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![[African Americans resting and shooting dice at edge of cotton field]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtcmVzdGluZy1hbmQtc2hvb3RpbmctZGljZS1hdC1lZGdlLW9mLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC04OWQyMTUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/255/jpg "[African Americans resting and shooting dice at edge of cotton field]")
![[Igorots (Philippine natives) posed in front of thatched huts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvaWdvcm90cy1waGlsaXBwaW5lLW5hdGl2ZXMtcG9zZWQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtdGhhdGNoZWQtaHV0cy1sb3Vpc2lhbmEtcHVyY2hhc2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Igorots (Philippine natives) posed in front of thatched huts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904]")
![[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYW4td2l0aC1ob3JzZS1jdWx0aXZhdGluZy1jb3R0b24td2l0aC1wbG93LW5jLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]")
![[African American soldier, half-length portrait, with pistol and jacket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1zb2xkaWVyLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXdpdGgtcGlzdG9sLWFuZC1qYWNrZXQtMjc2NGRhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[African American soldier, half-length portrait, with pistol and jacket]")
![[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1zb2xkaWVycy1tdXN0ZXJlZC1vdXQtYXQtbGl0dGxlLXJvY2stYXJrYW5zYXMtYzk2YTU1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]")
![[African Americans around small building and wagons loaded with cotton]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtYXJvdW5kLXNtYWxsLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWFuZC13YWdvbnMtbG9hZGVkLXdpdGgtY290dG9uLWIwMzBkMC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[African Americans around small building and wagons loaded with cotton]")
![[African Americans posed in front of house]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtcG9zZWQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtaG91c2UtYjg5ODA5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[African Americans posed in front of house]")
![[African Americans at sheltered outdoor market or fair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtYXQtc2hlbHRlcmVkLW91dGRvb3ItbWFya2V0LW9yLWZhaXItZjBlNzFlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[African Americans at sheltered outdoor market or fair]")
