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Unique Black Beauty: Women With Vitiligo...

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Graduating Law students at Howard University, circa 1890s.

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Black Women Rocking Bangs..

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In what would become the defining performance of her career, Diana Ross is caught in a torrential downpour at her open air Central Park concert attended by 450,000 on the evening of July 21st 1983. It became dangerous, so Ross promised an impromptu concert the next day instead.

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Accountants pose at the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank (est. 1902), one of the three oldest African-American banks in the United States.

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Traditional architecture in the Kingdom of Bamum - Cameroon, Central-West Africa. Photographed circa 1907. [1080x774]

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'Portrait d'un homme noir', oil on canvas by an unidentified painter - painted circa 1850. Currently hangs in the Quai Branly Museum, Paris.

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Pamela Joyner, one of the most influential collectors of African American art, with one of the most extensive private collections in the world. Based in San Francisco, most of her collection is displayed at her home which she opens to the public. Started acquiring 22 years ago.

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Chic Squad: Black Girlfriends Out In Style - Part One.

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'Portrait of a young African woman with pearl necklace and feather turban', by Dutch painter Willem van Mieris - circa 1710s. Historical background included.

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'Man and Boy in Algiers', watercolour and goauche on paper by Swedish artist Anders Leonard Zorn - painted in 1887.

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The Black men who fought in The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Years before WWII had begun, many Black men had already left America for Spain to fight in battles against General Francisco Franco and his fascist army.

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In 1902 Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded Palmer Memorial Institute - a preparatory, private boarding school for upper class African-Americans. Many descendents of the nation's Black business elite and 'The Talented Tenth' would become 'Palmerites' in the 20th Century.

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'The Barber of Suez', by French painter Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat - 1876.

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Black Women Electric Guitarists: Through The Decades...

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Helen Williams - one of the most successful models in American retail advertising and Parisian fashion houses during the 1950s, pictured here in Cannes.

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A young Delores and Frank from RHONJ

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Old School Black Ads: Noxzema 1969

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Iconic Black Girl Moments: Eartha Kitt confronts President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War at a White House luncheon - January 18th 1968. 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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Black Style File: Short Hair, Statement Earrings.

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'The Black Beverly Hills', California: Since the 1960s this enclave of neighborhoods has been known as the bastion of Black wealth in Los Angeles and the entire state. With coveted views and property worth millions - they are recognized as heritage sites and some trails include private home tours...

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A young Ohio gentleman, circa late 1800s.

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Queen Sikrit of Thailand wearing 'Boromphiman' attire and jewels, circa 1960s.

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Aesthetic: Ethereal

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The 'Mural City' is among the most famous in the world for its murals dedicated to both the Black community and Black women...

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'Beaulah's Baby', oil on canvas by American painter Primrose McPherson Paschal - painted in 1948.

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Oil on canvas, by Trinidadian painter Boscoe Holder (probably of his wife Sheila Clarke) - date unknown, painted later 20th Century.

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June 6th 1959, Whitehall - London. Members of the Coloured People's Progressive Association protest the murder of Kelso Cochrane.

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Traditional Slay: Bridal Attire of the Fulani Women, West Africa...

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Black Men Travelling The World (Part One)...

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The wealthy Shorey family of San Francisco, pictured here in the early 1900s.

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3 generations, circa 1920s.

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Dr. Martin Luther King on vacation in Jamaica, 1967.

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'La Fille Avec Tambourin', oil on canvas by French painter Charles-Auguste Corbineau - painted in 1884.

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Michael Jordan playing ball with his Mother

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Curtis listening to Jourdan telling him to stick with Amy last night.

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Big brother and little sis, Florida - early 1900s.

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Traditional Slay: Women wearing the Umushanana formal attire from Rwanda, East Africa.

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Black Style File: (More) Knitwear...

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Traditional Slay: Women wearing the Alual - or Dinka Beaded Corset - from South Sudan, North Africa.

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Woman in white, late 1800s. Scroll indicates a possible Graduation picture.

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Black Sitcom Queens: Erika R. Alexander as Maxine Felice Shaw from 'Living Single' (1993-1998).

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Two women in Ghana, by photographer James Barnor - 1970.

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Flossmoor, Illinois: The affluent, majority African-American village community of Flossmoor has a median household income of over $100,000. The area is known for boasting numerous country clubs with local membership.

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An American beauty, circa 1890s.

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King Mutesa II - once ruler of the Kingdom of Buganda (est. 1300s) in Uganda, East Africa and the nation's first President - on his Rotherhithe council estate in 1968. He was suspiciously found dead in his flat the following year.

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Brenda Fassie and Yvonne Chaka Chaka, two of the all time best-selling solo artists in South Africa. Both soared to fame in the later years of Apartheid - for their 'Princess' and 'Wild Child' images as much as their fresh sound - when Black women were only in the mainstream media as maid figures.

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Black Style File: The Little Black Dress..

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The shoe department in Harrods, London, 1919.

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American woman, circa 1860s.

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Black Style File: Baddies in Burgundy..

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Portrait of Don Miguel de Castro, Emissary of Congo - 1643.

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Dr. Martin Luther King is one of the statues above the West Entrance to London, England's famed Westminster Abbey. The figure was sculpted by Tim Crawley.

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American woman, circa early 1900s.

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Traditional Black Cuisines Around The World: Jamaican...

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'Four Studies of a Head of a Moor', Peter Paul Reubens, oil on canvas, circa 1615.

