/r/BlackHistoryPhotos
Rare and candid photography of Black History. Both of public figures, events, and regular people.
Rare photos of Black history figures, both public figures and regular people. Pre-photography artwork is fine! When posting, add any relevant information in the title, and include your source if you can!
CHECK THE COMMENTS! Many times there is a lot more to the story behind the photograph, and it can be found in the comments section.
Please note that abusive comments will be removed.
Related links/sources where you can find some of these photos:
reddit!
/r/blackpower /r/blackculture /r/pics /r/historyporn /r/SupportBOBS
Other (with acronyms for easy source-naming):
BIB Black is really beautiful, and we must be proud of it - Facebook page
BT Black Then
AAG AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Geneaology
AHC African Heritage City - Facebook page
APHOT Awesome People Hanging Out Together
BIO Biography.com - Black History Photos
VBG Vintage Black Glamour - Facebook page / Tumblr
VIB Vintage Black Women - Flickr group
JA Jadili Africa - facebook page
PBS by HGD Positive Black Stories by Heru G. Duenas (fb)
RBHP Robert's Black Heritage Page (fb)
PAE Pan-African Education (fb)
DBHF Daily Black History Facts (fb)
BHPA Black Historical Photo Archive (fb)
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“Not only does the enemy make you ignorant...he makes you want to love ignorance and hate knowledge.” ~Kwame Ture
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The first.. congrats!
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Unidentified woman, Topeka Kansas, c. 1926-30. From a photo album of Topeka hotel workers on the job and at home, held by Denver Art Museum. Link to more images & backstory in comments.
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School integration was not that long ago
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Be careful
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Before he was hanged, South African freedom fighter, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu said; "My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Tell my people that I love them. They must continue the fight, Aluta Continua"
Before he was hanged, South African freedom fighter, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu said; "My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Tell my people that I love them. They must continue the fight, Aluta Continua"
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You can't hate the roots of a tree, and not hate the tree. You can not hate AFRIÇA, and not hate YOURSELF. ~Malcolm X
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Tuskegee Institute students constructing a roof on campus, c. 1902. Big image, zoom in for detail
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Beauty contestants on a parade float in Chicago's Bud Billiken parade, August 1973; photo by John H. White
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Simpson Industrial Home of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C., c. 1899
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Nothing says "The Seventies" like an oversized funk band in Mardi Gras costumes - Parliament-Funkadelic, about 1976. George Clinton standing at far right.
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Freedom House paramedics of Pittburgh's Hill District, c.1970s. A governor's heart attack and a city's riot demonstrated the importance of having fully trained paramedics independent of hospitals, and they filled this need. Backstory in comments.
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A Sudanese warrior from the Bishārīn clan, a sub-section of the Beja people of the Red Sea Hills, 1880s, probably about the same time as the Siege Of Khartoum. Big image; zoom in for detail
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Mary Annette Anderson, center, the 1899 valedictorian at Middlebury College, later a Howard University professor, and the first African-American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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The 1956 graduating class of cosmetologist Dr. Ruth Gordon's Poro School
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Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, in uniform with green sash, at the graveside service of U. S. President John F. Kennedy, November 25th, 1963
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Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie being welcomed to Oklahoma, June 1954. The visit was a courtesy in return for agricultural aid received from Oklahoma State University some years prior.
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Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was an American mail carrier who was the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States.
She drank whiskey, swore often, and smoked handmade cigars. She wore pants under her skirt and a gun under her apron. At six feet tall and two hundred pounds, she was an intimidating woman, a rebel, a Legend - Mary Fields.
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