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Three men in dress shirts stand on sidewalk below awning with "Tailors" sign near stairs

A. H. Thomasson and Son Tailors

African-American men and women posing beneath "Philander Smith College" banner

Older African-American woman in blue suit speaking at lectern

African-American woman with short hair smiling in silver dress

African-American man with beard in suit and tie

African-American men in matching suits performing on stage

Adolphus Hotel Orchestra

"Negroes leave town of Bonanza" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Bonanza

"Negroes warned to leave town" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Bonanza

"Too many Negroes" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Cotter

"Negroes warned to leave Cotter" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Cotter

African-American brass band in uniforms with horns and drums posing outside brick building

African-American Band

Group of African-American men and women with identification tags waiting outside brick building

African-American Flood Refugees

African-American Population Map

"How the Negro is helping to win the war" newspaper clipping

African-American War Support

Young African-American man in military uniform

John Hanks Alexander

Close-up portrait photo of an African-American man in suit jacket and dress shirt

Larry D. Alexander

African-American man wearing glasses and cap in Philadelphia Phillies uniform with glove

smiling African-American man with hard cap and bat in uniform

African-American man in suit with his hand held up to his chin

Old African-American woman smiling in hat and necklace with earrings sitting with brick wall behind her

African-American man with glasses and mustache in gray collared shirt

Older African-American man smiling in tuxedo

Richard Anderson

African-American woman in turban and hoop earrings behind orchid

Four-story building with a tower and a flag pole

Arkansas Baptist College

African-American woman with baskets filled with cotton

Arkansas City Cotton Picker

Group of African-American men and women in formal clothing standing together on grass

Arkansas Farm Bureau, Negro Division

"Arkansas Traveler"

African-American woman being arrested by white men in suits with white photographers taking pictures behind them

Arrest of Bliss Anne Malone

African-American musicians with their instruments and mixed group of patrons outside storefront building

African-American Band

Rust-colored metal rectangle engraved with names and dates

Ashley County Lynching

African-American men and women at lectern

Eliza Jane Ashley Citation

African-American woman cooking in kitchen with pot on stove

Eliza Jane Ashley

White man in suit speaking at lectern accompanied by African-American women with glasses

Eliza Jane Ashley

African-American woman smiling in collared top

Eliza Jane Ashley

Black man in "Harlem Globetrotters" basketball uniform with ball on court smiling pointing with audience background

African-American man smiling in suit and bow tie

African-American man in basketball jersey uniform spinning a basketball on one finger

African American adults and children gathered in large room with beds and tables

Awaiting Passage to Liberia

African-American man with mustache in tuxedo

Portrait black man in suit and tie with glasses smiling in front of book case

Postcard depicting crowd of African-American men and women gathered at body of water watching a baptism

Young African-American man kneeling in uniform with alligator in truck bed

"Sunpie" Barnes

African-American man in long sleeve shirt and hat playing an accordion

"Sunpie" Barnes

four men in basketball uniforms in mid game play with one African American player jumping in the attempt to make a basket

Jim "Bad News" Barnes

three black men and black woman looking off in the distance

Daisy and L. C. Bates at National Black Convention

African-American woman wearing dark colored dress with double strain shell necklace

White man and African-American woman in wheelchair looking at statue of a young woman holding a sign that reads "God gave his only son for the freedom of mankind NAACP"

Daisy Bates with Bill Clinton

Black woman in glasses and academic robes seated on stage amid white men

Older African-American man in suit and tie speaking before two microphones with assorted people behind him

African-American woman with short hair smiling with her head resting in her hand

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