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Oct 29, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Photographs from the book and series ‘Black Farmers in America’ by John Francis Ficara (1999-2002)
Photographs from the book and series ‘Black Farmers in America’ by John Francis Ficara (1999-2002)
Mar 15, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Photographs from the ‘Maxwell Street’ series by James Newberry (1967-1973) via the Chicago History Museum
Photographs from the ‘Maxwell Street’ series by James Newberry (1967-1973) via the Chicago History Museum
Jan 14, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Railroad Junction in Yemassee, South Carolina. Photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1942) via the LIFE Photo Collection
Railroad Junction in Yemassee, South Carolina. Photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1942)
Jan 13, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Photographs from the series “Portrait of a Chicago Community 1966-1976” by Kevin Harris and Jimmy Ellis via the Museum of Public Art
Photographs from the series “Portrait of a Chicago Community 1966-1976” by Kevin Harris and Jimmy Ellis
Jan 11, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Laicos Club in Montgomery, Alabama. Photographs by Jim Peppler (1960s) via the Alabama Department of Archives & History
Laicos Club in Montgomery, Alabama. Photographs by Jim Peppler (1960s)
Jan 7, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., and Brock Peters in Porgy and Bess (1959)
Photographs by Gjon Mili via the LIFE Photo Collection.
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Jan 6, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
The family of Boyd Jones in Greene County, Georgia (1941)
Photographs by Jack Delano via the Library of Congress.
The family of Boyd Jones in Greene County, Georgia (1941)
Jan 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Albany, Georgia. Color slides by Jan Rosenberg (1990) via the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Library
Albany, Georgia. Color slides by Jan Rosenberg (1990)
Jan 5, 2022 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Martha Simms.
Portraits from the Holsinger Studio Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia by Rufus W. Holsinger (circa 1908-1920) via the University of Virginia Library
Portrait of Florine Scott
Nov 15, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Bainbridge, Georgia. Photographs by Paul Kwilecki taken in various parts of Decatur County (1961-1980) via the Duke Digital Library
Bainbridge, Georgia. Photographs by Paul Kwilecki taken in various parts of Decatur County (1961-1980) via the Duke Digital Library
Nov 12, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The Holsinger Studio Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photographs by Rufus W. Holsinger (circa 1908-1918).
This collection is held in the Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library.
The Holsinger Studio Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photographs by Rufus W. Holsinger (circa 1908-1918).
This collection is held in the Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library.
Nov 11, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
The 369th Regiment at Fort Ontario. Photographs by George Strock (1941) via the LIFE Photo Collection
The 369th Regiment at Fort Ontario. Photographs by George Strock (1941) via the LIFE Photo Collection
Nov 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Muhammad Ali in Florida. Photographs by John Shearer (1971) via the LIFE Photo Collection
Muhammad Ali in Florida. Photographs by John Shearer (1971) via the LIFE Photo Collection
Oct 31, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Million Man March. Photographs by Roderick Terry (1995) via the @NMAAHC digital collection.
Million Man March. Photographs by Roderick Terry (1995) via the @NMAAHC digital collection.
Oct 29, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Los Angeles. Photographs by Charles Williams (taken during the late 1940s-1960s) via the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center collection at CSUN
Los Angeles. Photographs by Charles Williams (taken during the late 1940s-1960s) via the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center collection at CSUN
Oct 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Chicago. Photographs by Robert Sengstacke (1967-1970)
Chicago. Photographs by Robert Sengstacke (1967-1970)
Oct 25, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Greenville, North Carolina.
Photographs from the ‘Daily Reflector’ taken during the 1950s and 1960s via the East Carolina University digital collection.
Greenville, North Carolina.
Photographs from the ‘Daily Reflector’ taken during the 1950s and 1960s via the East Carolina University digital collection.
Oct 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Photographs featured in the book, “Mississippi History” — a series that highlights Mississippians throughout the 1980s and 1990s, by Maude Schuyler Clay.
Photographs featured in the book, “Mississippi History” — a series that highlights Mississippians throughout the 1980s and 1990s, by Maude Schuyler Clay.
Oct 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Boston. Photographs by Jack Lueders-Booth (1980s)
Boston. Photographs by Jack Lueders-Booth (1980s)
Oct 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Boston. Photographs by Jack Lueders-Booth (1980s)
Boston. Photographs by Jack Lueders-Booth (1980s)
Sep 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Students of Kent State.
Photographs by Lafayette Tolliver (1969-1971) via the Kent State University library.
Students of Kent State.
Photographs by Lafayette Tolliver (1969-1971) via the Kent State University library.