A spectator at the Selma to Montgomery march with a sign condemning police killings presages the grievances of today’s Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Steve Schapiro
"The paradox of education is precisely this: that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."
2 boxing legends, Muhammad Ali and joe Frazier. “We are stone enemies in the ring and best friends outside the ring.” —Joe Frazier
Malcolm X talking to Babatunde Olatunji, a Nigerian drummer and educator (left) and a Nigerian student, at Nigeria Independence Party in Harlem, New York City.
Portrait of six generations of a family, Selma, Alabama, 1893.
Barack and Michelle Obama in their living room with their newborn daughter Malia(1998).
A father and sons at Penn Station, New York City, 1948.
3 messengers, 3 murders, 3 wives widowed. "you can kill a man but you can't kill an idea."
A segregated Summerville, South Carolina Schoolhouse, 1905.
The African Renaissance Monument, Located in Dakar, Senegal.
Proud mother, Mrs. Cleveland Owens, hears of son Jesse's Olympic triumphs in Berlin, 1936.
“Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.” —Ella Baker
Over 400 Years of Institutional Racism. Slavery (1619-1865) Black Codes (1865-1866) KKK (1865-) Jim Crow (1877-1954) Redlining (1934-1968) War On Drugs (1971-) Mass Incarceration (1973-) Three Strikes Law(1993-)
Teenagers waiting to get paid for cotton picking in 1939 in Mileston, Mississippi
“Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.” —John Henriek Clarke
"You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself" —Malcolm X
Honoring all those enslaved people that built the U.S Capitol.
In 1938, Jack Johnson was speeding when he was stopped by a policeman. He issued him a $50 ticket. Jack handed him a $100 bill, to which the policeman proclaimed "I can't make change for that much!" Jack replied, "keep it, as I will be making the return trip at the same speed."
"When children attend schools that place a Greater value on Discipline and Security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending Prep schools for PRISON." — Angela Davis
Malcolm X relaxing with two of his daughters a day before he was assassinated.
"If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto. " — Carter G. Woodson
Mary Smith became the first Black woman NFL cheerleader in 1970, joining the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and breaking barriers in professional sports and entertainment.
James Earl Jones with his father Robert Earl Jones together on stage in the 1962 production “Moon on a Rainbow Shawl.” Robert divorced James’ mother before he was born. He did not come to know him till the mid 1950’s, about 20 years later.
Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell, Michael Jackson and Diana Ross rehearsing for the 1978 movie The Wiz