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![[12 African American boys posed at fence]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvMTItYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ib3lzLXBvc2VkLWF0LWZlbmNlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/243/jpg "[12 African American boys posed at fence]")
![[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1jaGlsZHJlbi0zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ib3lzLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/55/webp "[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]")
![[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1jaGlsZHJlbi0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Full-length portrait of an African American boy standing beside a chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYW4tYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ib3ktc3RhbmRpbmctYmVzaWRlLWEtY2hhaXItM2I1NjRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "[Full-length portrait of an African American boy standing beside a chair]")
![[African American boy, full-length portrait, standing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ib3ktZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctOWIwZjkzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American boy, full-length portrait, standing]")
![[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1jaGlsZHJlbi13aXRoLWEtZmV3LWFkdWx0cy1pbi1hLXBhdmlsaW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]")
