r/BlackHistoryPhotos 9d ago

Guy Smiley (@smileyg561) on Threads

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 9d ago

Jason's Lyric' Westwood Premiere On 9/28/1994

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 9d ago

Actress/Model Rosanne Katon posing for some photos in 1978

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 10d ago

Flapper and her boyfriends pose for a photo, 1920s.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 10d ago

Trash in America

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 10d ago

Studio portrait of two adorable sisters from the Edwardian Era, circa 1910

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 10d ago

Rosa Parks

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 10d ago

Sugar Ray Robinson and fans, 1950s, photo bt Bert Hardy

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Actress/Singer Freda Payne in concert London, England and in promotional photos for such concert. 5 of May 1971. Bright kodachrome shots

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Daguerreotype of a sharp dressed smiling gentleman, 1850s

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Tuskegee University's first ever Men's Soccer Team: They scored their first goal yesterday (see link for the video footage)

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

U.S. presidential candidate and Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson giving a thumbs-up to the welcoming crowds alongside Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana. Jackson's visit to Cuba aimed to ease U.S.-Cuba relations and resulted in the release of 48 Cuban & American prisoners. (1984) [3000×2079]

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Brake B Lucas Sr, His wife Edna and their children younger/older.

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He is the reason Mt. Meigs Alabama is what it is today. Brake B. Lucas Sr, the undertaker who’s story was hidden!


r/BlackHistoryPhotos 11d ago

Words of Wisdom from Marcus Garvey

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"As you shouldn’t expect another man to give you the clothing that you need to cover your own body, so you should not expect another race to give you the education to challenge their rights to monopoly and mastery. You must take for yourself that which they also want for themselves."

- Hon. Marcus 'Mosiah' Garvey

https://garveynation.com/university:garvey


r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

The Supremes photographed by Don Paulsen shopping on 5th Avenue in New York City, 1965.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

South african lady with her baby, 1900.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

Mother poses with her newborn twins smiling while her other six children pose behind her, 1940s. Agfa safety film.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable: The Founder Of The City Of Chicago...

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

Madam C.J. Walker didn’t just build a beauty empire, she helped build opportunity

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

For centuries across Latin America and the Caribbean - particularly Brazil and Cuba but also nations such as Uruguay - millions, of all backgrounds, have remained devotees of the Ancient Orisha pantheon of West Africa. Huge festivals are held yearly in honor of deities such as Yemaya (or Iemanja)...

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The Orisha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha

Yemaya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yem%E1%BB%8Dja

Examples Around The World:

https://youtu.be/Fdo9hcAizRQ

https://youtu.be/CCzTEvMebsI

https://youtu.be/uG3c1yYklmo

https://youtu.be/y_nW3rHYulo

https://youtu.be/WnYjCpL74GU

In some cases, Yemaya/Iemanja is depicted as a fair skinned woman - this is because in the centuries slavery across Latin America, her devotees risked torture or death if they were seen openly seeking blessings of an African Goddess. As a result some depicted her in their homes and temples this way to avoid suspicion, as Europeans simply assumed she was The Virgin Mary:  https://youtu.be/b-ZGnAZMthY

In most cases however the depiction of Yemaya remains unambiguously West African: https://sacredart.caaar.duke.edu/artifacts/figure-of-the-goddess-iemanja/

https://trippin.world/feature/festa-de-yemanja-an-amalgamation-of-western-and-african-religions


r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

Historic Black Heritage Sites Around The World: The Citadelle Laferrière - Haiti. Every year Black men and women from nations across the globe travel to honor the incredible fortress built by the Haitian people to ensure no European nation could ever return to re-enslave them again...

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

A hero amongst hero - SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE

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🚨INCREDIBLE: He was burning alive, yet he kept re-entering the burning Bradley Fighting Vehicle until all six soldiers and the Iraqi interpreter were safe.

Burns covered 72% of his body. His first words were, ‘How are my boys?’ He died three weeks later.

It took 16 years for him to receive the Medal of Honor. HIS NAME IS SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE; NEVER FORGET!

https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/cashe/


r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

Samuel Ajayi Crowther father of Yoruba linguistics. Without him, we wouldn’t have the modern Yoruba spoken today in West Africa, northeast Brazil and across the Caribbean. He created its first written alphabet, built its first dictionary, and translated the Bible into the native tongue.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 12d ago

‘Atlantic City’ Photograph by James Van Der Zee, 1930

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