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Thomas press box https://culturetechlens.com/regal-theater/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-night-1941.jpgThe Regal Theater marquee lit at night, 47th Street, Chicago, April 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-crowd-1941.jpgDaytime crowd outside the Regal Theater and the Savoy Ballroom, 47th Street, Chicago, April 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/caleb/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/caleb-williams-2025.jpgCaleb Williams in his Bears No. 18 jersey, postgame interview, October 2025 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/caleb-williams-oklahoma-2021.jpgCaleb Williams with the Oklahoma Sooners, 2021 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/caleb-williams-bears-commanders-2025.jpgCaleb Williams and the Bears in action against Washington, October 13, 2025 https://culturetechlens.com/black-wealth-in-the-pews/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. 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Jefferson Street, Chicago, October 5, 2024 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ayra-starr-2023.jpgAyra Starr performing at the Shoke Shoke Festival, 2023 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nicki-minaj-vma-2018.jpgNicki Minaj at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ezra-collective-brit-awards-2025.jpgEzra Collective at the BRIT Awards https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/vince-staples-2018.jpgVince Staples performing at First Avenue, Minneapolis https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/genesis-owusu-2022.jpgGenesis Owusu performing in Sydney, Australia https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/silk-sonic.jpgSilk Sonic — Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — performing live at Rogers Stadium, Toronto, on The Romantic Tour, May 28, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/summer-walker.jpgSummer Walker performing 'Body' live at Breezy Bowl XX, SoFi Stadium, September 19, 2025. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mariah-the-scientist.jpgMariah the Scientist performing in Los Angeles during the Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour, January 23, 2025. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ice-spice.jpgIce Spice portrait, color-corrected Commons file. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/sza.jpgSZA performing on the CTRL Tour, Toronto, 2017. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nba-youngboy.jpgNBA YoungBoy, photographed in 2023. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/king-von.jpgKing Von, photographed by Danny Rome. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lil-durk.jpgLil Durk photographed in April 2022. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/juice-wrld.jpgJuice WRLD performing at Les Ardentes festival in Liège, Belgium, July 4, 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/anderson-paak.jpgAnderson .Paak performing live, 2018. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/kehlani.jpgKehlani at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture, as titled on Wikimedia Commons (Commons date field reads 2019-11-06, inconsistent with the file title; see packet report). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/halle-bailey.jpgHalle Bailey at the White House Easter Egg Roll, 2023. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/frank-ocean.jpgFrank Ocean, photographed in 2022 by Andras Ladocsi. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/cardi-b.jpgCardi B, photographed in 2021 by Anthony Kane. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/jill-scott-2012.jpgJill Scott performing at Jazz in the Gardens, 17 March 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-crowd-1941.jpgDaytime crowd outside the Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom, 47th Street, Chicago, April 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/muddy-waters-1976.jpgMuddy Waters performing, 1976 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wvon-sign-1979.jpgThe WVON 1450 sign, Chicago, March 20, 1979. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rosa-parks.jpgRosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after her arrest on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott — the boycott-indictment fingerprinting, not the December 1, 1955 booking photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/michael-jackson-1988.jpgMichael Jackson performing at the Wiener Stadion, Vienna, Austria https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/tupac-shakur.jpgTupac Shakur in 1988, a presentable public-domain portrait from his youth. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/aretha-franklin-1968.jpgPublicity photo of Aretha Franklin (Billboard magazine, 17 February 1968) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, State Street, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roberts-temple.jpgRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/fsa-migrant-mother-1936.jpg"Migrant Mother" — destitute pea pickers in California; Florence Thompson with several of her children, Nipomo, California https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells, portrait from Women of Distinction (1893) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mary-j-blige.jpgMary J. Blige performing at the Jazz in the Gardens festival, March 18, 2012. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chuck-berry-1957.jpgChuck Berry, publicity photo, 1957 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/james-brown-hamburg-1973.jpgJames Brown performing live in Hamburg, Germany, February 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/marvin-gaye-1973.jpgPublicity photo of Marvin Gaye during recording sessions for 'Let's Get It On', Hitsville West Studio, Los Angeles https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nina-simone-1965.jpgPortrait of Nina Simone (Nationaal Archief item 918-5603) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/victory-monument.jpgRe-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/huey-p-newton.jpgPortrait photograph of Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, by Blair Stapp. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/annie-malone-1921.jpgAnnie Turnbo Malone, founder of Poro, portrait, 1921. