Date: | 12 1978 |
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Description: | Addie Wyatt, of the United Packinghouse Worker's Association, is shown seated at a desk speaking during the Merger Talks. |
Date: | 1975 |
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Description: | A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan. |
Date: | 05 29 1974 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen... |
Date: | 1972 |
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Description: | George Wiley speaking at a rally, wearing a "Welfare Rights Now!" button on his shirt. |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and... |
Date: | 10 31 1977 |
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Description: | Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday. |
Date: | 1977 |
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Description: | Willie Mae Small, 107 years old, sits in a chair off to the side during an outdoor service (church?). |
Date: | 1979 |
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Description: | People drinking coffee and smoking at the lunch counter of the Rennebohm Drug Store #2, 30 West Mifflin Street, then known as the 30 on the Square Building... |
Date: | 1979 |
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Description: | Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i... |
Date: | 04 14 1975 |
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Description: | Waist-up outdoor portrait of Eugene Parks. |
Date: | 04 14 1975 |
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Description: | Eugene (Gene) Parks with his wife and children relaxing outdoors. From left to right are Kendra Parks, Marilyn Park, Wendy Parks, Stacey Parks, Reggie Park... |
Date: | 1976 |
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Description: | A group of African Americans gathered at a picnic table for an outdoor church picnic. |
Date: | 1972 |
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Description: | An employee of the Chase Bag company, who was also a member of the Amagalamted Meatcutters and Butcherworkers of North America, stitches at a sewing machin... |
Date: | 1978 |
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Description: | Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki... |
Date: | 1978 |
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Description: | Author Alex Haley and actor LeVar Burton visit the grave of Haley's ancestor, the slave Kunte Kinte, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In the television ... |
Date: | 1976 |
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Description: | Scene from the popular television mini-series "Roots," showing actor LeVar Burton in chains portraying the slave Kunte Kinte, who had recently arrived on a... |
Date: | 1976 |
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Description: | Actors Ben Vereen (left), as Chicken George, and Georg Stanford Brown as Tom, in a television still from the popular 1977 television mini-series "Roots". T... |
Date: | 02 17 1970 |
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Description: | Cover of "The Black Panther: Black Community News Service," an underground newspaper, commemorating the birthday of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey New... |
Date: | 08 1970 |
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Description: | Cover of "News from Nowhere," an underground newspaper, featuring a mosaic image of an African American male face. |
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