Afro History

The Emperor Jones (1933 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

PAUL ROBESON – ACTOR, ARTIST, ATHLETE – NARA – 535624 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Paul Robeson with Uta Hagen in the Theatre Guild production of Othello. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Muhammad Ali, who engaged in more ‘fight of the year’ contests than any other fighter in boxing history, sixCitation needed spanning almost two decades. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Meeting in the Oval Office between Nixon and President Mobutu Sese Seku of Zaire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: DRC, orthographic projection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Steve Biko (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American Woman in Space – GPN-2004-00020 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Peter Tosh with Al Anderson and Robbie Shakespeare, Bush Doctor Tour, Cardiff 1978 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Third seed Serena Williams, USA returns a shot during her 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Natalie Dechy, at the Family Circle Cup Tennis Tournament on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Serena Williams at the 2011 AEGON International in Eastbourne. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: This is a cropped version of an image from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division of Dr. George Washington Buckner (1855-1943), United States Minister and Consul General to Liberia, 1913-1915. According to the LOC notes, there are “[n]o known restrictions on publication.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lake Bomi, Tubmanburg, Liberia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Liberia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Map of Liberia Español: Mapa de Liberia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: President Reagan and Arthur Ashe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Arthur Ashe Stadium 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Screenshot of Dorothy Dandridge from the trailer for the film The Decks Ran Red. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivered a speech at the first International Ethics Conference at the University of Botswana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Zebras in Swaziland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Swazis dancing in a cultural village show. Author: Christoph Riedl SWAZILAND (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lake with Hippopotamuses in the Mlilwane reserve, Swaziland, August 2003 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Traditional homes in Swaziland and still widely used outside of the towns. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Embassy of Swaziland in Washington, D.C. USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(en) Swaziland Location (he) מיקום סוואזילנד (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Leopold Sedar Senghor Français : Leopold Sedar Senghor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Touching the supernatural Photo taken in Kaolak, Senegal (West Africa) in November, 1967 (Best viewed large). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Map of Senegal Español: Mapa de Senegal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Landscape of Casamance Region, southern Senegal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Map of regions in Senegal Français : Carte des régions du Sénégal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Operation Arkansas: A Different Kind of Deployment Photo by Courtesy of the National Archives September 20, 2007 Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort the Little Rock Nine students into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Frederick Douglass (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Reverend Al Sharpton leading the first protest march over the death of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst, 1989. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Al Sharpton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)