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/harold-washington-1985.jpgChicago Mayor Harold Washington at Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wabash-ymca.jpgThe Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/abraham-lincoln-centre.jpgAbraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Boulevard and Langley Avenue, Chicago, 1913 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wells-house.jpgIda B. Wells-Barnett House, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/daniel-hale-williams.jpgDr. Daniel Hale Williams, portrait, ca. 1900 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/howlin-wolf-1972.jpgHowlin' Wolf performing, 1972 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/etta-james-2006.jpgEtta James performing, 2006 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/eugene-sawyer-1994.jpgFormer Acting Mayor of Chicago Eugene Sawyer attending Michael Jordan's comeback at Scottie Pippen's charity game, the last sports event held at Chicago Stadium (scanned from 35mm print) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lori-lightfoot-2023.jpgMayor Lori Lightfoot at the HUD announcement that Chicago will receive a grant to fight homelessness https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/brandon-johnson-2023.jpgBrandon Johnson, portrait (3x4 crop of a March 2023 campaign-era photograph) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/isaac-hayes-1973.jpgIsaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago, during the PUSH Black Expo, October 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/otis-redding-1967.jpgOtis Redding, Stax Records publicity photograph, 1967 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/sly-and-the-family-stone-1968.jpgSly and the Family Stone, publicity photograph, 1968 (left to right: Freddie Stone, Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Greg Errico) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/a-tribe-called-quest-2009.jpgA Tribe Called Quest performing (Rock the Bells) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dangelo-pori-jazz-2012.jpgD'Angelo performing at the Pori Jazz festival, Pori, Finland, July 20, 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bill-withers-1976.jpgBill Withers, Columbia Records publicity photograph, 1976 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/al-green-1975.jpgAl Green, portrait from a Hi Records trade advertisement in Billboard, January 25, 1975 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/luther-vandross-1985.jpgLuther Vandross, press photograph, 1985 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/terry-callier-2008.jpgTerry Callier performing at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, June 20, 2008 (opening for Massive Attack) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/funkadelic-1972.jpgFunkadelic in a Billboard advertisement, July 22, 1972 (Billboard, page 42) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/parliament-funkadelic-roskilde-2006.jpgGeorge Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark, 2006 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mothership-nmaahc.jpgThe Mothership — National Museum of African American History and Culture, object 2011.83.1.1-.9 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roy-ayers-2006.jpgRoy Ayers in concert, March 29, 2006 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roy-ayers-1976.jpgRoy Ayers (Roy Ayers Ubiquity) publicity still, published in Billboard, 1976 (page 46) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ramsey-lewis-2014.jpgRamsey Lewis performing, August 31, 2014 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-band-at-the-savoy-ballroom-chicago-illin-8995.jpgThe band at the Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-palm-tavern-bar-1941.jpgSaturday crowd at the Palm Tavern bar, 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA Black guitarist performs at Lake Meadows, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/hbcu-marching-band.jpgJackson State University Sonic Boom of the South marching band, 2021 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/eighth-regiment-armory.jpgEntrance of the Eighth Regiment Armory, Bronzeville, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rosenwald-school-interior.jpgRosenwald school classroom, Cassville, Georgia https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rosenwald-school-exterior.jpgRosenwald school exterior, Delight, Arkansas https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/freedmens-school-vicksburg-1866.jpgFreedmen's primary school, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1866 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/apollo-theater-harlem.jpgApollo Theater marquee, Harlem, New York City, 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/within-our-gates-1920.jpgStill frame from Within Our Gates (1920), directed by Oscar Micheaux https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/liberation-bookstore-signage.jpgOriginal Liberation Book Store signage, Harlem https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/satchel-paige-1948.jpgSatchel Paige, 1948 Leaf baseball card portrait https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/negro-leagues-all-stars-1936.jpgNegro leagues All-Stars team photo, East-West Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago, 1936 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rickwood-field.jpgRickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama, 2007 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/durham-bus-station-1940.jpgSegregated bus station, Durham, North Carolina, May 1940 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/pullman-porter-capitol-limited.jpgPullman porter making an upper berth aboard the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/planet-newspaper-press-room.jpgPress room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia, 1899 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-chicago-defender-linotype-operator-1941.jpgLinotype operator on the Chicago Defender, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, 1942 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-shoeshine-47th-street-chicago-s-main-negro-b-9486.