What Do You Really Know About African American History?
posted Feb 18, 2016 by
Kathy Pinna
These photos celebrate the courage, talent, and genius of families and individuals in the African-American community who contributed to the United States since the beginning. Some of these individuals are known, but I bet that many of these photos will surprise you.
Tuskegee Airmen strategizing in 1945 Italy
The March on Washington in 1963
A 20th century gem
Former slave Mary Thompson in 1937
Marian Anderson, singer extraordinaire, in 1943
Mary Fields, a former slave, in 1900
According to this 1900 employment chart, over 58% of African Americans were teachers
Booker T. Washington front and center in 1906
