January 18th 1968. Eartha Kitt confronts President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War at a White House luncheon. Kitt's defence of America's young soldiers elicits tears from the First Lady and results in the CIA opening a dossier on her.

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Dr. Patricia Era Bath, 1981. Inventor of the Laserphaco Probe, used worldwide in eye surgery to remove cataracts - a condition that clouds vision and can lead to blindness. Bath founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.

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The traditional architectural style of an elite family's home. Djenne, Mali, West Africa - photographed in 1906. [1599x1006]

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Child born with 'Mallen Streak', a natural streak of hair without pigmentation. Remains throughout life.

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A late 1890s beauty..

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American couple, 1890s.

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A fine table setting for Thanksgiving, 1950s.

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IRA Patrol in Belfast, Northern Ireland during The Troubles - c. 1980s [1024x593]

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A couple stop Dr. Martin Luther King for a photo on a beach in Atlantic City, 1956.

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American woman, circa early 1900s.

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Harlem Jews, circa 1929.

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A soldier from the 'Harlem Hellfighters' returns home to a crowd's welcome during WWI, 1917.

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Graduation Day, 1939.

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Titanic survivors approach rescue ship RMS Carpathia, April 15th 1912. [1200 x 854]

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Colorized one of my all time favourite photos by Charles Lillybridge. Taken in Denver, circa 1910s.

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Missouri Couple - 1898.

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Norma M. Sklarek in a boardroom meeting at Gruen Associates, LA - 1960s. One of America's most famous female architects, she became a company director in 1966. Despite this, many of her projects - such as the American Embassy in Tokyo - were fully credited to male architect Cesar Pelli. [1062x799]

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Canadian couple, circa 1880.

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Queen Victoria's God-daughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, with her husband Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies - pictured here circa 1862.

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American inventor of the heating radiator system - Charles S. L. Baker - and family. Circa early 1910s.

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'The Fruit Seller', watercolour, bodycolour & gum arabic on paper by Italian painter Guiseppe Signorini - painted in 1900.

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Family of four, late 1910s.

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Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright, and Danai Gurira cover the November 2022 issue of Elle UK...

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Fifteen)...

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Octavia Estelle Butler with her mother, 1951. This little girl would become the only Sci-Fi writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship - or 'genius grant' - in 1995 for her work in the genre. Perhaps best known for her 'Patternmaster' (1976) series of books and the novel Kindred (1979).

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London’s first black pub owner and licensee George Berry, standing in his pub the Coach & Horses after it was burnt down in a racist fire attack by the National Front. He assumed the licence for the Coach & Horses in 1965. The pub is now 'Market House' in Brixton.

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Black Style File: Alternative Energy...

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1982. Basquiat in the basement studio of the Annina Nosei Gallery SoHo, New York. In that year - and this studio - he would create the renowned 'Untitled'. In 2017 - sold for $110,500,000 - it would become the most expensive work by any American artist in history. [1062x722]

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Parishioners at the AME Brown Chapel turn their backs on Michael Bloomberg as he visits to campaign

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Couple, circa late 1800s.

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Unambiguous Black Beauty...

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'I want to speak to your manager.'

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(More) Black Men & Boys In Their Gardens...

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Sisterlocks Sirens (Part Four)...

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People wait at a London bus stop in 1935.

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S. J. Celestine Edwards. Britain's first (known) Black newspaper Editor - Edwards ran the London based publications Lux (Est. 1892) and the anti-racist Fraternity (Est.1893).

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The Black Princess Series: Princess Ella Koblo Gulama. Born a Mende princess to the Kaiyamba Cheifdom in Sierra Leone, she won a historic battle against traditionalists to become the first woman Paramount Chief. An ardent feminist, she was the first female elected government minister in her nation..

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Black Women Carpenters...

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'Loredana', oil on canvas by British painter Isabella Watling (2020).

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Harlem's African-American community out to protest the Vietnam war, 1967.

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'The Black Cabinet'. The group of elite African-Americans who served as public policy advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the First Lady from 1933 to 1945. Photographed March 15th 1938 by Addison N. Scurlock. [1058x504]

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The Beauty Of Sheryl Lee Ralph...

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Twenty Nine)...

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Sisterlocks Sirens (Part Three)...

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A group of men drink in a public house in Soho, London - 24th November 1933.

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Black Women in Archery...

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Black Women Conductors...

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As Black refugees have their human rights violated at borders in the Ukraine-Russian war, never forget that for YEARS during World War 2 white Polish refugees were given sanctuary in numerous African nations.

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(More) Black Women Foragers...

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Our hair in vivid hues...

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Wholesome Sundays: Black Ladies in their Gardens..

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A Visual Ode To The Black Woman's Nose

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Black Women Who Own Art Galleries..

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Black Women Who Found Love With Each Other (Part One)...

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Garcelle Beauvais of RHOBH, 1994.

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Black Women Pilots..

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This is Charles & Willa Bruce. In 1912 they bought prime beachfront land in Manhattan Beach, LA County and built a Black resort community. In 1924 the county took it and refused to pay its value. On 30th September 2021, now worth $72 million, it was returned to their descendents by Senate Bill 796.

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Black Style File: Ladies in Lavender...

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Halle Bailey wearing Valdrin Sahiti for the Los Angeles premiere of The Little Mermaid' - May 8th 2023...