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/black-barbershop-1920.jpgAfrican-American barbershop, Aberdeen, Mississippi, circa 1920 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chicken-bone-beach.jpgChicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/valerie-thomas-nasa-1979.jpgValerie Thomas at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, 1979 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/frederick-douglass-portrait.jpgFrederick Douglass, seated studio portrait, c. 1895 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/web-du-bois-portrait.jpgW. E. B. Du Bois, portrait, 1907 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mlk-jr-portrait-1964.jpgDr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a press conference, March 26, 1964 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/una-mulzac-portrait.jpgUna G. Mulzac, portrait https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/monique.jpgMo’Nique on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards, Hollywood, March 7, 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nicodemus-kansas-townsite.jpgGeneral view of the Nicodemus townsite, Kansas https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-midwife-call-1941.jpgA Black midwife walking a dirt road near Siloam, Greene County, Georgia, carrying her kit, November 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-47th-dress-shop-1941.jpgInside a dress shop on 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-47th-mens-shop-1941.jpgA men’s furnishings counter on 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-47th-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgShoppers at a ten-cent store counter, South Side, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-booth-in-negro-tavern-chicago-illinois-8771.jpgIn a booth at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-asleep-1941.jpgChildren asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-biscuits-1941.jpgChildren at a meal, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-playing-in-vacant-lot-in-negro-sect-9087.jpgChildren playing in a vacant lot in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-1941.jpgA greystone home converted to a church, South Side, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-b-1941.jpgA converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9509.jpgCrowd outside a fashionable Black church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-pentecostal-church-choir-chicago-1941.jpgChoir of a Pentecostal church, South Side, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-choir-robes-pentecostal-church-1941.jpgChildren putting on choir robes, Pentecostal church, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-pentecostal-adult-choir-processional-1941.jpgProcessional of the choir of a Pentecostal church, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-pentecostal-choir-processional-chicago-1941.jpgProcessional of a children’s choir, Pentecostal church, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8755.jpgMusicians performing in a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8756.jpgEntertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8785.jpgA singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-hall-leading-to-apartment-of-negro-railroad--8933.jpgHallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-having-fun-at-rollerskating-rink-of-savoy-ba-8790.jpgHaving fun at the rollerskating rink of the Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-instructors-in-roller-skating-at-savoy-ballr-8748.jpgInstructors in roller skating at the Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-roller-skating-at-the-savoy-ballroom-on-satu-8742.jpgRoller skating at the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday night, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-negro-swinging-his-girl-on-roller-skates-savoy-b-8735.jpgA skater swinging his partner on roller skates, Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-insurance-workers-1941.jpgOffice workers at an insurance company, South Side, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-chicago-defender-publisher-editor-1941.jpgPublisher and editor of the Chicago Defender, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-negro-grocery-store-black-belt-chicago-illin-9437.jpgA grocery store in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-policeman-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgPoliceman talking to an employee of a ten-cent store, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-movies-are-popular-in-the-negro-section-of-c-9007.jpgMoviegoers in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Black and white sections of the South Side meet, Chicago, 1941 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-an-oakland-as-pitcher-delivers-during-a-gam.jpgAn Oakland A’s pitcher delivers during a game, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-construction-worker-in-south-side-chic.jpgA Black construction worker on the South Side, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-couple-and-their-dog-in-their-apartmen.jpgA Black couple and their dog in their apartment, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-family-count-their-cash-in-their-apart.jpgA family counting their cash in their apartment, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-man-operating-a-newsstand-in-chicago-a.jpgA man operating a newsstand at 22nd and South State Street, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-members-of-the-chicago-city-council-du.jpgBlack members of the Chicago City Council, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-black-street-worker-in-chicago.-from-1960-to.jpgA Black street worker in Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-blacks-at-lake-meadows-shopping-center-on-ch.jpgShoppers at the Lake Meadows shopping center, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-blacks-using-bus-transportation-on-63rd-stre.jpgRiders using bus transportation on 63rd Street, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-chicago-ghetto-on-the-south-side.