2,724 Free Photos of African American

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803rd Pioneer Infantry on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship), from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 34 LCCN2010651614
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Gordon, scourged back, NPG, 1863
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Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders of the march.) - NARA - 542000
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Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida in Suwanee county, 1936.
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SC 196105-S - This M-4 medium tank is put thru the (?) in the mud by members of the Motor transport unit, near Nancy, France. 5 November, 1944.
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James Johnson, Vicksburg, MIssissippi, can tell you what a Red Cross canteen meant to him. - NARA - 533566
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Ice Cream Social: A mother and child with an ice cream cone in front of the bank in San Augustine, Texas. April 1943.
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SC 196110-S- T/4 Claude Mann, Chicago, ILL, is the driver of an M-4 tank attached to a motor transport unit, near Nacy, France. 5 November, 1944.
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Drafted men from Galesburg, Illinois. - NARA - 533619
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Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, five years of age as she appeared when found in slavery. Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine (i.e., Catherine) S. Lawrence; baptized LCCN2010651629
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Bust portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front) - J.P. Ball's Photographic Gallery, No. 30 West 4th St., between Main and Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, O LCCN2010647785
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Saluting the flag at the Whittier Primary School LCCN2001703861 (cropped)
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest Harbor, France, July 18, 1919) no. 30, U.S.S. Philippine LCCN2010651620
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 32 LCCN2010651613
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At a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C. 1940.
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Freedmans Village near Arlington Hights, Va., July 10th, 1865. Genl. (ground) Plan No. 9. - NARA - 305826
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These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on account of color - J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. LCCN2010647870
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A gun crew of six Negroes who were given the Navy Cross for standing by their gun when their ship was damaged by enemy - NARA - 520688
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These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on account of color - J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. LCCN2010647868
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Unidentified soldier of 23rd New York Infantry Regiment smoking a pipe and unidentified African American man, probably a servant, with sword, sitting in front of tent) - Brady, New York LCCN2016652228
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 29 LCCN2010651617
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CH-NB - USA, Cincinnati-OH- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-10-100
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The Soloist: A One man tin can band during a wartime blackout. San Francisco, California, December 1941.
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Sunday Best: Congregation of a Black church in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 1941.
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 29 LCCN2010651612
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180517-N-ZG607-0051 - LT Pamela Resurreccion, USN
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CH-NB - USA, Cincinnati-OH- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-10-098
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Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine S. Lawrence. Baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May 1863. Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years LCCN2010647882
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SC 337400 - Lt. Col. Nolan Troxell, 1609 Olive St., Little Rock, Arkansas, veteran combat officer explains the tactics of infantry warfare to a group of Negro soldiers, all volunteers from service units.
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Freedmen's school, Edisto Island, S.C.) - Samuel A. Cooley, photographer, Savannah, Ga., Hilton Head, S.C., Beaufort, S.C LCCN2010647918 (cropped)
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-165
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-186
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Photograph of an unidentified African-American youth with a wreath at the entrance to the Lincoln Memorial, during... - NARA - 199492
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African American woman identified as Aunt Fannie, servant of the Lott family) - Fredricks & O'Neil, Fifth Avenue Photograph Gallery, 179 Fifth Avenue, New York ; L.D. Fredricks ; John LCCN2017660617
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Jewels found at Alexandria, by the Federal Army; consisting of chains, bracelets, and anklets. Supposed to have belonged to the First Families of Virginia - S.C. Upham, 310 Chestnut St. LCCN2010652102 (cropped)
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Company of (African American) troops that make up labor battalion, Governor's Island, New York. - NARA - 533589
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-163
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-185
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-164
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171207-N-BB261-0072 - Framed photograph of the late CPO Joseph George, USN
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Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (A male marcher.) - NARA - 542034
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A Company of Negro recruits which has been entered in the Hall of Fame at the Great Lakes, Illinois Naval Training... - NARA - 520605
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Farm Aid: A Home supervisor writing out a check for a FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Saint Mary's County, Maryland. September 1940.
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Hot All Nite: Young man with his bicycle on 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.
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SC 364048 - Lt. William J. Gaines, Newport, RI., and Lt. Frank James, Wharton, Texas, both of the 630th Ord. Ammo Co., examine nose plugs on 155 mm shells at 630th Ord. Ammo Depot in Seoul, Korea.
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Freezing Down: Stevedores along the riverfront in Saint Louis, Missouri, January 1939.
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). U.S.S. Philippine LCCN2010651621
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). U.S.S. Philippine LCCN2010651616
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Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Recreational center in (African-American . . . - NARA - 521664
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Full-length portrait of a soldier, identified in inscription as Pvt. C. Kelsey, Company C, 152nd New York Volunteers) - J.P. Ball, 30 W. 4th St LCCN2010647782
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CH-NB - USA, Charleston-SC- Menschen - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-168
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Freedmans Village near Arlington Hights, Va., July 10th, 1865. Genl. (ground) Plan No. 9. - NARA - 305826 (cropped)
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Lieutenant Jimmie (James Reese) Europe and his famous jazz band of the 369th (African American) Infa . . . - NARA - 533521
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Paynes Crossing Historic Marker
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Celluloid Palace: Scene outside a movie theater on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. April 1941.
