1,372 Free Photos of African American History

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Rosa, an emancipated slave from New Orleans - (photographed) by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647849
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647857
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647861
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647856
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647862
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Doctor consults with patient (7)
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Colonel Robert Shaw, sitting, facing right) - Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston LCCN2010647751
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Cardozo High School, Washington, DC. High School Victory Corps, 06-1943 - NARA - 512754
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Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two Negro youngsters look over the shoulders of a couple of fortunate enough... - NARA - 532226
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African American paratroopers preparing to jump from a Douglas C-47 on a wildfire in Wallowa Forest
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Emancipation - G. G. Fish, pinx. ; J.P. Soule, photo. LCCN2010647926
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Children at Lookout Mountain) - R. M. Linn, Gallery Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain LCCN2010647796
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647893
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Rebecca, an emancipated slave from New Orleans - photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647898
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647852
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Rebecca, an emancipated slave from New Orleans - photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647843
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Rebecca, an emancipated slave, from New Orleans - photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647847
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Hoola Hoop, 1962 - NARA - 558912
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White and black slaves from New Orleans - photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647897
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John Sharper - S. B. Brown, photographer, 101 Westminster St., Providence, R.I. LCCN2010647911
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African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House LCCN2017648717
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African American students in mattress-making class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. LCCN2001703731
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African-American women weaving rug in home economics class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. LCCN2001703888
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African-American workers laying railroad ties for spur line, 1942 (27255092036)
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Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. - photographed and for sale by H.P. Moore, Concord, N.H. LCCN2010647789
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Ada Peters Brown, aged 7 months - less 3 days - W.T.& B. LCCN2010647818
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Newberry County, South Carolina. View of one-teacher (African-American) schoolhouse in Newberry Cou . . . - NARA - 522778
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Slave Hunters
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Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. LCCN97510140
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U.S. Army Infantry troops, African American unit, marching northwest of Verdun, France, in World War I LCCN96510701
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Rosa, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647895
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647853
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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York. LCCN2010647860
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Couple preparing for bike ride (1)
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Palmer Hayden, painting - NARA - 559179
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Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia. (African-American) family has taken over this decaying ma . . . - NARA - 521415
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Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. (African-American) cotton pickers plant in brush. - NARA - 522043
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Marching on!-The Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Colored Regiment singing John Brown's March in the streets of Charleston, February 21, 1865 LCCN92515015
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R. Nathaniel Dett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front LCCN2008677099
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Keep Us Flying: Tuskegee Airman William Diez is featured in this World War II plea for Americans to buy war bonds. The poster is one of a series of patriotic posters sponsored by the Office of War Information.
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Memorial black history
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Black History Month
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Spectators at zoological park. Detroit, Michigan, July 1942
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Color bearers of the famous 369th (African American) regiment at beginning of parade in honor of the . . . - NARA - 533537
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African American school children at work on a craft project LCCN2001699121
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African American woman with basket on head walking near railroad tracks LOC npcc.03780
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Cooks galley , Co. F, 3D N. H. V., Hilton Head, S. C. LCCN2010651625
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Great Central Sanitary fair buildings, Logan Square, Philadelphia LCCN2010647762
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Incidents of the war, group at Secret Service Department Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862 LCCN2010651647
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Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Co.) - Goff, photographer, Fort Cust(e)r, Mont LCCN2010645137
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Buffalo soldier, full-length portrait, standing, crossed rifles on kepi, ring on pinky finger LCCN2010645148
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Richmond, Va. First African Church (Broad Street) LOC cwpb.02905
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The Banjo - Ferris, pinxt ; Photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chest(...). LCCN2010647934
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Eight African American children, in kindergarten, learning washing and ironing at Whittier Primary School, Hampton, Virginia LCCN98514248
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Howard A. Wooten., ca. 12-1944 - NARA - 512886
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Woman holding up spoon at boy, with mask, who is scaring young girl; African American woman peeling potatoes LCCN2003675177
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367th Regiment Infantry, The Buffaloes, presented with colors. The Buffaloes singing the Nation . . . - NARA - 533578
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Dutch Gap Canal, James River - Geo. O. Ennis, photographer. LCCN2010647756
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Mary Allen Watson, 15, June, 1866 - Disbrow & Few, Photographers, Albion, N. Y. LCCN2010647819
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Unidentified African American recruits for the 15th New York National Guard Regiment heading to Camp Upton, New York LCCN2017648706
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Unidentified African American prisoner-of-war in uniform and helmet with German soldier LCCN2017648702
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Unidentified Union soldier in frock coat, private, kepi, 3rd-5th buttons open on coat LCCN96510913
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Radical members of the first legislature after the war, South Carolina LCCN97504690
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Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y. LCCN2010647892
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Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, slave children from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y. LCCN2010647896
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Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave children from New Orleans - Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y. LCCN2010647863
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There Were No Crops This Year - NARA - 559143
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Infantry sergeant, Buffalo soldier, with young girl) - Pollock, Main & Gold Sts., Deadwood, Dakota LCCN2010645134
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American Worker: A Black shipyard worker who helps build Liberty Ships at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943.
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Sailor with cigar in hand holding a double case image of confederate soldiers LCCN2002719391
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First black nurses land in England
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Family eating lunch (3)
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Isaac and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans - photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. LCCN2010647889
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Unidentified African American soldier in uniform and service hat on train with signs reading We got the Kaiser and Just arrived St. Louis LCCN2017648693
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Black man, civilian, holding colt army revolver, ring on pinky finger, dred locks LCCN2002719393
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A Virginia slave child in 1863 - Van Dorn, photograph artist, 285 Fulton St., Brooklyn. LCCN2010647900
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A group of soldiers, and two young men, one an African American, stand outside of log cabin quarters LCCN2013647883
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Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri LCCN2010647218
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Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., 1899 - male and female African American and Indian students in Ancient History class studying Egypt LCCN2001703810
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Just after stepping out of Ft. Benning (GA) Theater No. 4 at the conclusion of the 16th O.C.S. graduating exercises, 2n - NARA - 531137
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Steward's Mates School at NAS Seattle, WA. Marching under the direction of Chief Steward Robert Nargrove., 04-1944 - NARA - 520647
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A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke. When the main body - NARA - 531141
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War Camp Community Service. Newport News. Four soldiers seated. American Library Association. Bo . . . - NARA - 533562
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Chi Town Dapper: Portrait of a man on 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.
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Companions: Young girl with her cat in the kitchen of her home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing relief for Black Americans. Arlington, Virginia, April 1942.
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Playground Street: A Black neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. March 1943
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Members of the Courts Martial of 64 African American soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment on trial at Fort Sam Houston on 23 August 1917, from- Largest Murder Trial in the History of the U.S. (...) - NARA - 533485 (cropped)
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Parade of returned fighters of the famous 369th (African American) Infantry at the Flatiron Building . . . - NARA - 533510
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Christmas Dance at Negro Service Club, 12-23-1943 - NARA - 531180
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1909th Engineers Aviation Battalion (Negro) aboard LST 683., 08-15-1945 - NARA - 520691
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367th Regiment Infantry, The Buffaloes, presented with colors. Marching up Fifth Avenue, New York . . . - NARA - 533580
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Alaska - Klondike - Devil's Bluff portage in the canyon near Sheep Camp; group of 8 African Americans and Whites making portage LCCN2006690157
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African American workers doing laundry at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing LCCN2006692523
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Couple preparing for bike ride
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Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA General, half-length portrait, facing front LCCN2010647758
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Iron mask, collar, leg shackles and spurs used to restrict slaves LCCN98504457
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