A snapshot of life: New York City, circa 1959.
A snapshot of life from New York City, circa 1959. — Source: Rizzuto, Angelo, photographer. African American young people sharing a laugh while riding the subwa...
A snapshot of life from New York City, circa 1959. — Source: Rizzuto, Angelo, photographer. African American young people sharing a laugh while riding the subwa...
“The education that I received at Hampton out of the text-books was but a small part of what I learned there. One of the things that impressed itself upon...
Portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, an American sculptor, best known for her sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln. The statue was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol Rotu...
“I’ll be in Detroit two more weeks. I would like to tell you every thing that happened to me since the last time we saw each other, but most of them...
Portrait photograph of a woman in Bahia, Brazil. Taken in 1880. — “Portrait of a woman, Brazil, 1880.” source: Schomburg Center for Research in Blac...
Anna Julia Cooper was an example for all and a teacher to many. Born enslaved in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1858, she started school at the age of nine. Nearly...
It was Hollywood’s glamor time, and Liza Mendel was Hollywood’s glamor woman. Tall, poised, with a radiating smile, people stopped and stared when s...
Portrait of Conquering Bear, a Native American Oglala Sioux (Lakota), 1899. — “Portrait of Conquering Bear, an Oglala Sioux, 1899” sources: Po...
Born to enslaved parents in 1864, Charles Young grew up in Ripley, Ohio, where the family moved after his father was discharged from the 5th United States Color...
Shattered nerves and alcohol. That’s what became life for Wilbur Jones, a man once known for his wide smile and many friendships. Back in those brighter d...