Friday, July 30, 2010

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Shine Mister? | 1899

Shine Mister? | 1899

African American boy holding out shoe shine box. V.G. Schreck  Read More →

Williams & Walker | 1900s

Williams & Walker | 1900s

Photograph of Bert A. Williams and George Walker. Randolph Simpson African American collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript... [Read More]

Showgirl, 1922

Showgirl, 1922

Photograph of Clotilde in Sam Robinson “We’ve Got It Co.” Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke... [Read More]

N.A.A.C.P. Ball, 1912

N.A.A.C.P. Ball, 1912

The photograph presumably depicted an N.A.A.C.P. event, the 1912 Mid-Winter Assembly, in Baltimore, Maryland. A young W.E.B.... [Read More]

A Dollar and Ten ‘Gone…with the Wind,’ 1947

An early civil rights group picket of the movie, “Gone with the Wind,” showing at the uptown Lincoln Theater, Washington... [Read More]