African American extended family arriving in Chicago from the rural South, ca. 1920.
African American WW1 heroes with French medals, Croix de Guerre. 1919. They were awarded for gallantry in Action.
Wife and children of an unemployed African American coal miner in Scott's Run, West Virginia. Photo by Lewis Hine, March 1937.
Striking workers picketing a reality company. Sign reads 'Mid City Reality Unfair-Underpays the Workers-Overcharges the Tenants-Support the Strike'. New York City ca. 1936-42.
Young girl reading an illustrated book in Pleasant Green School, near Marlinton, West Virginia. The one-room school was one of the best schools for African Americans in Pocahontas County. Oct. 1921. P
African American work team on a northern Virginia railroad in 1862 or 1863. Photo by Andrew J. Russell.