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LL/50446
Mathew B. Brady
Peter (formerly identified as "Gordon")
1863
Carte de visite
 
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number: NPG.2002.89
 
LL/50446 [Further details available]

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LL/99354
Mathew B. Brady
Gordon, scourged back
1863, 2 April
Photograph
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/99354 [Further details available]

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LL/34584
Charles Paxson
Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans
1864
Carte de visite
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
 
LL/34584

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LL/118160
Unidentified photographer
[African American woman nursing a baby on a porch in the presence of a man]
1890 (ca)
Stereoview
 
Library Company of Philadelphia
Accession number: P.2002.8.5
 
LL/118160 [Further details available]

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LL/102677
Unidentified photographer
[Children playing] Belgian Congo
1955
Photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/102677 [Further details available]

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LL/27552
Ernest Withers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy ride on one of the first desegregated buses, Montgomery, AL
1956, 21 December
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
 
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
 
LL/27552 [Further details available]

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LL/117535
Albert Bardem
Agricultural exhibits, 1931, North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC; segregation sign.
1931
Photograph
 
State Archives of North Carolina
Albert Barden Photograph Collection, N_53_16_2613
 
LL/117535 [Further details available]

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LL/91667
Burt Glinn
Washington D.C the morning after the assassination of Martin Luther King
1968
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Magnum
 
LL/91667 [Further details available]

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LL/43738
Mieczyslaw Berman
Lynch
1952 (ca)
Gelatin silver print, photomontage
20.6 x 14.1 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Photography 19th-21st Century (1 June 2011) Lot: 4168
 
LL/43738

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LL/120098
Unidentified photographer
Dining Room, NC State Prison, Raleigh, NC
n.d.
Photograph
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 19XX.324.73
 
LL/120098

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LL/82862
Andy Warhol
Birmingham Race Riots
1964
Screenprint, on cream wove paper
50.8x61 cm (20 x 24 ins) (sheet)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2479, Contemporary Art, 22 May 2018, Lot: 175
 
LL/82862 [Further details available]

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LL/65991
Hank Willis Thomas
It's the Real Thing, 1978
[UNBRANDED: Reflections in Black by Corporate America]
2006
Chromogenic color print
27 x 24 1/8" (68.6 x 61.3 cm)
 
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York
Fund for the Twenty-First Century. © 2013 Hank Willis Thomas
 
LL/65991

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LL/83067
Tivadar Lissák
A door in the Jewish Ghetto with a Star of David, Budapest, Hungary
1944
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 72841, Donor: Lissák Tivadar
 
LL/83067

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LL/83068
Tivadar Lissák
A door in the Jewish Ghetto with a Star of David, Katona József Street 28, Budapest, Hungary
1944
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 72830, Donor: Lissák Tivadar
 
LL/83068

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LL/83069
Unidentified photographer
Young woman wearing the Star of David, Hungary
1944
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 58219, Donor: Horváth Lajos
 
LL/83069

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LL/83058
Unidentified photographer
Young woman on a balcony wearing the Star of David, Forgách utca 32, Budapest, Hungary
1943
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 130873, Donor: Bokor András
 
LL/83058

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LL/83076
Unidentified photographer
Two Jews wearing the Star of David, Ráday Street from the Calvin Square, Budapest, Hungary
1945
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 58305
 
LL/83076

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LL/83066
Tivadar Lissák
Anti-Soviet and Anti-Semitic propoganda posters, Budapest, Hungary
1944
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 72910, Donor: Lissák Tivadar
 
LL/83066 [Further details available]

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LL/100730
Unidentified photographer
Anna May Wong Certificate of Identity
1924, 18 August
Identy card
 
National Archives at San Francisco
Record no: 54099
 
LL/100730 [Further details available]

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LL/105638
Unidentified police photographer
"Police Dept. Jackson, Miss 20897 5-24-61" - Identity photography for Dion Diamond
1961, 24 May
Gelatin silver print, police identity photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/105638

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LL/105639
Unidentified police photographer
"Sherriffs Office Baton Rouge Louisiana 2 1 62 55652" - Identity photography for Dion Diamond
1962, 1 February
Gelatin silver print, police identity photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/105639

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LL/87051
Unidentified photographer
Black civil rights activist Dion Diamond reads a book at the old Cherrydale Drug Fair, Arlington, VI. in a non-violent way protest against segregated restaurants as part of the civil rights movement.
1960, 10 June
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested.
 
LL/87051

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LL/87050
Unidentified artist
Boys and men wearing red MAGA ("Make America Great Again") hats the symbol of Donald Trump's election campaign taunt a coloured man at a lunch counter
2019, 19-20 January
Digital photomontage
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Posted, and possibly created, by Comrade Libre Verdad
 
LL/87050 [Further details available]

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LL/95263
Lawrence Studios (Austin, Texas)
Coupon for one 8 x 10 photograph for 49˘, with "No Colored Trade" at bottom left.
1944, 11 February (wet stamp)
Coupon
 
Private collection of Dan Barber
 
LL/95263

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LL/95333
Negative and print envelope
n.d.
Film negative and print envelope
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Posted to Facebook group Gruppe for History of Photography by Lone Jacobsen? (17 December 2019)
 
LL/95333

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Introduction to actors and performers
African Americans - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
African Americans - Emancipated slaves in the USA
African Americans - Ernest Withers: The struggle for civil rights in the USA
African Americans - Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded, Reflections in Black by Corporate America 1968–2008
African Americans - Introduction to photography by, and of, African Americans
African Americans - Martin Luther King Jr.
African Americans - The scourged back
American struggles for civil rights - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
American struggles for civil rights - Emancipated slaves in the USA
American struggles for civil rights - Ernest Withers: The struggle for civil rights in the USA
American struggles for civil rights - Introduction to American struggles for civil rights
American struggles for civil rights - Martin Luther King Jr.
American struggles for civil rights - The scourged back
Appropriation - Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded, Reflections in Black by Corporate America 1968–2008
Architecture - Doorways
Art - Conceptual photography
Back - The scourged back
Buses - Buses
Charity - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Children - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Cityscapes - Urban - Examples of signage
Conceptual - Conceptual photography
Crime scene photography - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
Ephemera - Introduction to identity cards, membership cards, passes and documents
Evidence - Evidence
Evidence - The scourged back
Hungary - Fascism and the Second World War in Hungary
Identity documents and badges - Introduction to identity cards, membership cards, passes and documents
Land transportation - Buses
Lynch photography - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
Mugshots - Introduction to mugshots and rogues' galleries
Patriotism - Flags
Prisons - Introduction to prisons and incarceration
Propaganda - Introduction to propaganda
Propaganda - The scourged back
Racial issues - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
Racial issues - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Racial issues - Ernest Withers: The struggle for civil rights in the USA
Racial issues - Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded, Reflections in Black by Corporate America 1968–2008
Racial issues - Introduction to racial issues
Racial issues - Martin Luther King Jr.
Racial issues - The scourged back
Representations of people - Mannequins and dress forms
Second World War (1939-1945) - Introduction to the Holocaust
Signage - Examples of signage
Slavery, abolition and civil rights - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Slavery, abolition and civil rights - The scourged back
Social conflict - A symbol of race hatred - lynchings in America
The Holocaust (1933-1945) - Introduction to the Holocaust
The Holocaust (1933-1945) - Introduction to the Holocaust

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