During racially-motivated riots in Baltimore, Maryland, Walter H Lively of U-Join and executive director of the new Urban Coalition, David L Glenn,...
Youth Charles McGlotten looks at two African-American police officers in uniform and says that he wants to be a police officer when he grows up,...
Major Edward Kelly of the Washington DC police speaks with two new African-American patrolmen as Edward Harris and William A Powell look on,...
With his wife, Bill Robinson, aka Mr Bojangles, standing and making a speech at the top table at a benefit in their honour at the Mecca Temple, New...
With Peter Lowell Beilenson and city commissioner Eli Dorsey, Mayor Kurt Schmoke announcing new commissioner of health, 1980.
The founder of the Harbor Bank of Maryland Joseph Haskins standing outside the entrance to the new bank, Baltimore, Maryland, June 6, 1982.
The founder of the Harbor Bank of Maryland Joseph Haskins standing outside the entrance to the new bank, Baltimore, Maryland, June 6, 1982.
The founder of the Harbor Bank of Maryland Joseph Haskins standing inside the entrance to the new bank, Baltimore, Maryland, June 6, 1982.
The founder of the Harbor Bank of Maryland Joseph Haskins standing outside the entrance to the new bank, Baltimore, Maryland, June 6, 1982.
Mayor Kurt Schmoke and two other people cutting the ribbon to open the new National Fraternity House for Alpha Phi Alpha, 1980.
Marva Louis and daughter Jacqueline after a successful debut at Zanzibar Café, New York, New York, June 24, 1944.
Actress Josephine Premice, actor Roscoe Lee Browne, actress and singer Diamann Carroll standing at the Millay Colony for the Arts Dinner at the Plaza...
The famous mayor Marion Barry making a speech on a stage during the holiday of New Year, Washington DC, 1982.
Mrs John Stokes, national president of the Epicureans installs four new members into the society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1977.
The clean up of yards in in new housing blocks, by women and children, handling bricks and clearing space, Washington DC, 1947.
Captain William Hickerson, portrait of a man, and a large building in the background, new housing in Washington DC, Washington DC, September 13, 1947.
Trainees enrolling for work, a young man with two mature men at a wood factory, enrolling for work under the anti-poverty campaign in Newark New...
The new name being painted on the office door of the Chief prosecutor States Attorney Milton Allan, painted by Will Manning, Baltimore, Maryland,...
The North Jersey Alumni Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta graduates gathering, card game and fashion show, North Jersey, New Jersey, 1970.
Bill Robinson, Bojangles his wife and a dog on a lead at the entrance to a club in New York, before leaving for California and Hollywood to make a...
Bojangles in a dinner suit and top hat pointing to the road sign above his head, W 61st Street on Broadway, on his 61st birthday, New York City, New...
Visitors passing the open coffin of Bill Robinson Bojangles entertainer actor and dancer at his funeral, New York City, New York, March 12, 1949.
Mrs and Mrs Robinson in an open topped car among a crowd of fans on Bill Robinson day named in his honour at the New York Worlds Fair, New York City,...
Hitlerism Comes Back to Life in New York State, headline with an image of a man throwing books onto the flames of a fire, and burning books at a...
Archie Moore, African-American professional boxer and the Light Heavyweight World Champion, at a Variety Club benefit in New York with Clarence...
Dan Bankhead, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, kneeling with the baseball at a game, New York City, New York, August 27, 1949.
Dan Bankhead, sporting star and pitcher, with two other people, New York City, New York, November 12, 1948.
Daniel Robert Bankhead, the first black pitcher in Major League baseball, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York City, New York, August 30, 1947.
Dan Bankhead, Charles and Rose Abernethy, and a social group, New York City, New York, September 20, 1947.
Dr Martin, owner of the Red Sox baseball team, shaking hands with Mrs Bankhead, wife of the pitcher Dan, New York City, June 9, 1947.
Dan Bankhead, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, with his team after scoring a home run on his debut, New York City, New York, August 30, 1947.
Arsenio Hall, actor and comedian on NBC television, at the studio for the Comedy Store 15th Year Class Reunion, New York City, New York, October 13,...
The African-American singer songwriter Harry Belafonte and the mayor of New York, Kurt Schmoke at a Shots for Tots public health meeting, New York...
Ed Bradley journalist and television presenter presenting the Ray Charles Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions in music to Fats Domino, New...
Tom Browne, the trumpet player playing in front of a large audience during Harlem Weeks Saturday Nite music festival in New York, New York, December...
The playwright James Baldwin, author of Blues for Mr Charlie, a play in New York city, signing books for fans, with Percy Thomas the lead actor, New...
The African-American singing duo, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, a husband-and-wife song writing-production team and recording artists, with...
Alvin Ailey was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City, on stage with two...
Jesse Jackson, pastor, politician and civil rights campaigner, being interviewed in a television studio, by a man, on the ABF programme, New York...
Jesse Jackson, minister and politician, seated on a panel beside another man under a banner Wall Street Journal Future Forum, New York City, 1970.
An African-American tennis player, Zina Garrison reached the semi finals of the Virginia Slims tennis tournament in the USA, New York City, 1974.
Four men inspecting an industrial plant in Arlington, New Jersey, a director of industrial relations and experts in employment relations for the...
View of a very busy trading hall where traders sold War Bonds to raise money in New York and other cities, New York City, New York, May, 1944.
Group of men, African-American and Caucasian with Senator Robert Wagner, mayor of New York city, New York City, New York, 1959.
Two women being sworn in, signing up to the Rose Brigade Campaign, under the Women for Wagner slogan, to support the election of Senator Robert...
Bill Brown holding brand new running shoes befotre running in the Morgan State College team for the first national mile relay title ever won by an...
The graduating class of Baltimore Morgan State College of 1949 under the new president Dr Martin Jenkins, seated in rows for a portrait, including...
Fundraising group in White Sulphur Springs, drawn from the New Hope Baptist Church, NAACP young fundraisers and members of civil groups, to help...
The winners of the tournament of the Harlem YMCA and the Essex County golf club in East Orange, East Orange, New Jersey, 1946.
Benefit breakfast for James E Churchman Republican candidate for the New Jersey state Senate, in Newark New Jersey, and guest speaker William D...
Candidate for New York, James E Churchman Junior, portrait as a young man, New York City, New York, February 18, 1940.
Robert F Wagner during campaign, New York City, New York, December 19 Original Caption Reads: 'Miss Ruth Windsor, Receives The First Rose Of The...