Rare and candid photography of Black History. Both of public figures, events, and regular people.
1993 Essence Awards on April 30, 1993
Posted 2nd May 2026u/Specialist_Art2223
Ex-slaved Claire Brim posing outside of her home, Texas, 29 of September 1937
Posted 1st May 2026u/Electrical-Aspect-13
Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a striped blouse and straw hat. Photographed by Hugh Mangum, 1900s. Hugh Mangum Photographs Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
Posted 2nd May 2026u/Beginning-Passion676
A family portrait 1907
A photograph showing East African soldiers of the King's Africa Rifles taking a break after a succesful advance (WWII, East African Campaign, 1941)
Posted 2nd May 2026u/Alarmed_Business_962
Bride Photo by James Van Der Zee (1937)
Posted 1st May 2026u/Beginning-Passion676
Kodachrome shot of a family in 1960.
Black Intellectual Salons: The Diaspora Salon. Hosted annually by Black hotelier, Meryanne Loum-Martin - owner of the Jnane Tamsna in Marrakech, Morocco - this event sees the global Black community fly in to bond, network and discuss ideas pertaining to Black life and experience across nations...
Posted 1st May 2026u/TheThrowYardsAway
Centuries Of Black American Debutante Traditions: More Of Our Community's Latest Debs & Beaus - As The 2026 Black Cotillion Season Continues...
The Peets family. Lawton, Oklahoma. 1913
Posted 1st May 2026u/YesterdayMaterial194
106-year-old William Casby holding his great-great-granddaughter. He was born into slavery in Danville, Virginia, in 1857, worked as a longshoreman, and lived to be 113, photographed by Richard Avedon, 1963
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Snoo_40410
The youngest person to die in the Vietnam war as a combatant.
Posted 1st May 2026u/ateam1984
Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Premiere On January 11 1996
Posted 1st May 2026u/Specialist_Art2223
James Earl Jones as a baby, with his mother, Ruth Connolly Jones in 1932.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Beginning-Passion676
Family Photo Archives
Posted 1st May 2026u/atmeamidala
A family in Daufuskie Island, SC (photos taken by Constantine Manos in 1952)
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/unlimitedfutures
Father and daughter, Bamako, Mali, ca. 1950 - by Seydou Keïta
Mother holds the hands of her little girl to help her walk, father looks fascinated, circa 1950s.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Electrical-Aspect-13
High School student Bertha posing for a photo gift for her friend Bernetha, St. Louis, Missouri, January of 1946.
Black American Traditions: The Centuries Old History Of Quilting...
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/TheThrowYardsAway
Queen Latifah's Golden Globe Nomination Party 2003
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Specialist_Art2223
A father teaching his son to ride a bike in Central Park, New York City. ca 1973
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/UsedWelcome5903
Life without the internet wasn't bad: Brothers Richard Lucas (age 10) and John Lucas (age 8) enjoyed a neighborhood romp after a brisk Michigan snowstorm (photo taken by Ken Hamblin for the Detroit Free Press in Feb 1969)
Diana Ross and her daughter Rhonda at an airport. London, 1973.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/YesterdayMaterial194
My lineage early 1900’s
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/IllustriousBat2076
School production of Swan Lake 1990 Florida
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Beginning-Passion676
Wiley Draper and Jason Weaver on the set of An American Dream.
Pam Grier, ca. 1970s
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/UsedWelcome5903
Photographer John H. White took and titled this photo "Children Sleeping in Chair" for the DOCUMERICA project (photo taken in 1972)
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/unlimitedfutures
Little baby with lots of energy, gives big smiles and laughs, circa 1940s. Photo with and without bonnet.
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Electrical-Aspect-13
Pam Grier in Coffy 1973
An American Civil War veteran with his grandchildren.
17 young that were order to be integrated at schools in Norfolk, Va, 1959. Names in comment.
Black American Owned & Operated Banks: City First Bank (Est. 1998). Currently one of America's wealthiest Black banks - with over $1.3 Billion in assets and approx $818 million in deposits - City First is an MDI and CDFI with branches spanning DC and California...
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/TheThrowYardsAway
Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the super soaker awarded $73M in unpaid royalties - 21 years after inventing it
"Yes, I'm an extremist. The Black race here in North America is in extremely bad condition. You show me a Black man who isn't an extremist and l'Il show you one who needs psychiatric attention." —Malcolm X
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/__african__motvation
"Michael Jackson [...] refused to perpetuate the whitewashed narrative of Kemet. Despite Steven Spielberg's [...] refusal to support the production of the short film-music video, Michael Jackson stayed resolute. He personally financed his own film to create the classic "Do You Remember the Time."
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/JohnSmithCANDo
This couple dedicated over 60 years to creating animated content for Black children worldwide… ❤️ Meet Willie Hudlin and Leo Sullivan—two pioneers who helped shape representation in animation when it was nearly nonexistent for Black audiences. Together, they worked behind the scenes to bring Black
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/OsuwonHairGrowth
Portrait of an unidentified young woman. Photographed between 1884-1910. Alvan S. Harper Collection. State Library and Archives of Florida Photographic Collection.
Model/Actress Pam Grier posing for some shots to appear in "Jet" Magazine, 1973.
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/Electrical-Aspect-13
Chaka and her daughter with the Capitol Records Tower in the background. 1975
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/YesterdayMaterial194
Aaliyah, Twista, and Brandy. 1997
Rapper Too Short In 1987
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Specialist_Art2223
The story of Recy Taylor!
1911.Three women from Guadeloupe standing at the ferry dock outside the main entrance of Ellis Island on April 6, 1911 before passing through on their way to Canada.
Posted 28th Apr 2026u/CryptographerKey2847
Cotton workers on the roadside in Arkansas, 1936, walking with everything they own.
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