-although-t.jpgThe South Side of Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-closeup-of-a-sailboat-owner-readying-his-cra.jpgA sailboat owner readying his craft, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-construction-sign-in-south-side-chicago-note.jpgA construction sign on the South Side noting a 400-unit apartment complex, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-ghetto-street-scene-in-chicago-on-the-south.jpgA street scene on the South Side, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-south-side-group-of-black-children-in-chicag.jpgA group of Black children on the South Side, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-state-street-in-downtown-chicago-illinois.jpgState Street in downtown Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-youngsters-returning-to-class-following-a-fi.jpgYoungsters returning to class, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-young-family-in-a-south-side-chicago-park-at.jpgA young family in a South Side park at the 35th Street beach, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mahoganybooks.jpgApril Ryan interviewed at a MahoganyBooks author event https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wic-clinic-virginia-usda.jpgA pregnant woman at a WIC clinic in Virginia https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-crowd-1941.jpg"The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois" — daytime crowd outside the Regal Theater and the Savoy Ballroom, 47th Street, Chicago ("Life with Henry" on the marquee) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/russell-lee-portrait-1942.jpgPortrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/jack-delano-portrait-1942.jpgPortrait of Jack Delano, FSA and OWI photographer, Washington, D.C https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-blacks-using-bus-transportation-on-63rd-stre.jpgBlacks using bus transportation on 63rd Street, Chicago, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rube-foster-1924.jpgPortrait of Rube Foster, extracted from the 1924 Negro League World Series photograph https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/negro-leagues-all-stars-1936.jpgNegro leagues All-Stars team photo, East-West Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago, August 23, 1936 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/berry-gordy-2010.jpgBerry Gordy at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, December 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dan-ryan-expressway.jpgThe Dan Ryan Expressway from a railroad bridge, with the Chicago Loop in the background https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/underground-railroad-map-1898.jpg"Routes of the Underground Railroad" — the whole map of the Underground Railroad, from Wilbur H. Siebert's 'The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom' (1898) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gil-scott-heron-2010.jpgGil Scott-Heron performing live at Göta Källare, Stockholm, Sweden https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roberts-temple.jpgRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago — the Illinois unit of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/smithsonian-castle-2018.jpgThe Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle) from the Enid A. Haupt Garden, Washington, D.C https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/stevie-wonder-1973.jpgPublicity photo of Stevie Wonder, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/muddy-waters-paris-1976.jpgMuddy Waters performing in Paris, France, November 1976 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/cece-winans.jpgCeCe Winans in Washington, D.C. (N.A.B.O.B., 1994) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/etta-james-2006.jpgEtta James at the 2006 Common Ground Festival in Lansing, Michigan https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/toni-preckwinkle-2021.jpgToni Preckwinkle at a press conference, February 25, 2021 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/frankie-knuckles-ade-2012.jpgFrankie Knuckles at the Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/frankie-knuckles-the-mighty-sf-2012.jpgFrankie Knuckles performing at The Mighty, San Francisco, 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/frankie-knuckles-way-sign-2024-10-05.jpgHonorary Frankie Knuckles Way sign, Chicago, October 5, 2024 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/timbaland.jpgTimbaland on the Q&A stage during day one of Collision 2019 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, May 21, 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/missy-elliott.jpgMissy Elliott performing in concert, 2006. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/melba-moore.jpgPortrait of Melba Moore, 2005. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/trippie-redd.jpgTrippie Redd performing at Clout Festival 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ski-mask-the-slump-god.jpgSki Mask the Slump God performing at a club, September 14, 2018. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/jhene-aiko.jpgJhené Aiko performing on the High Road Summer Tour at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, July 29, 2016. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/her.jpgH.E.R. at Billboard Women in Music, March 2022. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bryson-tiller.jpgBryson Tiller in August 2018. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/queen-naija.jpgQueen Naija during a WHTA (Hot 107.9) interview, November 14, 2023. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/partynextdoor.jpgPartyNextDoor performing, November 24, 2016. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ciara.jpgCiara in an On Brand interview spot, September 26, 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/tinashe.jpgTinashe in concert, October 6, 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/brent-faiyaz.jpgBrent Faiyaz performing live, photograph held on Wikimedia Commons. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/travis-scott.jpgTravis Scott in February 2016. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/snoop-dogg.jpgSnoop Dogg photographed by Glenn Francis in 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/tyler-the-creator.jpgTyler, the Creator portrait, cropped Commons photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/playboi-carti.jpgPlayboi Carti at Clout Festival in 2024. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ddg.jpgDDG photographed in 2025. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/james-meredith.jpgJames Meredith, historic portrait held on Wikimedia Commons. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/al-sharpton.jpgAl Sharpton photographed by David Shankbone. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/claudette-colvin.jpgPortrait of Claudette Colvin, Montgomery bus protest pioneer of 1955. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/viola-desmond.jpgPortrait of Viola Desmond, Halifax beautician and civil rights pioneer, 1940s era. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/afeni-shakur.jpgAfeni Shakur speaking, photographed in 2008. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/yolanda-king.jpgYolanda King, actress and activist, photographed in 1995. