What Do You Really Know About African American History?

posted Feb 18, 2016 by Kathy Pinna
Tags: African Americans , U.S. Civil Rights Movements
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

Woodrow Crockett & Edward Gleed

The March on Washington in 1963

March on Washington, 1963

A 20th century gem

Maya Angelou, poet, author, singer

Former slave Mary Thompson in 1937

Mary Thompson Austin Texas 1937

Marian Anderson, singer extraordinaire, in 1943

Washington, D.C. Marian Anderson broadcasting a Negro...

Mary Fields, a former slave, in 1900

Mary Fields, 'Stagecoach'

According to this 1900 employment chart, over 58% of African Americans were teachers

African American employment, 1900

Booker T. Washington front and center in 1906

Booker T. Washington & guests
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