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The plantation police or home-guard examining Negro passes on the leve...

Illustration showing a guard with a lantern checking the passes of African American men traveling on a levee road at night. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 406 (1863 July 11), p. 252.

Murder of a Negro at Mrs. Carter's house

White men beating an African American man, Patenburg, New Jersey. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 824 (1872 Oct. 12), p. 796. One of three images under title: The Patenburg Massacre: from sketches by The... More

[The Georgia Negro] Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owne...

Diagram shows value of taxable property owned by African Americans in Georgia between 1875 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the Ame... More

[The Georgia Negro] Slaves and free Negroes. - Exposition Universelle ...

Graph shows percentage of enslaved African Americans compared to free African Americans from 1790 to 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of t... More

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans enrolled in public schools between 1876 and 1896. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro ... More

[The Georgia Negro] Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in At...

Bar graph shows amount spent on rent, food, clothes, taxes, and other expenses by families in various income brackets. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro ... More

[The Georgia Negro] Value of farming tools. - Exposition Universelle I...

Bar graph shows value of farming tools between 1879 and 1898. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition U... More

[The Georgia Negro] Comparative increase of white and colored populati...

Graph shows increase of African American and white populations in Georgia between 1790 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the America... More

Son of Negro sharecropper, Lee County, Mississippi

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Wife and children of Negro tenant farmer, Tupelo, Mississippi

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Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...

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Charles de Gaulle, chief of the Free France, is welcomed to Chad by Go...

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Negro cabin. Hale County, Alabama

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Negro woman sharecropper. Near West Memphis, Arkansas

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Negro houses. Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Street in Negro quarter. Tupelo, Mississippi

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Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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Negro family in subdivision, Franklin Township, near Lincoln Highway, ...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old house, Virginia. Farm Security Admin...

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Hoeing. Alabama negro tenant farmer and part of his family. Eutaw, Ala...

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Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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A black and white photo of a small town, Virginia. Farm Security Admin...

Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man getting his arm wrapped, Arkansas. Fa...

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A black and white photo of a group of children, Arkansas. Farmers duri...

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A black and white photo of two people sitting on a bench, Arkansas. Fa...

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A black and white photo of a group of people, Arkansas. Farmers during...

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Negro field hand getting ready to go to town on a Saturday afternoon. ...

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Negro flood refugees at meal time. Charleston, Missouri

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Negro church. Washington, D.C. - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

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A group of people standing around tents in a field, Arkansas. Farmers ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing in front of a brick building, Arkansas. Far...

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. An old photo of a man leanin...

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Negro's home near Beaufort, South Carolina

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Sugarcane being unloaded onto trailer truck by means of a machine deve...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro child wiping hands after washing. Note toothbrush and comb for e...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro workman, road repair gang, Route 40, central Ohio

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An old black and white photo of a woman and a child, West Virginia. Fa...

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Negro stevedores sleeping on pile of lumber on bow of packet boat on M...

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Negro clients and wives listening to speech of project manager, Southe...

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A couple of men sitting on top of barrels, Louisiana. Farmers during G...

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Negro stevedores handling drum, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Street in Negro section, Charleston, West Virginia

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A black and white photo of an old outhouse, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

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A black and white photo of a man carrying a surfboard, Louisiana. Farm...

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A black and white photo of a group of people, Louisiana. Farmers durin...

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Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potato...

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Negro boys sitting on bench on street, Waco, Texas

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Monument in churchyard of Negro Baptist church. Person County, North C...

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Chicken coop of Negro agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County, Oklah...

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Home of Negro wagehand, Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire. On the porch ...

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Negro Fourth of July picnic near Beaufort, South Carolina

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Negro day laborer moving from one man's farm to another to get work. H...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New wagon belonging the Cube Walker, FSA (Farm Security Administration...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of Negro agricultural day laborer. Wagoner County, Oklahoma

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Negro quarters for migrant agricultural labor. Lake Harbor, Florida. ...

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A black and white photo of a group of men working in a field, North Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Main street, showing barber shop in Negro section. Homestead, Florida

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Negro agricultural day laborer standing in the doorway of her home in ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro day laborers brought in truck from nearby towns, waiting to be p...

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Bayou Bourbeau plantation, a Farm Security Administration cooperative,...

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Back of Negro dwelling, San Antonio, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Feeding the sorghum cane into the mill to make syrup on property of We...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grocery store. Negro section, Belle Glade, Florida

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Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

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A black and white photo of two men in a field, North Carolina. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Feeding the sorghum cane into the mill to make syrup on property of We...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shacks occupied by Negro migrant agricultural laborers between Clewist...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro worker pounding down sack so that stored sacks of feed will pack...

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Old Negro and his dog. He is a tenant farmer living in Wagoner County,...

Negro grocery store. Sylvania, Georgia. Prices posted outside

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Negro domestic servant. Atlanta, Georgia

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Negro transient agricultural workers quarters. Homestead, Florida

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Alabama's Supreme Court Justice and wife at negro singer's concert wit...

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Children of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, cracking black walnuts whi...

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Yanceyville (vicinity), N.C. An outdoor picnic being held during the n...

Photograph shows African American women talking across picnic table covered with food. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-31136-M5. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1513.

Children of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, leaving for school in the ...

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A black and white photo of a group of children. Children of Great Depr...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, studying in rural school. Creek...

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A black and white photo of houses on a hill, North Carolina. Farm Secu...

Harnessed mules of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, Creek County, Oklah...

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Yard of Negro farmer. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

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Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, coming through doorway in his h...

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A black and white photo of an old house, Washington DC. Farm Security ...

A black and white photo of a man working on a wheel, Great Depression....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Houses in Negro quarter of Durham, North Carolina

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Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker (second from right) part...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Daughter of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, looking through trunk of c...

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A black and white photo of an old outhouse, Washington DC. Farm Securi...

A young boy standing on a ladder in front of a cabin, Louisiana. Farme...

Louisiana photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War I...

A couple of men standing next to each other, North Carolina. Farm Secu...

A couple of people that are looking out of a window, Mississippi. Farm...

A black and white photo of a man with a bucket. Great Depression FFSA ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child of a Negro family living in slum area of New Brighton, Pennsylva...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Floor show at Negro cabaret. Chicago, Illinois

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Houses and grocery store on Federal Street in the Negro section of Chi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro slums. Alexander Court between K and L Streets N.W. A woman and ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.