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Peter Williams; [The first Negro to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, served as its rector until 1849.]

Peter Williams; [The first Negro to be ordained as a priest in the Epi...

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Charles de Gaulle, chief of the Free France, is welcomed to Chad by Govenor-General Eboue of Free French Africa. Governor-General Eboue, a native of French Guinea, was the first Negro colonial governor in Africa. As governor of the Chad colony, he was the first African leader to rally to the Free French cause

Charles de Gaulle, chief of the Free France, is welcomed to Chad by Go...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the first Negro in the U.S. to receive a loan under the tenant purchase program. Guilford County, North Carolina

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the ...

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A man standing next to a cow in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man standing next to a cow in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men, possibly related to: Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the first Negro in the U.S. to receive a loan under the tenant purchase program. Guilford County, North Carolina

A black and white photo of two men, possibly related to: Nat Williamso...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A man standing next to a cow in a field, possibly related to: Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the first Negro in the U.S. to receive a loan under the tenant purchase program. Guilford County, North Carolina

A man standing next to a cow in a field, possibly related to: Nat Will...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the first Negro in the U.S. to receive a loan under the tenant purchase program. Guilford County, North Carolina

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, F.S.A. official. Williamson was the ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, Farm Security Administration official. Williamson was the first Negro in United States to receive a loan under the Tenant Purchase Program. Guilford County, North Carolina

Nat Williamson and E.H. Anderson, Farm Security Administration officia...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Homemade log shack vacated by first Negro family to move into group labor homes. Southeast Missouri

Homemade log shack vacated by first Negro family to move into group la...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). File print misnumbered LC-USF343-007633-ZE; corrected 1998. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of W... More

Homemade log shack vacated by first Negro family to move into group labor homes. Southeast Missouri

Homemade log shack vacated by first Negro family to move into group la...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. First Negro family moving into Sojourner Truth homes

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. feder...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. First Negro family moving into Sojourner Truth home

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. feder...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of W...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enli...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps. Camp L...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia, who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, appointment clerk, is administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Washington, D.C. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. The first Negro to receive the Anchorman Award was I.H. Perry, a mechanic driller who worked for one year and one week without an unofficial day off or a single tardiness in reporting for work. Perry, forty-one years old, attended the pipe fitters school in Richmond after coming to California from his native Saint Louis, Missouri

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled w...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: E.F. Joseph photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas P... More

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. The first Negro to receive the Anchorman Award was I.H. Perry, a mechanic driller who worked for one year and one week without an unofficial day off or a single tardiness in reporting for work. Perry, forty-one years old, attended the pipe fitters school in Richmond after coming to California from his native Saint Louis, Missouri

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enli...

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Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Howard P. Perry, the first Negro to enlist in the Marine Corps. Camp L...

Public domain image of a military portrait, uniform, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Photo shows Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Appointment Clerk, administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia, a friend of Mr. Martin and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jesse Leroy Brown of Hattisburg, Mississippi became the first Negro to receive his wings under the Naval Aviation Cadet Program at graduation ceremonies held at Jacksonville (NAS) Florida October 23, 1948

Jesse Leroy Brown of Hattisburg, Mississippi became the first Negro to...

Jesse Leroy Brown posing with five other cadets. Images available on microfilm (including finding aid); Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Title taken from item. "Official U.S. Navy Photograph" stamp... More

Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi who was born a slave, but was the first Negro to become a member of the United States Senate., book by Booker T. Washington

Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi who was born a slave, but was the firs...

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