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/medgar-evers.jpgPress photograph of Medgar Evers, NAACP Mississippi field secretary, 1963. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ella-baker.jpgElla Baker, head-and-shoulders portrait, circa 1944 (Library of Congress tradition). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/pharrell-williams.jpgPharrell Williams backstage at Web Summit, Lisbon, November 11, 2024. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/metro-boomin.jpgMetro Boomin, record producer, photographed in 2024. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/babyface.jpgKenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, May 2013. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/freddie-jackson.jpgFreddie Jackson, photographed in 2019 for Sister Circle TV. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/the-weeknd.jpgThe Weeknd, portrait by Brian Ziff. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chris-brown.jpgChris Brown, photographed by Eva Rinaldi. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/usher.jpgUsher aboard USS Kearsarge. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/aaliyah.jpgAaliyah, photographed by mika-photography.com. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/eminem.jpgEminem, portrait by Mika-photography. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/drake.jpgDrake, photographed in July 2016 by The Come Up Show. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ruby-bridges.jpgU.S. Marshals escort Ruby Bridges on the school steps, New Orleans, 1960. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/mahatma-gandhi.jpgMahatma Gandhi, studio portrait, 1931. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/cesar-chavez.jpgCesar Chavez, photographed in 1966. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dolores-huerta.jpgDolores Huerta, photographed by Gage Skidmore. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bruno-mars.jpgBruno Mars performing in Las Vegas, 2010. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rihanna.jpgRihanna at Fort Belvoir. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/steve-lacy.jpgSteve Lacy performing at the Rialto Theatre, Tucson, October 30, 2022. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dj-khaled.jpgDJ Khaled at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dr-dre.jpgDr. Dre, photographed in 2011 by Commondr3ads. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dj-premier.jpgDJ Premier, photographed by ItsPTK. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/robert-s-abbott.jpgRobert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/john-h-sengstacke.jpgJohn H. Sengstacke, publisher of the Chicago Defender, photographed in 1942. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-newsboy-1942.jpgA Chicago Defender newsboy, Chicago, April 1942. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/poro-diploma-day-1920.jpgPoro College Diploma Day, St. Louis, 1920. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wvon-studio-2019.jpgThe WVON studio building, 3350 S. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, September 29, 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-records-building-2120-michigan.jpgChess Records, 2120 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, photographed in 2009. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white-city-entrance-1905.jpgWhite City amusement park entrance under construction, 63rd Street, Chicago, c. 1905. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white-city-night-1916.jpgWhite City amusement park at night, 63rd Street, Chicago, 1916. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/trianon-ballroom-1924.jpgThe Trianon Ballroom, Chicago — postcard, 1924. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/63rd-street-thoroughfare-1973.jpg63rd Street, Chicago, July 1973 — the thoroughfare, changed. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/black-belt-apartment-1941.jpgAn apartment building in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/black-belt-kitchenette-1941.jpgA kitchenette building in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/black-belt-vacant-lots-1941.jpgVacant lots in Chicago’s Black Belt, 1941. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0195-photo.pngHowell Binkley accepts the 2016 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Hamilton) at the 70th Tony Awards https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0201-photo.jpgKara Young wins Best Featured Actress in a Play (Purlie Victorious) at the 77th Tony Awards, June 16, 2024 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-I-0151-photo.jpgWrestleMania 32, WWE's flagship event, at AT&T Stadium, April 3, 2016 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-L-0043-photo.jpgWillis Tower, the tallest building in Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0992-photo.jpgAudra McDonald performs at a Juneteenth concert at the White House, June 14, 2023 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1159-photo.jpgSpike Lee at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, 2025 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0049-photo.jpgSkyline of the Marina district, Lagos, Nigeria https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0182-photo.jpgThe Chicago skyline, 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0067-photo.jpgBehind the scenes on the set of Empire, c. 2016 — Alicia Keys with Will Clark https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0170-photo.svgTitle logo of Martin, the Fox sitcom starring Martin Lawrence https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0172-photo.jpgThe Broadway Theatre, New York, showing the musical The Color Purple https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1308-photo.pngLogo of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1309-photo.svgLogo of Living Single, the Fox sitcom https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1316-photo.svgLogo of The Wire, the HBO series https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1317-photo.pngOfficial logo of Power, the Starz crime drama series https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1365-photo.jpgAnne de Mare, Liani Greaves, and David Greaves in Q&A at the premiere of Once Upon a Time in Harlem, 2026 Sundance Film Festival https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0198-photo.jpgLaChanze and Celia Rose Gooding at the 74th Tony Awards, September 2021 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0199-photo.jpgLighting designer