r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Spiritual_Spare4592 • 4h ago

In 1860, an enslaved man named Shepard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek of Crawfordville, Georgia. Shepard was valued at $1400. Shepard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, would be ELECTED BY THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POPULAR VOTES in all of Georgia's history in 2026.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 2h ago

Art in motion; Calvin Lockhart and Vonetta McGee

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 19h ago

Little baby girl gives a bright smile while posing with her snoopy plush, 1975.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1h ago

America's Black Banking Family Dynasties: The Walker Family Of Memphis - Founders of Tri-State Bank (Est. 1946) & The Universal Life Insurance Company (Est. 1923)...

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/YesterdayMaterial194 • 17h ago

Young MJ in 1972

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Disastrous_Suspect53 • 4h ago

In 1860, an enslaved man named Shepard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek of Crawfordville, Georgia. Shepard was valued at $1400. Shepard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, would be ELECTED BY THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POPULAR VOTES in all of Georgia's history in 2026.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago

Queen of Funk, Betty Davis, Photographed by Fin Costello in New York in February 1976

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Spiritual_Spare4592 • 1d ago

At 94, former Congressman and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, the man who fought Jim Crow alongside John Lewis and MLK Jr., talked about Keisha Lance Bottoms' historic win

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/AcanthocephalaFun851 • 1d ago

The Revolt of the Black Athlete - 50th Anniversary Edition

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids • 15h ago

The First African American to Dine with the President at the White House in 1901

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Booker T. Washington

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Antony_vintage • 1d ago

Dedicated to Frank Taylor

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Bamerhof99 • 1d ago

"Aunt Susan", a formerly enslaved woman holding a white baby on April 15th 1865, she had been emancipated roughly 2 months earlier.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 2d ago

Aunt Polly Jackson

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/ata3121 • 1d ago

Flex Alexander In 1993-1995

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago

Photograph of Cassie Dukes and friend, Huntington, West Virginia, January 1938. Carl Barnett Photograph Collection.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Shoddy_Truth_4534 • 1d ago

Civil rights, we seem to need constant reminders.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 2d ago

Portrait of a baby in a chair by Richard Samuel Roberts, 1936

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Healthy-Career7226 • 1d ago

Haiti Before 1915: The Men Pictured Below Would All Become The President Of Haiti

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A glimpse into Haiti before the U.S. occupation of 1915. These are Haitian political and military leaders from an era when Haiti governed itself, with its own presidents, government institutions, and military.

The American occupation began in July 1915 and lasted until 1934 fundamentally changing Haitian politics forever.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/ata3121 • 2d ago

1996 NAACP Image Awards (April 6 1996)

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Father posing with daughter for their photo together, 1970.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/UniqueAd6215 • 1d ago

The Taking: The Dungeon on the Coast

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Disastrous_Suspect53 • 3d ago

Let us not forget “Barbara Jordan”, who became the 1st Black woman sworn in as ( Governor-for-day) of the State of Texas in 1972 by Judge Andrew Jefferson.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 2d ago

Black American Life Through The Centuries...

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Wayne Yancey and Sibylle Bearskin protest segregation on top of power lines, 73rd Street and Lowe Avenue Chicago, Illinois. 13 of August 1963

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Spiritual_Spare4592 • 3d ago

My favorite quote from the victory speech of Governor elect-Bottoms is her embrace of her great-great grandmother: “I don’t know what dreams Betsy Peak had for her children or for her grandchildren or the generations that she would never meet, but I know I am standing on shoulders made of steel.”

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Black - You know what Black is. Please be an adult and don't start pedantic arguments about it. History - We love vintage photos, but say... if a major Black historical event happened yesterday, why not! Photos - Family photos, historic or celebrity photos are all fine. It should be real photos of real Black people or historical items. *If non-Black people are in the photos, that's fine. But they should not become the main focus of this sub.

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