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A couple in Harlem. James Van Der Zee, 1932.
George Stewart. Gordon Parks, 1949.
The Mid-Winter Assembly in Baltimore. Addison Scurlock, 1912.
Toussaint at Ennery. Jacob Lawrence, 1989.
The Burning. Jacob Lawrence, 1997.
General Toussaint L’Ouverture, a statesman and military genius, was esteemed by the Spaniards, feared by the English, dreaded by the French, hated by the planters, and revered by the Blacks. Jacob Lawrence, 1986.
The Mu-So-Lit Club’s Lincoln-Douglass Dinner. Addison Scurlock, 1940.
John C. Norman, a freshman at Howard University. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Two co-ed students on the campus. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
A meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Howard University. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Eugene Brown, a business major at Howard University. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Students studying in the Reading Room of Howard University Library. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Women's tennis class at Howard University. Addison Scurlock, Circa 1930s.
The Howard University campus and students. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Women's tennis at Howard University. Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1946.
Nirvana. Nirvana, 2002.
Arthur Ashe. 1963.
Serve!. Christoph Niemann for The New Yorker, 2016.
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. C.L.R. James, 1938.
Tennis in the Bahamas. Slim Aarons, 1957.
Berkeley Breathes.
The Official Preppy Handbook. Lisa Birnbach, 1980.
Let My People Go. Aaron Douglas, 1939.
1912.
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Howlin' Wolf, 1971.
Henry Graham, the University of Michigan’s first African American varsity tennis player, is pictured standing at the far right in a team photo. 1928.
Slave Ship. Romare Bearden, 1977.
From The New Yorker. William Hamilton, 1973.
Preface from The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. C.L.R. James, 1938.
Arthur Ashe riding the New York City Subway, one day after winning the 1968 US Open. John G. Zimmerman, 1968.
Black Mother and Child. Romare Bearden, 1970.
Pages 48-49 from The Official Preppy Handbook. Lisa Birnbach, 1980.
The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain. Jacob Lawrence, 1941.
Lance Gibbs arriving on a plane at Heathrow. 1968.
Civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was a Howard University graduate, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party. Lisl Steiner, 1967.
The New Negro. Alain Locke, 1925.
Jack. Marcia Marcus, 1964.
Portrait of the African American artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). Anthony Barboza, 1972.
Clive Sullivan, the first Black captain of the Great Britain national rugby league team, led The Lions to victory at the 1972 Rugby League World Cup. 1968.
Sade. 1990.
Carlton Hotel. Slim Aarons, 1958.
Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style. Jason Jules and Graham Marsh, 2021.
American philosopher Alain Locke was a Harvard University graduate, Rhodes Scholar, father of the Harlem Renaissance, and professor at Howard University. Gordon Parks, 1941.
African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Compiled by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois for the 1900 Paris Exposition. Circa 1899-1900.
Data visualization for the 1900 Paris Exposition. Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Circa 1899-1900.
Seven women preparing to play in the New York State Negro Tennis Championships at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in Harlem. 1915.
Circa 1920s-1930s.
Tennis great Arthur Ashe reads a paper while doing a wash. Rowland Scherman, Circa 1960s.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was paired with top-ranked Arthur Ashe on the left in an exhibition doubles tennis match at a block party near Lincoln Park in northeast Washington. Bob Schutz, 1967.
The Benson and Hedges Book of Racing Colours. Jockeys' Association of Great Britain Ltd., 1973.
Massacre in Boston. Jacob Lawrence, 1955.
Arthur Ashe signs autographs for children. Rowland Scherman, 1965.
After a deadly riot in East St. Louis, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized the Silent Protest March. 1917.
Exhibition tour to 14 cities. 1938.
Saitch, Smith, McGriff, and Downing. 1924.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and future Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry during a civil rights strategy and planning conference at Atlanta University. Howard Sochurek, 1960.
Senegalese Boy. Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1929.
The Octoroon Girl. Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1925.
Flying Torpedo is being positioned for viewing in a paddock by an African American jockey and handler at Harlem Race Track (formerly Harlem Jockey Club). The track is located near Roosevelt Road and Hannah Avenue in Forest Park (formerly the Village of Harlem), Illinois. 1903.
West Indian cricketer Alf Valentine. Carl Sutton, 1950.
West Indian cricket team member Herman Griffith in England. 1933.
Arthur Ashe plays Charlie Pasarell at the Lincoln Park block party. 1967.
George Stewart. Gordon Parks, 1949.
Wendy George, a legacy member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, is the aunt of our founder and creative director, Theodore McFail. Circa 1980s.