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Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio, Texas

Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio, Texas

Public domain photograph of Texas during the Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro church near Krotz Springs, Louisiana

Negro church near Krotz Springs, Louisiana

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Young Negro strawberry picker in doorway. Near Hammond, Louisiana

Young Negro strawberry picker in doorway. Near Hammond, Louisiana

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Children of Negro family living on strawberry farm and who do odd jobs connected with the farm and strawberry growing. Near Hammond, Louisiana

Children of Negro family living on strawberry farm and who do odd jobs...

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Interior of home of Negro agricultural day laborer. Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Interior of home of Negro agricultural day laborer. Wagoner County, Ok...

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Negro children in rural school. Creek County, Oklahoma

Negro children in rural school. Creek County, Oklahoma

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Removing plates from kitchen cupboard in home of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer. Creek County, Oklahoma

Removing plates from kitchen cupboard in home of Pomp Hall, Negro tena...

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Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro at religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

Negro at religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Pas-kaarte van de Zuyd-west-kust van Africa, van Cabo Negro tot beoosten Cabo de Bona Esperanca.

Pas-kaarte van de Zuyd-west-kust van Africa, van Cabo Negro tot beoost...

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Negro Town in the Interior, african travels

Negro Town in the Interior, african travels

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Portrait of three Chinese students at Howard University: Leon Assing, Fong Affoo, and Choy Awah

Portrait of three Chinese students at Howard University: Leon Assing, ...

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Some of the wounded in the New York parade; The 369th Colored regiment.

Some of the wounded in the New York parade; The 369th Colored regiment...

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Baptizing Negro soldiers at Camp Gordon.

Baptizing Negro soldiers at Camp Gordon.

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William Garfield Marshall; Wardroom officers steward, U.S.N.; Lost when U.S.A. C.T. Ticonderoga was torpedoed and sunk September 30, 1918.

William Garfield Marshall; Wardroom officers steward, U.S.N.; Lost whe...

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M. C. B. Mason; A pulpit orator in the Methodist Church.

M. C. B. Mason; A pulpit orator in the Methodist Church.

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Rufus L. Perry. - Public domain portrait print

Rufus L. Perry. - Public domain portrait print

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The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1950: An International Travel Guide
Ercell William Martin; Mess Attendant, 3c, U.S.N.; Killed when shell exploded on board U.S. Von Steuben, March 5, 1918.

Ercell William Martin; Mess Attendant, 3c, U.S.N.; Killed when shell e...

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View in Negro quarter. Vicksburg, Mississippi

View in Negro quarter. Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, refugee camp

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, refugee camp

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Negro Island. Maine, Stereoscope Card, NYPL.

Negro Island. Maine, Stereoscope Card, NYPL.

Maine stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

Children playing cards in front yard in slum area near Union Station. Section inhabited by both whites and Negroes. Washington, D.C.

Children playing cards in front yard in slum area near Union Station. ...

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

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The confession, trial and execution of Nat Turner : the Negro insurrectionist; also, a list of persons murdered in the insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, August 21st and 22nd, 1831, with introductory remarks

The confession, trial and execution of Nat Turner : the Negro insurrec...

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The Negro Motorist Green Book: 1948: A Classified Motorist & Tourist Guide Covering the United States & Alaska
Travelers' Green Book: 1963-64 International Edition: For Vacation Without Aggravation
aughter of Dalton McLeod, Negro rehabilitation client. Fuquay Springs, North Carolina.

aughter of Dalton McLeod, Negro rehabilitation client. Fuquay Springs,...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

Female in chains kneeling on the ground in a plantation

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Under the viaduct, where the Negroes of Akron, Ohio, live

Under the viaduct, where the Negroes of Akron, Ohio, live

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Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

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A type that is passing.

A type that is passing.

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Dr. I. Garland Penn, A. M., Atlanta, Ga.; Assistant General Secretary Epworth League M. E. Church and Corresponding Secretary and Originator of the Congress.

Dr. I. Garland Penn, A. M., Atlanta, Ga.; Assistant General Secretary ...

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Making a hand. - A black and white photo of a man standing in the woods

Making a hand. - A black and white photo of a man standing in the wood...

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Clarissa M. Thompson. Novelist, Educator, W.C.T.U. [Woman's Christian Temperance Union] Advocate, Poetess.

Clarissa M. Thompson. Novelist, Educator, W.C.T.U. [Woman's Christian ...

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Henry Hall Falkner and family.

Henry Hall Falkner and family.

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Chart of the world, on Mercator's Projection. Illustrative of the Impolicy of Slavery.
Edward Wilson, Graduate of Williams College, and Successful Member of the Chicago Bar

Edward Wilson, Graduate of Williams College, and Successful Member of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

American Negro Labor Congress - images Black History Month

American Negro Labor Congress - images Black History Month

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Ashmun street, Monrovia.

Ashmun street, Monrovia.

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Full-blood types: a winner of intellectual prizes.

Full-blood types: a winner of intellectual prizes.

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Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot--burning down a freedmen's school-house ; Shooting down negroes on the morning of May 2, 1866.

Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot--burning down a freedmen...

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Successful men in various lines of endeavor.

Successful men in various lines of endeavor.

