DuBois , American educator, editor and writer who helped create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Undated Photograph.
Big Band leader Cab Calloway and his orchestra performs in the 1944 United Artists film "Sensations of 45" in Los Angeles, California.
View of American Jazz musician Art Tatum as he plays piano, 1940. Although near-blind from birth, he was a professional musician from his teens and...
Portrait of American poet and Harlem Renaissance figure Arna Bontemps , New York, New York, August 15, 1939.
Pianist Nat 'King' Cole, guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Wesley Prince of the "Nat 'King' Cole Trio" pose for a portrait in circa 1938 in Los...
View of American Jazz musician and bandleader Jimmie Lunceford as he directors the members of his orchestra, 1930s. The photo is autographed 'To Ed...
Studio portrait of the members of American Jazz and Pop group the Mills Brothers, 1935. Pictured are John MIlls Jr with his brothers Donald , Herbert...
Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr, National Hero of Jamaica Publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and...
American Jazz musician Sidney Bechet performs during a private party , 1931. Photographer: Felix H. Man - Dephot- Published by: 'Die Dame' 15/1931...
Blues singer and pianist Gladys Bentley poses for a portrait backstage at the Ubangi Club in Harlem circa 1930 in New York City, New York.
Singer Billie Holiday performs with a jazz band, standing beside a xylophone. New York City, New York, USA.
Publicity handout features a portrait of American Jazz musician and bandleader Count Basie , 1930s. Count Basie, American composer, conductor, and...
Jamaican writer and poet Claude McKay, . From the book Back to Montparnasse by Sisley Huddleston, published 1931
Miss Harmon, daughter of the founder, congratulating winners of the William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement among Negroes,...
Bill Robinson , the American tap-dancer and entertainer renowned for his stairway dance, sharing a joke with a friend at the Trocadero cafe.
Group portrait of an unidentified jazz band as they pose on a stage in Harlem, New York, New York, June 25, 1925.
Portrait of an unidentified man in a pin-stripe suit and a group of women in stage costume as they pose under a sign that reads 'Shuffle Along,'...
American writer and educator James Weldon Johnson , circa 1925. Johnson was one of the founders of the NAACP and served as the group's secretary from...
Ethel Waters as radio entertainer in the 1920's. She is standing next to NBC microphone. Undated photograph.
Portrait of American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet Angelina Weld Grimke . The image appears in Robert Thomas Kerlin's book 'Negro Poets...
Exterior view of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City where Adam Clayton Powell, Jr served as senior pastor until 1970. Photo circa 1923.
Portrait of Bert Williams. Bert Williams was the first African American comic to become a major vaudeville star.
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago, circa 1923. Left to right: Honore Dutrey on trombone, Baby Dodds on drums, King Oliver on trumpet, Louis...
"Mother of the Blues" Ma Rainey and her band the Rabbit Foot Minstrels L-R: Ed Pollock, Albert Wynn, Thomas A. Dorsey, Ma Rainey, Dave Nelson and...
Portrait of American poet, activist, and educator Anne Spencer , early twentieth century. The image appears in Robert Thomas Kerlin's book 'Negro...
Portrait of American poet, activist, and journalist Alice Dunbar-Nelson , early twentieth century. The image appears in Robert Thomas Kerlin's book...
Portrait of American poet and playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson , early twentieth century. The image appears in Robert Thomas Kerlin's book 'Negro...
Adam Clayton Powell Sr , pastor of the the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, circa 1920. Original Caption reads: 'Interesting scenes of...
From Out of the Past. Manhattan, New York, New York: The song and dance team of Buck , right, and Bubbles , are shown as they appeared in the early...
Jazz bandleader, arranger and composer James Reese Europe poses for a portrait with his Clef club band in 1914 in New York City, New York.
