57,263 Race relations Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

[A Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing blanket and headba...

LC no. 74. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

John C. Becton, gelatin silver print

Alabama 123. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...

Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More

The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...

Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More

Secession - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A close...

Picture shows an African American boy and mother with a bundle running. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 20; illustration of black mother and child; mother has animal-like head. "E20" inscribed o... More

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

Dutch Gap Canal commencement of the work

Photograph shows African American men with horses with wagons working at the canal. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV33; Dutch Gap. "AE983" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A... More

2600 Block Monument Avenue, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Significance: The 2600 block of Monument Avenue, between Robinson Street at the east and Mulberry at the west, is another short block compared to most along Monument Avenue, being just a fraction wider than the... More

Edward S. Curtis - Little Daylight, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Little Daylight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 275-05. LC no. 66. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan oral history interview conducted...

Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importanc... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

Captions: Mr. West's new and original spectacular feature, "Remember the Maine" Wm. H. West as Captain Sigsbee. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Different imag... More

Brother! -- to dirt like this!

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 363.

[Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Co.] / Goff, photographer, Fort Cust[...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier in uniform, holding hat. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M11. Purchase; William A. Gladsto... More

Picking cotton near Montgomery, Alabama - stereocsopic card

Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, working in a cotton field. Attributed to Lakin based on image published in Stereo World, March/April 2012, p. 7 Gift; G.W. Richmond; Nov. 1927 (DLC/PP-1927:47158)

First African Baptist Church, Bryant, Montgomery & Saint Julian Street...

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: First African Baptist Church was built to be a safe-haven for African Americans to be free to worship beginning in a time even when they were not ... More

Rebecca, Charley, and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Pa...

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of freed slaves, Rebecca Huger, Charles Taylor, and Rosina Downs. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the D... More

Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso

797. District no. 27. Picture no. 31. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Written on back: not checked with ms. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Pr... More

[Unidentified woman, Salem, Massachusettsachusetts] / G. K. Proctor's ...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American woman standing next to a chair.

[African American man seated on stone wall and two girls on lawn in fr...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 349. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Wanted a $15.000.000 loan for the C.S.A. / Hoyt [?].

Picture shows an African American boy looking at a sign that reads "Wanted a $15.000.000 loan for the C.S.A." Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 10; black boy in front of poster. Purchase; William ... More

Bush Stadium, 1501 West 16th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Entry and Second Place Recipient 2011 HALS Challenge: Celebrating Cultural Landscapes of Diversity Significance: Bush Stadium contributes to the broad patterns of history in the area of recreation because of it... More

Bush Stadium, 1501 West 16th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Entry and Second Place Recipient 2011 HALS Challenge: Celebrating Cultural Landscapes of Diversity Significance: Bush Stadium contributes to the broad patterns of history in the area of recreation because of it... More

Lafayette Square, Bounded by West Lafayette, North Arlington, West Lan...

Significance: One of a number of urban squares established in West Baltimore in the nineteenth century to encourage new residential development west of the city center, Lafayette Square defined fashionable city... More

Lafayette Square, Bounded by West Lafayette, North Arlington, West Lan...

Significance: One of a number of urban squares established in West Baltimore in the nineteenth century to encourage new residential development west of the city center, Lafayette Square defined fashionable city... More

George Primrose, Lew Dockstader - Public domain portrait print

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8118. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

First Baptist Church, 379 East Beale Street, Memphis, Shelby County, T...

Significance: This mid-nineteenth century church was the first brick church built in the South by African Americans for African American worship. One of its earliest and most notable guest speakers was General ... More

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with for...

Case: Berg, no. 1-145. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

[Three quarter portrait of African man, facing front]

Inscribed on verso: Arab from Jerusalem - Negro moolah. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Sindos-Latorre-Boucvalt House, 1025 Saint Louis Street, New Orleans, O...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The site at 1025 St. Louis Street, near North Rampart Street and the Faubourg Treme, was owned during the early years of New Orleans history by free pe... More

[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters v...

Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Arrived in Liberia in 1833. Secretary of State of Liberia, 1856-1860. Senator, Grand Bassa County, 1868-1869. Vice president under Edward Roye, 1870-1871. Superinte... More

James Jackson, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420092. District no. 27. Picture no. 189. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

605 Simmons Avenue (House), Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA

Significance: The house at 605 Simmons Avenue is a representative example of early-to-mid twentieth century worker's housing in an African-American Milledgeville neighborhood. The vicinity developed in response... More

Portrait photo of Priscilla Gibson, ex-slave, Jasper

420097. District no. 27. Picture no. 59. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More

Betty Bormer, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420102. District no. 27. Picture no. 186. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Vicksburg, Mississippi. Negroes

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. square, north side F Street near 15th Street, view f...

Watercolor shows a large brick house in Washington DC on a winter morning. Other buildings can be seen over the fence. A woman, perhaps African American, moves across the square. Transfer; Map Division ; 1936.

