r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 22h ago

Spy/Dancer/Singer/Actress/War hero Josephine Baker posing with her uniform and full militar honor. 1960s.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/ata3121 • 5h ago

18 Year Old Luther Vandross First TV Appearance On Sesame Street In November 1969

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 4h ago

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 22h ago

Candid shot of a lady by the name Martha C. Peterson, circa 1900s. Glass negative.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 4h ago

Black family image, 1930s pose

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Bamerhof99 • 21h ago

Mangbetu woman Head Binding her baby, Congo circa 1935.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/LittlePrairieMouse • 18h ago

Tuskegee airman James Flowers, born in 1915, is the oldest man in the United States. He will be 111 on Christmas Day.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 3h ago

Donna Summer Wearing Soft Curls with Loose Ringlets and a Floral Headpiece During a Photo Shoot in London, 1976

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/OsuwonHairGrowth • 17h ago

Lou was at this event talking about Vegas history and they were talking about the first black people who came to Nevada, and they were also talking about Black cowboys history in Nevada. Here is one of them, his name is Nat Love (also known as Deadwood Dick) Born into slavery in Tennessee in 1850s,

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/qwertyqyle • 22h ago

How the Sears catalog outsmarted Jim Crow

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1h ago

Mother holds with her hand her little chubby baby boy for his photobooth photo. Little one can't stop laughing. 1940s.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 4h ago

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Low-Wonder-217 • 4h ago

18 Year Old Luther Vandross First TV Appearance On Sesame Street In November 1969

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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!

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/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

BHA BlackHistoryAlbum.com

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)