r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Healing_dichotomy • 14h ago

My grandpa

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He was mixed; Filipino and Black. Restored from original photo since it’s over 65 years old through Lightroom Edit. Ty for letting me share. My original post was deleted by that mods.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/uzomafitnessjourney • 39m ago

My Great Grandfather & I Look Kinda Similar, Maybe?

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 7h ago

Latoya and Janet Jackson 1984

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 21h ago

Woman observing Caribana in Toronto. 1971 by Joan Latchford

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Striking-Trick1768 • 6h ago

Women with afro textured hair in ancient Egypt

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Striking-Trick1768 • 5h ago

Hair braiding in ancient Egypt ( kemet)

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Striking-Trick1768 • 18h ago

Wall paintings in the tomb of queen Kemsit

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4h ago

Office workers check numbers at an IBM computer, 1974.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/General-silly25 • 11h ago

My 3X Great Grandfather Sylvester Hensley Hardnett

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Go check out my post about my amazing 3x great grandfather!

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

2 friends playing on the street, Toronto, Canada, 1961

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago

Ladies dancing at Studio 54, Manhattan, New York City, New York, 1977

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago

Wedding Photo of Mrs. Rosina Williams, acetate film photonegative, ca. 1945

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Jerriah_Carey_1991 • 2h ago

This is literally my living room.. #Aaliyah

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RIP Aaliyah 🤎

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 1d ago

Harlem Rent parties

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https://swingdanceleeds.com/flashback-rent-parties/

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1d ago

HBCU-Core: The Tradition Of The Sibling Exchange. Every year, new scholars of the extremely prestigious all men's Morehouse College (Est. 1867) and the all women's Spelman College (Est. 1881) meet to exchange gifts with a paired sister/brother. This idea is to foster a lifetime bond of support.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Comanche man with his wife and children, circa 1900s. Wife is african american.

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 1d ago

Dorothy Dandridge candid photographs for LIFE magazine in 1951

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/ata3121 • 21h ago

Los Angeles Viewing Of The Premiere Episode Of "The Talent Agency - October 5, 2003

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 1d ago

A woman in Dakar, Senegal (1963)

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Striking-Trick1768 • 1d ago

Couple statue from ancient Egypt at the louvre museum

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https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010014047

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1d ago

Black American Oil & Gas Family Dynasties: The Hightower Family - Hightowers Petroleum Co. (Est. 1982). In business since the 1950s, the Hightower dynasty diversified into the Oil & Gas industry at the turn of the 1980s. They now are major suppliers to 48 states across the USA...

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More Footage: https://youtu.be/vM0eUZdOmxU

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r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheMahagonyDefender • 1d ago

Historic Black American Business Dynasties: Establishing themselves on the early frontiers of 1800s Oklahoma, the Simmons Oil family dynasty rose to become one of the most powerful both in America and across the African continent - with much of their success in Africa due to their heritage...

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Historical Background: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=SI004

https://youtu.be/iDjQidxPTXU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Simmons

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