and Blue Wate...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: With switchgrass gently swaying and blue water flowing, Stewart's Canal and the surrounding landscape provide a scenic stop to contempla... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Choptank Settlement Plaque
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A sign details the native American history of the small garden park on the Choptank River. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to East New Ma...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A tree-lined country road on a hazy summer day leads into the Town of East New Market's National Historic District. Location: Location:... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to Poplar Neck
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The road to Poplar Neck, an unpaved country lane, is lined with black leaf-barren trees, creating an elegant scene. Location: Location:... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Church Creek Farmland
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: In Church Creek, a red barn sits far off the road, across a field of yellow soy plants ready for harvest. Location: Location: Church Cr... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Bucktown Village Store--Al...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The quaint yellow-painted village store sits quietly on the roadside. Today visitors can tour the restored, 19th-century store, rent bic... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cambridge Fleet at Long Wh...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A clear blue sky and high thin clouds reflect on the smooth waters of the Choptank River while five white-washed hulls lay still as thei... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Greensboro Landscape
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The farm field creates a wide green space somewhere between summer's cultivation and winter's fallow. Location: Location: Greensboro, M... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Dorchester County Courthou...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: An interpretive sign on the grounds of the Dorchester County Courthouse marks important moments in Underground Railroad history. Locati... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Caroline County Courthouse...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A flag flies before the impressive white pillars of the Caroline County Courthouse on a cloudless summer day. Location: Location: Carol... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Mason and Dixon Lin...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A nest of green vegetation surrounds the stone marking the Mason and Dixon Line. Location: Location: Maryland (39.695° N 76.119° W) St... More
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - An Autumn-draped Tuckahoe ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Fallen leaves grace the river bank scene along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. Location: Location: Tuckahoe Crossing, Ha... More
New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy
New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy holds one of more than 10,000 Regimental Personnel Cards containing information on New York National Guard Soldiers who enlisted or reenlisted in the 369th I... More
Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American
Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American actor with the theater company, Living Voices, plays a role of an 11 year old who joined the revolutionary war during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black His... More
In this July 29, 1967, photo provided by the U.S. Library
In this July 29, 1967, photo provided by the U.S. Library of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson interacts with members of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission) in the White ... More
Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail - Hubbard House Underground Railroad Term...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Built between 1840 and 1841 by William and Catharine Hubbard, this home was a Northern Terminus on the Underground Railroad, providing r... More
A migrant's tale: the first African American president, a Soldier and ...
Charles D. B. King, the 17th President of Liberia (1920-1930), with his entourage on the steps of the Peace Palace, The Hague (the Netherlands) on Sept. 29, 1927. The image highlights the strength of American i... More
Les Payne, captain, U.S. Army 1963-1969, Vietnam veteran.
Les Payne, captain, U.S. Army 1963-1969, Vietnam veteran. (Photo courtesy of Les Payne)
Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail - Red Wings Victory ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Through a canyon of skyscrapers one can see the 2008 Red Wings Stanley Cup Victory Parade and some of the 1million people that came to c... More
Grave of Booker T. Washington located at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama
The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that radiate like the hands of a clock. Water emerges from the table's cen... More
The Oaks, home built for Booker T. Washington and his family in Tuskeg...
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Greyhound Bus Station at 210 South Court Street in Montgomery, Alabama
The site of a violent attack on participants in the 1961 Freedom Ride during the Civil Rights Movement. The mob of white protesters confronting the civil rights activists, "shocked the nation and led the Kenned... More
Abernathy House (circa 1824) slave quarters, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
One of the original residences that has not been gentrified in Clarksv...
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