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Young couple moving in at Homesteads built as part of the New Deal housing and work programs. Newport News, Virginia, 1937.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church - AKA - St. Mary's, Foggy Bottom or St. Mary's Chapel, is a historic Episcopal church - 730 23rd Street, N.W. - Washington DC - UnitedStates
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Hazel Scott on December 17, 1943 playing at Naval Station Great Lakes - 80-G-294759 (28080175326) (cropped)
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Peleliu Island...Marines move through the trenches on the beach during the battle., 09-15-1944 - NARA - 532535
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Meridian Hill Park. View showing texture of concrete in lower wall. Maid with small children in view. Washington... - NARA - 513481
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Virginia, Petersburg, Fancy Group, Army of the Potomac - NARA - 533350
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Hall Monitor: The corridor between classes at Central High School. A teacher watching to see that the students keep in order. Charlotte Court House, Virginia, June 1943
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SC 329821 - The .50 cal. machine gun and crew of the 90th Coastal Artillery are temporarily stationed at Oujda, North Africa, near U.S. Fifth Army headquarters upon the request of the Sultan of Morocco for his protection during his visit there.
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Arnold R. Fesser, oiler, 17 years at sea, `We got a big job to do until this war is won. We will keep them sailing unti - NARA - 542400
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Lt. B. Holmes instructing cadres in the art of parry and long thrust in bayonet practice. Left to right, T-Sgt. Leroy S - NARA - 531140
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 16, 803rd Pioneer Infantry band LCCN98501232
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Country residence (Idle Hour) for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, Oakdale, Long Island, New York). (Kitchen and servants' rooms addition). (Elevation) - Richard M. Hunt, architect, New LCCN2010647867
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C-780 - Capt. James H. Page, Los Angeles, California, attached to the 92nd (Negro) Div., Medical Supply, stands in an incompleted ship turret bearing Nazi emblem in a shipyard near Viareggo, Italy.
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SC 364030 - Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond (left) CG X Corps, stops to talk to Pfc. James H. Gatewood, Huntington, W.Va., (right) 2nd Bn., 9th Inf. Regt., 2nd Inf. Div...
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803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship), from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919). no. 14, Bugler's blues LCCN2010651610
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Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of age ... - R. S. De Lamater, photographer, 258 Main St., 3 doors above Post Office, Hartford, CT. LCCN2010647886
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PO2 (SW) Mendoza, USN
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Fort Stewart, Georgia. Female Crew Chief. SP4 Debbie Bonillia, 132d Avn Company, is a Crew Chief for the Army CH47... - NARA - 531468
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SC 364565 - Sgt. John C. Clark, Lorman, Miss., and S/Sgt. Ford M. Shaw, Tuscon, Arizo., (l-r) clean their rifles in bivouac area alongside the (illegible) Trail, Bogainville.
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SC 364047 - (L-R) Cpl. Willie Nears, Pasadena, Calif., Sgt. Jeorge T. Hilyard, San Pedro, Calif., and Sgt. George Pettis, Philadelphia, Pa., members of 630th Ord. Ammo Co., examine captured Chinese ammo at Seoul.
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James Henry Lane (1814-1866), politician and leader of the Free State Party of Kansas, full-length portrait, with gun) - from photographic negative, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery LCCN2010647936
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Children of migrant field worker. Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. 1942
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Vanguard of new york conscripts arrive at Camp Upton, Long Island. One thousand-nine hundred-forty . . . - NARA - 533526
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Admiral John Richardson with navy sailors, March 2018
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SC 329839 - Members of the 758th Light Tank Bn. (Colored) fire their 75mm howitzer in support of infantry movements on the Fifth Army front. 4 April, 1945.
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Map Quest: Florida migrants studying a road map before leaving Elizabeth City, North Carolina for the state of Delaware, 1940.
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Charles Smoot family in front of house 1908 (3196829950)
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170421-N-LI768-058 - CAPT Mark A. Melson, USN
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Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders marching.) - NARA - 542001
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Coosa Valley, Alabama. Interior of FSA temporary home occupied by (African-American) tenant. - NARA - 522639
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... WAAC cooks prepare dinner for the first time in new kitchen at Fort Huachuca, Arizona., 12-05-1942 - NARA - 531152
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Negro sailors of the USS MASON commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which is... - NARA - 520644
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Domestic servants waiting for a streetcar on their way to work early in the morning. Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Georgia 1939.
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Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake
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An MP on motorcycle stands ready to answer all calls around his area. Columbus, Georgia - NARA - 531136restoredh
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A FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower building a new gate for his yard. Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama, 1939.
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Corner Pockets: Portrait of a man on the corner of 44th and State Streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.
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Morning Rush: Workers hurrying to catch a conveyance for work at seven a.m. Baltimore, Maryland, April 1943.
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Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647765
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Famous New York (African American) soldiers return home. Lieutenant James Reese Europe, for years S . . . - NARA - 533575
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Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, five years of age as she appeared when found in slavery. Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine (i.e., Catherine) S. Lawrence; baptized LCCN2010651630
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Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647766
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Jesse L. Berch, quartermaster sergeant, 22 Wisconsin Regiment of Racine, Wis. (and) Frank M. Rockwell, postmaster 22 Wisconsin of Geneva, Wis. - J. P. Ball's Photographic Gallery, No. 30 LCCN2008678814
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