Did the gains of the 1960s finally bring about the racial justice that Martin Luther King, Jr. famously dreamed of? Now that our history series has come to...

Discover the rich photographic history of the Great Migration that led to the flourishing of African American culture in the United States.

A photographic history of the Civil War and emancipation, followed by the years of segregation. Part of a series exploring the importance of photographs in...

Discover the history of Africans in the United States through photographs from public archives, starting with a history of slavery in America.

Take a closer look at a photo from 1894 showing Frederick Douglass and his grandson, Joseph Douglass, from the National Museum of African American History...

In 1992, Mission Specialist Mae Jemison flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African-American woman in space: here's a great picture of her.

This photograph from a production of Macbeth is part of the Billy Rose Theatre collection. Here we'll look at how this image makes us feel, along with some...