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American Fencing athlete, Maya Lawrence.

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Black Women Aging In Style (Part Six)...

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Black Women Aging In Style (Part Four)...

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Adut Akech and her brother, Bior, cover Vogue Australia for April 2023 - shot by Josh Olins...

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Wholesome Sunday: Women with their Pets..

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'Still We Rise', oil and gold leaf on canvas by Cuban-American painter Harmonia Rosales - 2021.

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Eighteen)...

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Black Women At The Races: Royal Ascot Edition...

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Est. 102 years ago, The Brownies Book was a magazine for Black children - a mix of fairy tales, political news, puzzles, brainteasers and poetry. It offered stories about influential Black figures and vignettes on the achievements of ordinary young people. Family studio photographs often featured..

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Black Women In Romantic Dresses (Part Two)...

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Black Women in Braids..

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Tootsie Roll - Burlesque star, 1960s.

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Black Women Surfers in their element..

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Black Woman Harpists...

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Jessica Nabongo. The Detroit born, Ugandan-American is the first documented Black Woman to travel to every country on earth. Nabongo completed her goal on October 6th 2019, ending with a visit to the Seychelles.

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Four)...

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Nelson Mandela arrives in Brixton, 12th July 1996.

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The Black Power Couple Series: 42 Years of Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson...

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Paula Sutton - the lady currently at the helm of the UK's 'Cottagecore' aesthetic - poses outside her rural country home in Norfolk, England...

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Cover girls of Drum magazine through the decades. At one point said to be Africa's most widespread magazine franchise, it had editions in South, East and West Africa...

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Traditional Slay: Xhosa women from South Africa wearing the Umbhaco attire...

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Black Women New Homeowners Across America (Part Five)...

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Fourteen)...

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Michaela Coel covers the November 2022 issue of American Vogue...

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November 2021. After 101 years in print 'Vogue Paris' magazine officially becomes 'Vogue France'. For this landmark cover, French singing star Aya Nakamura is featured...

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The Black Power Couple Series: 9 Years of Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols...

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Black British Girl Bands Of The 90s/00s...

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Buck C. Franklin aka 'The Amazing Buck Franklin' - circa 1910s. The attorney rose to legendary status defending Black business dynasties who lost their assets in 1921's Tulsa Massacre. Franklin also specialized in defending Black oil families from 'guardianship' laws designed to take their wealth.

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Black Women Foragers...

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Black Style File: The Fuller Size Factor...

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Black Women Statues Around The World: Manche Masemola. Westminster Abbey, London - United Kingdom...

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Colorized this photo of American ladies on a beach, 1940s.

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Black Women at the Shooting Range..

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Black Women Who Found Love With Each Other: Vintage Edition...

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1922. King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, Southern Africa - known today as Eswatini - with his counsellors ('Ligunqa') in London. The King travelled to London to present a petition to the British government against the 1907 Act. In time, lands would be restored to his kingdom.

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The Beauty Of Regina King...

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Black Women Bejewelled...

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Black Women Therapists..

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Brigitte Bardot photographed on the Picadilly Line tube, circa 1955.

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Black Women on the Ski Slopes..

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The Couples Collection (Part Eleven)...

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Black Women In Romantic Dresses (Part Eight)...

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Black Style File: Women wearing Tulle.

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Dancing in tuxedos and tulle at the Bon Temps Carnival Ball, New Orleans - 1953.

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Wholesome Sundays: Black Ladies in Luxury...

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Black Women Statues Around The World: Mary Thomas. Copenhagen, Denmark...

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Bozoma Saint John. At just 44 years of age, the current Chief Marketing Officer for Netflix has worked as an executive at PepsiCo, Uber, Apple Music and Endeavour.

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Black Girls Being Pampered...

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Unambiguous Black Beauty (Part Eight)...

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British model Jean Shrimpton scandalizes Australia, breaking society convention arriving at the Flemington Racecourse on Derby Day without a hat, gloves or stockings - in a Colin Rolfe mini-dress. When she walked into the Members Lounge it was to absolute silence. 30th October 1965.

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Natural Hair Black Brides (Part Four)...

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Viola Davis covers the September 2022 issue of Elle Brazil...

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Black Women Who Found Love With Each Other (Part Three)...

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Black Women Who Found Love With Each Other (Part Two)...

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Women in Red..

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An 1889 menu from The Alpha Restaurant, considered London's first Vegetarian restaurant. Est. 1879, it was initially opened at 429 Oxford St..

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Traditional Slay: The Mandinka brides - or 'Manyo' - of West Africa on the day of their 'Manyo Bito'.

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The History of Black Showgirls ...

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'Portrait Of A Young Lady', oil on canvas by Swiss painter Jean Baptiste Bonjour - painted in 1852.

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Black Women Cellists/Bassists...

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Black Bridesmaids: Traditional Attire (Part One)..

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In honor of the passing of Ian Alexander Junior, Regina King's 26 year old son.

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Black Women In Romantic Dresses (Part Five)...

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A sharp Kansas woman, pictured at a studio in 1902.

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Queen Quet - Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee. This centuries old, South Carolina nation of over 200,000 people enstooled Marquetta Goodwine 20 years ago. Fordham College educated, the Queen is the first Gullah to speak at the UN in defence of their ancestral lands and climate change action...

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Black Style File: Women in Suits.

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