Althea Gibson, half-length portrait, holding tennis racquet / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In 1950 tennis star Althea Gibson (1927-2003) became the first African American to compete in the U.S. Nationals. The next year she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon, England. (Museum of American History – Behring Center) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall’s Island Stadium in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Owens performing the long jump at the Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: ‘The Last Moments of John Brown’, oil on canvas painting by Thomas Hovenden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Daguerreotype of John Brown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: William Harvey Carney (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By James E Reed – Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
Langston Hughes Lincoln University 1928 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group, in front of his P-47 Thunderbolt in Sicily. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
from http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/070207-F-9999W-001.jpg. General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., an aviation pioneer, is one of the most famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
LIEUT. COL. BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR. – AIR FIGHTER – NARA – 535698 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Langston Hughes, 29 February 1936 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1530 – 1534 15th Street, N.W. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mary Jane Patterson’s home in Washington D. C.
English: Racing driver Willy T. Ribbs, photographed at Sears Point International Raceway in 1984. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Willy T. Ribbs – 1991 CART Race – Laguna Seca – October 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The corner of Press and Royal Streets, where the memorial to Plessy v Ferguson stands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Side one of the memorial in New Orleans, Louisianna of the Plessy-v-Ferguson memorial located at the corner of Press St & Royal St (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: upclose veiw of the Plessy v Ferguson memorial in New Orleans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Monroe Elementary School – Brown Vs the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas national historic site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas, USA – Monroe Elementary school, where racial segregation was challenged in 1954 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Scroller’s Club of Kappa Alpha Psi – Wilberforce University (PD) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Kappa Alpha Psi Chapter at Wilberforce University in 1922 (PD) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: President Reagan and Arthur Ashe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Former San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, and Cal running back Chuck Muncie making an appearance at the Fun Zone on Maxwell Family Field prior to a Cal home game against the UCLA Bruins. The Golden Bears won 41-20. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Obtained at http://www.antekprizering.com/01.14.04.html. Picture taken in 1899. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
