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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. waving to the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington
Marcus Garvey, Eminent Scholar - Public domain portrait print

Marcus Garvey, Eminent Scholar - Public domain portrait print

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt
Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper
Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Journalist, abolitionist and civil rights advocate Philip A. Bell

Journalist, abolitionist and civil rights advocate Philip A. Bell

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carlton Moss (standing) addressing armed forces servicemen and women at annual Thanksgiving Dinner
Madam C.J. Walker (driving) with (left to right) her niece Anjetta Breedlove; Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company factory forelady (manager) Alice Kelly; and Walker Company bookkeeper Lucy Flint.

Madam C.J. Walker (driving) with (left to right) her niece Anjetta Bre...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Barrington High School, Class of 1884

Great Barrington High School, Class of 1884

Public domain photograph of students, group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of businessman Casper Holstein, used in Opportunity magazine after he donated $1,000 for the Holstein Prizes in the third annual writers' contest sponsored by the magazine, 1926.
Portrait of Harlem, New York, businessman, nightclub owner and black baseball club financier Barron Wilkins, 1906.

Portrait of Harlem, New York, businessman, nightclub owner and black b...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his book "My Bondage and My Freedom," published in 1856.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harriet Tubman. - Public domain portrait

Harriet Tubman. - Public domain portrait

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

W.E.B Du Bois's mother, Mary Burghardt Du Bois

W.E.B Du Bois's mother, Mary Burghardt Du Bois

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possibly a crew member
F. J. Grimké, a preacher of the New Democracy

F. J. Grimké, a preacher of the New Democracy

Public domain photograph of bishop, priest, clergy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Functions in the Writers' Project

Functions in the Writers' Project

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group portrait (left to right) of composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, circa 1900s.

Group portrait (left to right) of composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Joh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Archibald and Francis Grimké - Public domain portrait print

Archibald and Francis Grimké - Public domain portrait print

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zora Neale Hurston at Federal Writer's Project booth at New York Times Book Fair
Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt

Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleano...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Madam C.J. Walker (driving) with (left to right) her niece Anjetta Breedlove; Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company factory forelady (manager) Alice Kelly; and Walker Company bookkeeper Lucy Flint.

Madam C.J. Walker (driving) with (left to right) her niece Anjetta Bre...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harriet Tubman. - Public domain portrait print
Philip A. Payton, Jr., President and General Manager of the Afro-American Realty Company

Philip A. Payton, Jr., President and General Manager of the Afro-Ameri...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possible a crew member in an advertisement for the Micheaux Film Corporation

Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possible a crew member in an...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, journalist, and social r...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper

Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper

Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fisk University Class of 1888 - Public domain historic place print

Fisk University Class of 1888 - Public domain historic place print

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Portrait of Walter F. White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP and author of "How Far the Promised Land?" published in 1955.

Portrait of Walter F. White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP and auth...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shirley Chisholm speaking - Public domain portrait print

Shirley Chisholm speaking - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant - Public domain portrait print

Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant - Public domain portrait print

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Zora Neale Hurston at Federal Writer's Project booth at New York Times Book Fair
Richard B. Harrison - Public domain portrait print

Richard B. Harrison - Public domain portrait print

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers
Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers
Functions in the Writers' Project

Functions in the Writers' Project

A document with a drawing of a person holding a camera. A sheet of paper with a drawing of a woman on it. Public domain postcard scan.

Women viewing an exhibit at Abyssinian Baptist Church
Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (front row, sixth from right), with other United States Army officers and enlisted men, attending a Sunday morning open air service at an undisclosed U.S. Army headquarters in England, ca 1940s
Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibit at Abyssinian Baptist Church
Exhibit at Abyssinian Baptist Church
View of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (front row, sixth from right), with other United States Army officers and enlisted men, attending a Sunday morning open air service at an undisclosed U.S. Army headquarters in England, ca 1940s

View of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (front row, sixth fro...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Richard B. Harrison
Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Booker T. Washington, educator - Public domain portrait print

Booker T. Washington, educator - Public domain portrait print

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Philomathean Society of Central High School, Dayton, Ohio, showing Paul Laurence Dunbar (top row, at left) and Harry M. Lydenberg (bottom row, third from right)

The Philomathean Society of Central High School, Dayton, Ohio, showing...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women viewing an exhibit at Abyssinian Baptist Church