Portrait photo of Monroe Brackins, ex-slave, Hondo

420073. District no. 27. Picture no. 10. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal ... More

Portrait photo of Mary Kincheon, ex-slave, Austin

420008. District no. 27. Picture no. 369. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Lewis Fowler, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420051. District no. 27. Picture no. 351. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Plamoor Ballroom, 1053 Texas Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Plamoor Ballroom (c. 1915) at 1053 Texas Avenue is a two-story masonry structure situated in a multiblock long commercial strip southwest of the cen... More

Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

420105. District no. 27. Picture no. 75. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

"Little," instigator of Indian revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890

Little, Oglala band leader, three-quarter length studio portrait, seated, facing front, wearing turkey feather headdress, pants and shirt, holding rifle across lap. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from ite... More

Capt. Goodrich's Jack. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph (oval shaped) showing head-and-shoulders portrait of an African American boy or man. Title from pencil inscription on back of item. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV23; black servants. "Cap... More

620 North Wilkinson Street (House), Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA

Significance: The house at 620 North Wilkinson Street is a representative example of early-to-mid twentieth century worker's housing in an African-American Milledgeville neighborhood. The vicinity developed in ... More

John Smith, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain monumental decor print

420019. District no. 27. Picture no. 406. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)

420084. District no. 27. Picture no. 86. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Edward S. Curtis - Two Whistles [A]--Apsaroke, Head and Shoulders Port...

Photograph shows Two Whistles, an Apsaroke man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, face painted, wearing medicine hawk headdress, buckskin shirt, and shell necklaces. Curtis no. 2686-08. Forms part of... More

Darktown sociables, a "fancy dress" hoodoo

16000 U.S. Copyright Office. Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Copyrighted May 15 1890. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c... More

Original Nashville Students in alliance with Gideon's Big Minstrel Car...

Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Half-length portrait of an African American man, possibly a Buffalo s...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of an African-American man. Title devised by Library staff based on collector's notes. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory numb... More

Negro superstition, the doo di doo bush, -- or which is the thief / R....

Inside house, African man wraps leaves(?) around neck of a kneeling man while another man waits; crowd of men, women, and children watch. Title transcribed from item.

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

Paymaster's Quarters, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Prominently located on the eastern crest of Camp Hill at the head of a row of four residences for Armory officials, the Paymaster's Quarters has survived innumerable structural changes. First ere... More

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Stre...

Significance: North Beach Place was a public housing project that occupied two city blocks in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco for 50 years. Designed in 1941-42, delayed by WWII, and constructed 19... More

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Negro woman in her bedroom

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

Poster - Kiralfy Bros "Black crook" - Public domain lithograph

N16286 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Smaller version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 2 (B size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collectio... More

[City Point, Virginia African American army cook at work]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Albert Todd, ex-slave, San Antonio

420119. District no. 27. Picture no. 261. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. 36846 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Gorton & Lee in refined musical comedy. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2701.... More

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry - famous Indian fighters

Photograph shows the African American soldiers of Troop A, 9th U.S. Cavalry, on horseback during the Spanish American War.

Jesse L. Berch, quartermaster sergeant, 22 Wisconsin Regiment of Racin...

Photograph showing Jesse L. Berch, left, and Frank M. Rockwell, right, standing, with their guns drawn, and an African American woman sitting between them, full-length portrait, facing front. [Identification of... More

"Little," the instigator of Indian Revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890

Little, Oglala band leader, full-length studio portrait, seated, facing left, wearing horn headdress and holding rifle. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

MacDill Air Force Base, Base Theater, 2420 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa,...

Significance: The Base Theater, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The build... More

[Beverly Page Yates, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, seat...

Vice president of Liberia. Served as the Associate Justice of Liberia and the Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas for Montserrado County. Helped found the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons,... More

Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...

Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More

Reverend Nathan Bracket House, Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58 as one of two identical residences for Armory officials, the Brackett House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Superintendent's Clerk. The Bra... More

Reverend Nathan Bracket House, Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58 as one of two identical residences for Armory officials, the Brackett House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Superintendent's Clerk. The Bra... More

Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New...

Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More

James Singleton Black, ex-slave, 83 years old

230016. Written on back: maybe James Singleton. Submitted by Iris England. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narr... More

Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers.

Includes portraits of performers. At head of title: Fifth annual tour, 118 consecutive concerts in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. Individual portraits signed by: F. Friedlein, Fleming, or Photo Eng. Co., ... More

Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by ...

Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background. Reference copy in Presidential File. Reference copy in Lot 4434 B.

Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...

Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More

Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of freed slaves Rosina Downs, Charles Taylor, and Rebecca Huger, each wrapped in a portion of the U.S. flag. "Our protection" caption below image. "Entered, according to... More

[African American children outdoors, Eatonville, Florida; Zora Neale H...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "poss.... More

Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...

Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More