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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Russell Lasley, an African-american leader of the United Packinghouse Workers union and later the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, meetin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William, Sarah (probably Amelia), and Ollie Greene, three children of Thomas and Harriet Greene. The Greenes were settlers in the Pleasant Ridg... |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Isaac Sheppard, a former slave, posing with his daughters Ella, Eliza, and Emily. |
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| Description: | A family posing with an oxcart. Text at the bottom of the image reads "A few more days we will totter on the road, Then my old Kentucky Home, good night.". |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Greene, Shepard, Gadlin, Grimes, and Craig families who lived in the Pleasant Ridge community. |
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| Description: | Family on Sea Island that was part of the Citizenship group that took place on the island. |
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| Description: | An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island. |
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| Description: | An African American family standing on the porch of their home, behind a wooden picket fence. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi... |
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| Description: | Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School. |
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| Description: | From left to right, Aunt Mary, Betty Arms and Wilbur Arms pose in front of the house at 1344 East Wilson Street. Lewis Arms was born in this house. |
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| Description: | A group portrait of family and friends. From left to right, sitting in front, are Merwyn Arms, Edward Arms, Algie Shivers (kneeling), Blanche, Ed Shivers, ... |
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| Description: | A solemn family portrait of Walter and Ionie Arms and their adopted son Orville. |
| Date: | 04 26 1943 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses with his sister and other children on Easter Day. Front from left to right are Nedra Arms (sister) and John Hall. From left to right behin... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses outdoors with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall. He is wearing his Navy uniform. |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Navy uniform, poses with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall, and his sister, Nedra Arms. |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms, in his Navy uniform, hugs his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Members of the Arms family (and a friend?) pose on Bernard Arms's farm. From left to right are Nellie Arms, Bernard Arms, unidentified man with eyes rolled... |
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| Description: | Three men from the Arms family pose together on a sidewalk on Frances Street. From left to right are Lewis Arms, Wilbur Arms and Eddie Arms. There is a bab... |
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