Emma Millhouse (right) with her friend at their after-school job in a record store, circa 1941.
Los Angeles Public Library, Shades of L.A.: African-American Community
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After Sunday School Class
Fisk University, 1910
[Fisk University Album]
©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011
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These are the images and accounts of how people worked, raised families, built communities, worshiped, maintained relationships, expressed themselves and coped with changes and challenges in the past. Most of the subjects are Americans of African descent.
"Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go." — James Baldwin
