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Photograph of an unknown African American woman taken at
Photograph of an unknown African American woman taken at Wonderland Park in Baltimore, Maryland. An April 2, 1920 advertisement in the Afro-America...

This is a photo of my paternal great grandmother, Hattie Rose
This is a photo of my paternal great grandmother, Hattie Rose Marshall Dalton. Some have asked me if she was a nanny to the two pictured children, bu...

A very rare image of Sissieretta Jones circa 1900 ... Born Matilda
A very rare image of Sissieretta Jones circa 1900 ... Born Matilda Joyner (1869 - 1933), in Portsmouth, Virginia, Jones moved to Providence, Rhode Isl...

The December 25, 1920, Chicago Defender features a New Book on
The December 25, 1920, Chicago Defender features a New Book on Market review that praises Chicago based writer Zara Wrights, Black and White Tangled T...

Columbus Johnson, lived in Dunlap, Kansas. He was born in
Columbus Johnson, lived in Dunlap, Kansas. He was born in Maryland, the child of a free man and slave woman who eventually bought her freedom. His mot...

Ann Maria Weems was the daughter of a free father and an enslaved
Ann Maria Weems was the daughter of a free father and an enslaved mother. She was owned by Charles Price, a slave trader in whose house she lived in R...

Publicity photograph of the Griffin Sisters from The Freeman: An
Publicity photograph of the Griffin Sisters from The Freeman: An Illustrated Colored Newspaper, dated September 10, 1910. Mabel on the left and Emma ...

Arabella Fields came to be known in Europe as The Black
Arabella Fields came to be known in Europe as The Black Nightingale. A contralto, she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1879. She initially ca...