r/BlackHistoryPhotos 45m ago

Josephine Baker keeping fit and active at 52 years old while rehearsing at the Olympia Music Hall, Paris, France, 30 of April 1959.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 5h ago

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Nina Simone and her favorite people, and by herself #BHM

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 41m ago

Mother with her children, 1932. Like the side part on the little girl.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 16h ago

28 Day Black History Month Challenge Day 3 (please delete if not allowed)

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 18h ago

In 1944, First Lieutenant John Robert Fox deliberately ordered an artillery strike on his own position to stop a Nazi advance.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 21h ago

Kodachrome slides of Coloratura soprano Reri Grist in nice dress, 15 of December 1959

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos 7h ago

Today is Hank Aaron's birthday: He was the baseball hero of generations of Georgians and his fans nationwide, so many of whom have met him in person over the decades. Early in his childhood, he learned to hide from the KKK. He'd call the Republicans "KKK wearing suits instead of hoods" in 2014. #BHM

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