Portrait of the jazz drummer Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones , formerly of the Miles Davis Quintet, taken while performing at the Chicago club...
Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King participates in the Sanitation Workers march, soon after the assassination of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther...
Noted African-American sculptor Richard Hunt grinds and polishes a metal sculpture while at a foundry or studio, Chicago, IL, 2000.
Three boys clamber up a traffic light to get a good view of the Bud Billiken parade, Chicago, IL, 1968.
Portrait of the musician Alice Coltrane , performing during a concert at Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1971.
Supporters of US Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Rally to protest his having been stripped of the chairmanship of the Education and Labor...
Close-up of a woman who holds a sign that reads, in part, 'Honor King,' a reference to the recently assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin...
View of female Nation of Islam attendees of the Saviour's Day celebrations, Chicago, Illinois, mid 1960s.
Close-up of a young male Nation of Islam attendee at the Saviour's Day celebrations, Chicago, Illinois, mid 1960s. He wears the uniform of the Fruit...
Portrait of American abolitionist, author, and politician Frederick Douglass , Cincinnati, Ohio, January 12, 1867. The picture is labelled 'Fred...
American rapper, singer and record producer, Attrell Cordes of American hip hop group PM Dawn, circa 1990.
Muscular African-American man wearing sunglasses posing at a beach, Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines, 1975.
American singer Phyllis Hyman posing at the courtyard of a modern building, San Francisco, California, 1975.
Paul Honesty, a fireman and former American football star at Howard University, behind the wheel of a fire engine in Washington DC.
American R&B musician Erykah Badu performs on stage at a Taste of Chicago concert in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, June 27, 2003.
American religious & Civil Rights leader and politician Reverend Jesse Jackson points as he speaks from a lectern at the headquarters of Operation...
Portrait of American poet and author Nikki Giovanni as she sits beside a window in her hotel room, Chicago, Illinois, May 1, 1978.
View of married couple, American politician US Senator Barack Obama and a University of Chicago Hospitals vice president Michelle Obama smile and...
View of graffiti on the wall of a wooden building beside an ice-covered sidewalk, Chicago, Illinois, 1960s. The graffiti reads, in part, 'Black...
Portrait of rapper Tupac Shakur and music executive Marion 'Suge' Knight, of Death Row Records, outside Club 662, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1996.
Portrait of American artist Emilio Cruz as he sits on a stool with a number of his paintings, New York, 1990s.
Portrait of American rapper and music executive Jay Z as he sits behind a desk in his lower Manhattan office, New York, New York, April 1996.
View of the hearse and mourners at the funeral of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. On April 9, 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Reverend Ralph Abernathy addresses the crowd of mourners from the roof of an ambulance at Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral on April 9, 1968 in...
Dr Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King laugh with politician and jurist Constance Baker Motley at banquet at the SCLC Conference while Reverend...
Portrait of a group of Civil Rights demonstrators, including American journalist Barbara Reynolds , as they stand beside a Greyhound bus during the...
Portrait of an unidentified Civil Rights demonstrator during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. The button...
American performer Sammy Davis Jr and comedian and Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory talk outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on...
An unidentified Civil Rights demonstrator sits on a sign on the grass during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28,...
From left, American record executive Suge Knight , Rap musician Tupac Shakur , and rapper and producer Dr Dre on the set of Shakur's 'California...
American rapper Notorious BIG sits in convertible on the set his 'Hypnotize' music video, Los Angeles California, February 1997.
Portrait of, from left, American rappers Notorious BIG , Nate Dogg , Snoop Dogg , and Sean Combs attend the premiere party for 'Murder Was the Case'...
View, over the heads of photographers, as American politician & Alabama Governor George Wallace is interviewed through wire-mesh security door,...
View the members of a boot dancing troop as they perform on stage during the the Watts Summer Festival at Will Rogers Memorial Park , Los Angeles,...
View of an unidentified woman as she stands, hands on her hips, on a sidewalk, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1970. Several people are visible on a low wall...
View, though a fence, of concert goers as they attend an event as part of the Watts Summer Festival at Will Rogers Memorial Park , Los Angeles,...
View, from behind, of a group of students, most in NAACP jackets, as they stand outside of a Trailways bus during the March on Washington for Jobs...
Portrait of American musician Isaac Hayes . New York, New York, 1972. The photo was taken during a shoot for Essence magazine.
View of married South African anti-Apartheid activists Winnie Mandela and Nelson Mandela as they wave to supporters, near the intersection of 125th...
View of American musician and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr as he performs during an event near the intersection of 125th Street and 7th Avenue in...
American Jazz musician Lee Morgan plays trumpet as he performs in Central Park, New York, New York, early 1970s.
American heavy weight boxer Muhammad Ali and David Patterson , among others, during a demonstration in support of South African freedom in Harlem,...
American Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie plays trumpet as he performs during a Jazzmobile concert at Grant's Tomb in Harlem, New York, New York, 1980s.
View of American Civil Rights leader Dr Betty Shabazz and actress Cicely Tyson as they attend James Baldwin's memorial service at the Cathedral of St...
View, from behind, of costumed participants during the Afro-American Day parade in Harlem, New York, New York, September 1984.
View of costumed participants, on West 47th Street, during the Brazilian Day Festival, New York, New York, 1988.
View of American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and his son Lewis and others during on the Selma to Montgomery marches held in support of...
Portrait of African American dancer and choreographer Judith Jameson, artistic director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York, 1997.
Portrait of a trio of smiling, well-dressed young boys as they pose on a Harlem street, New York, New York, 1975.
