Queen Esther

ART SHAY, CHICAGO, IL, AUGUST 5, 1969. Chicago, Art Shay. Black Panther member pointing to a bullet-riddled door leading to the local headquarters of the Black Panther Party. Chapters nationwide experienced constant raids and trumped-up charges by local law enforcement agencies and the FBI.

Shrimper & Son, c.1978 by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe The father and son are photographed on Daufuskie Island, located off the coast of South Carolina and are of Gullah Geechee heritage.

Untitled, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina (woman in yard), 1952 by Constantine Manos

Photographer unknown

Untitled, Sharecroppers, South Carolina (1965) by Constantine Manos

Gullah-Geechhee gospel singer, Bessie Jones of the Georgia Sea Island Singers. St. Simons Island, Georgia. Photography by Paul Conklin.

The Poor People’s March on Washington of 1968 was organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and demanded economic justice and human rights for poor Americans of diverse backgrounds. 

“Men Watch Three Young Women Pluck Feathers from Chickens”, Edisto Island, South Carolina, 1956 by Walter Sanders

Natchez, Mississippi... (1940)

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE in COW-COW BOOGIE — 1942, dir. Josef Berne

Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett (c. 1820–1871) was the first African American instructor at Harvard University and oversaw the college's gymnasium. He was the first superintendent of physical education in American higher education. Hewlett was the instructor and curator of the college gymnasium from its construction in 1859 until his death in 1871.

Female tap dancing duo 'Pepper & Candi' (Jewel ‘Pepper’ Welsh & Mildred ‘Candi’ Thorpe), 1938 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Black Panther Food Program in 1972.

Coal miner’s daughter doing the family wash. All the water must be carried from up the hill. Bertha Hill, West Virginia. 1938.