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Langston Hughes. - Public domain portrait print

Langston Hughes. - Public domain portrait print

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Observations sur l'origine et les progrès du préjugé des colons blancs contre les hommes de couleur; sur les inconvéniens de le perpétuer; la nécessité, la facilité de le détruire; sur le projet du Comité colonial, etc. Par M. Raymond, homme de couleur de Saint-Domingue.
S. J. Evans, Chief Stenographer in one of the largest mercantile houses in Chicago

S. J. Evans, Chief Stenographer in one of the largest mercantile house...

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Prospect of Bense Island and fort; Bense Island; Negro house at Sierra Leona.

Prospect of Bense Island and fort; Bense Island; Negro house at Sierra...

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Carrie L. Griffin, Dayton, Ohio.

Carrie L. Griffin, Dayton, Ohio.

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Negro house of Cape Mesurado.

Negro house of Cape Mesurado.

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Harlem, Mecca of the new Negro. [cover]

Harlem, Mecca of the new Negro. [cover]

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

Prof. W. S. Scarborough - Public domain dedication image, book by Booker T. Washington

Prof. W. S. Scarborough - Public domain dedication image, book by Book...

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Scomber niger, The Negro-Mackrel.

Scomber niger, The Negro-Mackrel.

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[135th Street, Schomburg Room, "The Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History".]

[135th Street, Schomburg Room, "The Schomburg Collection of Negro Lite...

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Negro barber. - An old photo of a man getting a haircut

Negro barber. - An old photo of a man getting a haircut

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

John Richard Curtis and family.

John Richard Curtis and family.

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Office force of insurance company which employs Negroes and sells insurance to Negroes, Chicago, Illinois.

Office force of insurance company which employs Negroes and sells insu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negroes at work in a Cuban sugar plantation.

Negroes at work in a Cuban sugar plantation.

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A Bahian Negro; Probably from Lagos, West Africa.

A Bahian Negro; Probably from Lagos, West Africa.

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Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their families are attending a church business meeting, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines; Governor-General of Haiti, 1804; Jacques I, Emperor of Haiti, 1804-6.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines; Governor-General of Haiti, 1804; Jacques I, E...

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General F. D. Légitime; President of Haiti, 1888-9.

General F. D. Légitime; President of Haiti, 1888-9.

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H.E. Antoine Simon, President of the Haitian Republic.

H.E. Antoine Simon, President of the Haitian Republic.

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A Martinique Negress. - Victorian era public domain image

A Martinique Negress. - Victorian era public domain image

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Major J. B. Ramsay; The coloured military instructor at the Tuskegee Institute; A typical "near-white" of distinguished record who would be insulted if he attempted to travel with "white" people in the Southern States, or to enter a "white" church or theatre.

Major J. B. Ramsay; The coloured military instructor at the Tuskegee I...

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Isaiah Montgomery; Ex-slave of the Jefferson Davis family ; Founder of Mound Bayou Negro settlement, Mississippi.

Isaiah Montgomery; Ex-slave of the Jefferson Davis family ; Founder of...

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Wrecked house of a Negro family in riot zone.

Wrecked house of a Negro family in riot zone.

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Homes occupied by Negroes on Forest Avenue

Homes occupied by Negroes on Forest Avenue

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Negro girls and women employed in a lamp-shade factory

Negro girls and women employed in a lamp-shade factory

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Wife and children of Negro sharecropper who will be resettled at Transylvania Project, Louisiana

Wife and children of Negro sharecropper who will be resettled at Trans...

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The Pittsburgh Courier is widely read in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

The Pittsburgh Courier is widely read in the Negro section of Chicago,...

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Cabin of Negroes living near Jefferson, Texas. This family owned about thirty acres but were not farming it, doing day labor for a living

Cabin of Negroes living near Jefferson, Texas. This family owned about...

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Old mansion now occupied by several families of Negroes. Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Old mansion now occupied by several families of Negroes. Muskogee Coun...

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Children of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, climbing hill on country road on their way to school. Creek County, Oklahoma

Children of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, climbing hill on country r...

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Back of multi-family dwellings rented to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

Back of multi-family dwellings rented to Negroes. Chicago, Illinois

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Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois

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Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, in the House of Lords, on Monday, June 27, 1814, in moving for certain papers relative to the revival of the slave trade

Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, in the...

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The Swimming Pool. Book for children by Alice Cobb

The Swimming Pool. Book for children by Alice Cobb

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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The Swimming Pool. Book for children by Alice Cobb

The Swimming Pool. Book for children by Alice Cobb

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

Julie's Heritage. Book for children by Catherine Marshall

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Negro sharp shooters. during World War I

Negro sharp shooters. during World War I

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African troops being trained in France.

African troops being trained in France.

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At the signal box ready to sound the gas alarm; The sounding of the gas alarm quickly and accurately, when gas was detected, meant saving the lives of many men.

At the signal box ready to sound the gas alarm; The sounding of the ga...

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J. W. C. Pennington. - A black and white photo of a woman

J. W. C. Pennington. - A black and white photo of a woman

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Herman Stallings, Ship's Cook, 2c, U.S.N.R.F.; Accidentally drowned while in swimming, May 19, 1918.

Herman Stallings, Ship's Cook, 2c, U.S.N.R.F.; Accidentally drowned wh...

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A couple of people sitting on the porch of a house, Negro quarters. Vicksburg, Mississippi

A couple of people sitting on the porch of a house, Negro quarters. Vi...

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Detail of Negro house. Tupelo, Mississippi

Detail of Negro house. Tupelo, Mississippi

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A black and white photo of a small town, Negro housing. Vicksburg, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a small town, Negro housing. Vicksburg, Mis...

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View in Negro quarter. Vicksburg, Mississippi

View in Negro quarter. Vicksburg, Mississippi

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