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Black Style File: (More) End Of Year Knitwear...

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Black Summers (Part One): Women who summer at the historic Black resort of Martha's Vineyard...

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Sandwiches for sale in London, England - 1972.

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Models outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, for a picture call. Second from the left is one the most successful American models of the 1950s, Helen Williams.

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August 1963 - spectators at The Oval cricket ground burst onto the pitch from the stands in jubilation after the West Indies wins the fifth and final Test Match.

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Self-Portrait, by Jamaican painter Barrington Watson - 1973.

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DeSoto, Texas: The third largest African-American majority city in Texas and one of the fastest growing in population, over 50% of all businesses in the city are Black owned...

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1938. Children welcome a visting Queen Mary, wife of King George V, to open an extension of Lambeth Town Hall - Brixton, London.

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My Grandmother in the 1960s. Not the best quality, but the best I have....so far!

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

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SZA covers the February 23rd 2023 issue of Billboard. The artist has made history, as of February 27th her album 'SOS' has held the No.1 spot in the USA for 10 weeks - this makes it the most successful R&B album this CENTURY so far.

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When this music royalty ruled the charts. En Vogue: 20 million records worldwide, 7 MTV Video Music Awards, 3 Soul Train Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 7 Grammy nominations.

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Runners at the Texas Track Club, Abilene - photographed for Sports Illustrated in 1964.

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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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Colorized this photo of an unidentified, affluent family from Gainsville, Florida - circa 1900.

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Black Men On The Frontlines Of The Vietnam War (1955-1975)..

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Black Style File: Autumn/Fall Fashion...

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A woman in her full 1910s American glamour.

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Harold Jackman - 'The Most Handsome Man In Harlem' - Carl Van Vechten, 1940. Famed for his looks, Harold emigrated from London to America establishing himself as one of the most respected 'kingmakers' of the 1920s 'Harlem Renaissance'. If you wished to make it in Harlem society, he had the contacts.

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DeSoto, Texas: The third largest African-American majority city in Texas and one of the fastest growing in population, over 50% of all businesses in the city are Black owned...

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Rika and Waldemar Nods with son - The Netherlands, 1930s. The interracial business family famously hid Jewish citizens in their guesthouses during WWII. Rika was sent to Ravensbruck camp where she died. Waldemar was sent to drown - safely swimming to shore, he was shot down. [1056x1457]

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Three women at the 1903 State Fair in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Kantanka Automobiles (Est. 1994). The Ghana based car manufacturing company, run by Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Jr. is vying to come out as the continent's biggest Black-owned competitor...

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'Personification of Africa', pastel on paper by Italian artist Rosalba Carriera - date unknown, illustrated before the year 1720.

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Prior to World War II, Canning Town was home to generations of Black, Mixed and (some) Asian British families. The Coloured Men's Institute was established and Crown Street dubbed by Londoners as 'Draughtboard Alley'. The South Halsville bomb of 1940 killed hundreds, decimating the community.

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Londoners crowd outside a Leicester Square bookshop to buy D.H. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' - November 1960. Penguin Books had, that year, won the controversial court case to bring the book,uncensored, to the UK for the first time. It sold millions.

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'The Annunciation of Woman', oil painting by Cuban-American artist Harmonia Rosales - 2017.

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The Three Degrees, 1970s.

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Kenya Moore on the path to a Miss USA win, 1993...

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London's oldest hospitals are St Bartholomew's in West Smithfield, and St Thomas's in Southwark. They were founded by a sect of Augustinian monks in the 12th and 13th centuries AD, respectively.

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Black Women Teachers Abroad...

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(More) Black Men & Boy Archers...

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A young Cicely Tyson basks in breaking the ceiling - the first Black Primetime Emmy Award winning actress for her lead role in 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'

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A packed stadium to witness the University of Illinois' first African-American Homecoming Queen pass in her motorcade. 1951.

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Black Style File: Corset Top Chic...

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Black Traditions: Pouring Libation...

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The Black Brownstone/Townhouse Owners of Brooklyn, NYC...

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Dorinda Medley, 1983.

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'Man and Boy in Algiers', watercolour and goauche on paper by Swedish artist Anders Leonard Zorn - painted in 1887.

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Two American soldiers off duty, 1940s.

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Picture of John Archer, elected in 1913 as first Black Mayor within London. He was Mayor of Battersea.

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Just wanted to prove that the current crop of Bollywood actresses are essentially the same face with a few features enlargened or minimized. Something has to change.

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The beauty of Lauryn Hill

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Aboriginal 'Day of Mourning' 26th January 1938 [960x612]

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Issa Rae and her Mother

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Epic shot of the players at Lagos Polo Club.

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Black Women Film Directors..

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The Wake-Robin Golf Club (est. 1937) is the United States' oldest registered African-American women’s golf club. Helen Webb Harris - the club’s founder and first president - saw it join the United Golf Association and the Eastern Golf Association. It still exists today.

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Father and daughter, late 1800s.

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Landmark Black British Television Shows (Part One)...

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'True Blue', chromolithograph by American artist E.G. Renesch - 1919. Depicting a Black WW1 military family.

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An Afro-Peruvian girl, 1868.

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1831 painting of two reading girls, by English painter Emma Soyer.

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Black Style File: Understated Summer Fits...

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Black Men Buying Land (Part One)...

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Honestly could happily never see this type of heel again...

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A family snow day - circa early 1910s.

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