r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago
Mother posing with his son who poses proudly in his uniform, Junction city, Kansas, 1917. Glass negative
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 15h ago
A wedding in a refugee camp near Khartoum. (Sudan, 1995)
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Pcriz • 14h ago
Merry Clayton (American gospel and soul singer) listening to her raw vocals from the Rolling Stones song “Gimme Shelter”
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This is a clip from the movie 20 Feet from Stardom, this Oscar-winning 2013 documentary directed by Morgan Neville that shines a spotlight on the untold stories and vital contributions of background singers in popular music.
r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 8h ago
Black American Traditions: Young Black Men At Their Beautillions...
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 13h ago
Nurse Training School at Good Samaritan Hospital, Class of 1923. Photograph by Richard Samuel Roberts, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago
Slightly scared girl poses for her photo while clutching a squeez toy for security, Newark, New Jersey 1964.
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 12h ago
Historic Black American Business Dynasties; The Downing Dynasty. One of the most powerful Black business families in 1800s New York & the very origin of America's Oyster fine dining culture...
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 14h ago
Beautiful Black American Neighborhoods: Woodmore - Maryland. This affluent suburb, with a Black majority of over 80%, is renowned as one of the most desirable, community oriented settings in all of Black America...
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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 13h ago
July 1962. For the first State Visit of President William V.S. Tubman and First Lady Antoinette Tubman of Liberia, West Africa, the British royals pull out all the stops...
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Historical Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tubman