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Black Archives Stock Photos

Browse 42,244 black archives photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

Children pose for a photograph after visiting the Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum on Florida A&M University's campus in...

Children visit the Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum

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Office icons - Black series

Highlighter Pen, Glue, Pencil Sharpener

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Books on a Bookshelf

Book, Stack, Bookshelf

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1920s young woman portrait at the beach, Italy.

Photography, Women, Archival

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Young business woman carrying archives

File Folder, Women, Emotional Stress

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Young afro-american man studying in the library

Library, Learning, Studying

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1920s italian family portrait

Photography, Archival, Retro Style

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1920s young woman portrait at the beach, Italy.

Archival, Retro Style, Old-fashioned

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Young business woman carrying archives

Stack, Emotional Stress, Working

business man working at the office doing some research and reading paperwork - black archives stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Business man working at the office doing some research and reading paperwork

Document, Emotional Stress, Men

Couple of African American kids display their winning easter eggs at the Nashville Banner Easter Egg Hunt in 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Easter Egg Hunt In Nashville

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Vintage image of two women posing together

Old-fashioned, Photography, Only Women

black cat - black archives stock illustrations

Domestic Cat, Black Color, Luck

Young woman modelling a braided afro hairstyle, her right hand on her left shoulder, in a studio portrait session, against a dark blue background,...

Afro Hair Portrait Session

Black People, Rear View, Braided Hair

Family at a picnic in Washington Park, South Side, Chicago, Illinois, July, 1973. Image courtesy National Archives. .

Picnic In Washington Park

Picnic, 1970-1979, African-American People

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African women at bookstore

Book, Bookstore, Reading

Copy of an engraving by Noel le Mire, showing the Marquis de Lafayette directing American troops during the battle of Yorktown, as James Armistead, a...

The Marquis De Lafayette

American Revolution, Armed Forces, Army Soldier

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Men, Human Face, Portrait

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Evening readers in the library

Library, Archives, People

Following the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, people line up to vote at the Sugar Shack store, Peachtree, Alabama, May 3, 1966.

Voting At The Sugar Shack

American singer and songwriter Morris Day, wearing a silver blazer over a white stand-collar shirt with black trousers, during a portrait session,...

Morris Day, American Singer & Songwriter

Line of Americans, both African American and Caucasian, wait patiently to vote at a polling place in Maryland, November 6, 1962.

Voting In Maryland, 1962

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Cat in Lifebuoy Design Format

Domestic Cat, Rescue, Black Color

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Portrait, Men, Line Art

As the afternoon sun fades into evening, a family enjoys the 12th street beach on Lake Michigan, with two men lying town beside a woman and young...

Summer On Lake Michigan

African-American People, Family, 1970-1979

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Women working at bookstore

Bookstore, Owner, Women

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Evening readers in the library

Women, Discussion, Black People

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Full frame of the textures formed of a block of cracked ice on a red and soft black color background.

Abstract, Red, Black Color

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Student Doing Homework

Child, African People, Line Art

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Portrait of a Man

Demonstrators hold up signs as they participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. Among the visible...

March On Washington For Jobs & Freedom

Protest, Voting, 1960-1969

On the sidewalk lined with cars and pedestrians, this West Side neighborhood spends the afternoon outside, including a young woman combing her female...

West Side Neighbors

African-American People, Street, Archival

Several African-American children are playing jump rope outside of the Ida B Wells Homes, one of Chicago's oldest housing projects, Chicago,...

Children Outside The Ida B Wells

African-American People, Chicago - Illinois, Child

Closeup candid portrait of a mother and her child as they enjoy relaxing on Chicago's 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan, Illinois, August, 1973....

Chicago Mother And Child

Family, African-American People, Archival

Crowd of black activists give the Black Power salute at a rally for the Black Panther Party.

Crowd Supporting Black Panthers

Black Panther Party, 1960-1969

Teacher and elementary school children in the classroom at Southern University Demonstration School. .

Elementary school students in classroom at Southern University Demonstration School

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Young casually clothed secretary looking from a document in a office cabinet

High angle view of a family as they get into a Packard Custom 8 Sedan, an Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Sedan parked across the street, in an residential...

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Family, Residential District, Black People

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Woman with Big Hairstyle

Women, Mod, Hair

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Portrait of a Woman

Women, Human Face, One Woman Only

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Vintage image of two women standing by low wall

African-American People, Black And White, Old-fashioned

In the glow of early sunset, a family lies down in the grass with a full picnic, red plastic cups clustered around, a shirtless father on his...

African-American People, Relaxation, Family

Children cool off with water as they give piggy back rides to one another at Woodlawn Community, Chicago, Illinois, 1973. Image courtesy John...

Summer At Woodlawn Community

1970-1979, Teenage Girls, African-American People

African-American father and son at an outdoor worship service at Chicago's Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, 1973. Image courtesy John White/US...

Wrigley Field Worship Service

Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael Jackson of American pop group The Jackson 5, at ABC-TV studios, California, 9th July 1971. The Jacksons are...

Four Of The Jackson 5

Jackson 5, Fashion, Jackie Jackson

University students work on projects in the computer lab on campus using Apple Macintosh computers.

University students in the computer lab on campus

Scenes from the nursery school. Young children and teachers are engaged in the classroom at the Southern University Laboratory School located on the...

Elementary school students in Louisiana

Telephone switchboard operators at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Telephone switchboard operators 1950s

Happiness, Women, Only Women

Group of African American men raise their hands in support of the Civil Rights Act, outside the United States Capitol building, Washington, DC, March...

Supporting Civil Rights Outside The United States Capitol

Hand, USA, 1960-1969

Fifth and sixth-grade students, along with faculty, from Southern University Laboratory School, savoring a Thanksgiving meal together in the...

Thanksgiving celebration at Southern University

View, from the rear, of an African American midwife walking along a dirt road on her way to visit a client, near Siloam, Greene County, Georgia,...

An African American Midwife Making A Call In The Country

Soul Train dancers pose for a photoshoot, United States, May 1975.

Soul Train Dancers

Silent march to protest the police treatment of blacks during riots in East St. Louis, New York, New York, 1917. They marched down Fifth Avenue on...

Black Silent Protest March

Silence, Protest, African-American People

unrecognizable woman in black shirt takes out box with data records stored in filing cabinet - black archives stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Unrecognizable woman in black shirt takes out box with data records stored in filing cabinet

Cabinet, Storage Room, Doctor's Office

Young man wearing a gingham shirt beneath a fleece-lined waistcoat, and a cowboy at, Los Angeles, California, November 1979.

The L.A. Fashion Scene, 1979

Black People, Fashion

Two young men, one wearing a light shirt with a hat over a woollen hat and smoking a cigarette, the other wearing a dark shirt with a peaked cap,...

The L.A. Fashion Scene, 1979

Man wearing a light suit, with a handkerchief in the breast pocket, and a dark tie, carrying a thin briefcase on a street in Los Angeles, California,...

The L.A. Fashion Scene, 1979

Group portrait of African American soldiers arriving from France on board the ship George Washington in Cleveland, Ohio, 1919.

African American Soldiers Return From France

Armed Forces, Army Soldier, Cleveland - Ohio

Volunteers for Chicago's Board of Election Commissioners register new voters, Chicago, Illinois, September 23, 1973. They sit under a sign that...

Chicago Voter Registration Drive

Young African American girl and her mother and their dog get their photograph taken in their backyard, circa 1935.

Family Portrait In Backyard

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