Afro History

Discovery of Nat Turner: wood engraving illustrating Benjamin Phipps’s capture of Nat Turner (1800-1831) on October 30, 1831 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Improved version of the logo for Template:North American Slave Revolts, using the same public domain image, created in photoshop. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

19th Century woodcut depiction of the Southampton Insurrection (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Coat of arms of Senegal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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

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

Steve Biko (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pearl Bailey in “St. Louis Woman”, 1946 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

photograph of Pearl Bailey following a performance of “It’s A Woman’s Prerogative” in the 1946 stage production of “St. Louis Woman” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The grave of Max Roach in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Max Roach, Three Deuces, NYC, ca. October 1947. Photography by William P. Gottlieb. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Max Roach (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Sunrise on the Congo River near Mossaka (Republic of the Congo). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Map of the Republic of the Congo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Map of the Republic of the Congo Español: Mapa de la República del Congo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

     Flag-map of the Central African Republic (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Coat of Arms of the Central African Republic (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Shaded relief map of the Central African Republic. Cropped caption: Base 802739 (B01340) 2-01 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Central African Republic (orthographic projection) Português: República Centro-Africana (projeção ortográfica) Español: República Centroafricana (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Frederick Douglass (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Women in Mao, where water is provided by a water tower. Access to clean water is often a problem in Chad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rebuilt Bridge in south west of Chad (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A Chadian maternity ward. Although improving, Chad’s infrastructure remains far less developed than that of its northern neighbours. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Orthographic map of Chad (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Carl Lewis in midair during a long jump for track and field as an athlete at the University of Houston (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Carl Lewis in World Championships in Athletics in 1983 Français : Carl Lewis championnats du monde 1983 Helsinki Suomi: Carl Lewis Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailuissa Helsingissä vuonna 1983 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Carl Lewis at the “green carpet” for the Save the World Awards 2009 (Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, Lower Austria). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer 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)

Jesse Owens shook racial stereotypes both with Nazis and segregationists in the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Owens performing the long jump at the Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Zimbabwe (orthographic projection) Español: Zimbabue (proyección ortográfica) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Victoria Falls from the sky, September 2003 Photo by Vberger (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Flag of Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Former congressman Mickey Leland of Texas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)