Jon Clark at the 75th Tony Awards, 2022 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0202-photo.pngNicole Scherzinger accepts the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Sunset Boulevard) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0203-photo.pngCaissie Levy accepts the 2026 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0051-photo.jpgThe Johannesburg skyline, South Africa https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0061-photo.jpgCape Town's City Bowl seen from Table Mountain, 2024 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0071-photo.jpgScene from the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun — from left: Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger), Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger), Glynn Turman (Travis Younger), Sidney Poitier (Walter Younger) and John Fiedler (Karl Lindner) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0169-photo.svgOfficial logo of The Cosby Show https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0173-photo.jpgFirst-edition dust jacket of Beloved by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf, 1987); jacket design by R. D. Scudellari https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1257-photo.pngNeon title logo of Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1304-photo.pngLogo of Da 5 Bloods (2020), directed by Spike Lee https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1318-photo.pngLogo of How to Get Away with Murder, the ABC series https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1320-photo.pngTitle logo of Queen Sugar (season 2) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1352-photo.jpgThe Boondocks logotype — the series' title treatment (2005) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0192-tony-awards-2013-opening.jpgThe opening of the 67th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, June 9, 2013. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0022-where-is-the-love-label.pngOriginal Atco single label of 'Where Is the Love' (1972), the Grammy-winning Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway duet. No freely licensed portrait of Hathaway was found; the record is illustrated by his work. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0597-james-earl-jones.jpgJames Earl Jones in Baltimore, 2010. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1192-marian-croak.jpgMarian Croak, photographed at a New America event. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1212-toni-morrison.jpgToni Morrison at her upstate New York home. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0057-nairobi.jpgThe Nairobi skyline seen from Nairobi National Park. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0066-kinshasa.jpgKinshasa seen from Brazzaville across the Congo River, 2010. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0072-their-eyes-first-edition-cover.jpgFront cover of the first edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God (J.B. Lippincott, 1937). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0167-the-jeffersons-1974.jpgIsabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, and Mike Evans of The Jeffersons, 1974 CBS publicity photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0168-sanford-and-son-1972.jpgRedd Foxx and Demond Wilson as Fred and Lamont Sanford, 1972 publicity photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0171-the-chi-logo.svgThe Chi program logo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1235-saturday-night-live-logo.svgThe Saturday Night Live program logo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1271-new-jack-city-logo.pngThe New Jack City (1991) film title logo, in its red serif title treatment. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1298-django-unchained-logo.svgThe Django Unchained title logo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1313-moesha-logo.svgThe Moesha program logo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1319-scandal-logo.svgThe Scandal program logo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0193-photo.jpgAn attendee on the red carpet outside Radio City Music Hall at the 68th Tony Awards, June 8, 2014, before the Tony Awards backdrop https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0200-photo.jpgCostume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel holding her Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play (Leopoldstadt) at the 76th Tony Awards, 2023 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0038-photo.jpgMahalia Jackson performing, photographed by Comet Photo AG (Zürich) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0823-photo.jpgHarry Belafonte in 1970 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1026-photo.jpgGeorge C. Wolfe in 2013 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1168-photo.jpgBill Cosby speaking at a World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and Girard College event https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1173-photo.jpgJohn Singleton in 2000 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1241-photo.jpgJordan Peele at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, 2019 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1371-photo.pngHill Harper, in his capacity connected with the President's Cancer Panel https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1372-photo.jpgWilliam Greaves during his 1994 appearance on CUNY TV's African American Legends https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1377-photo.jpgPortrait of composer and pianist Eubie Blake https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0175-photo.jpgThe Museum of Science and Industry at the southern edge of Hyde Park in Jackson Park, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0184-tony-awards-2004.jpgAttendees on the red carpet outside Radio City Music Hall during the 58th Tony Awards, June 6, 2004. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0197-tony-awards-2019.pngAaron Tveit, Karen Olivo, and Danny Burstein hosting the Creative Arts Awards presentation at the 73rd Tony Awards, June 9, 2019 (broadcast still). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0997-bill-t-jones.jpgChoreographer Bill T. Jones at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1116-alexander-karp.jpgAlex Karp, co-founder and chief executive of Palantir Technologies, at work. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1117-adebayo-ogunlesi.jpgAdebayo Ogunlesi, lawyer, investment banker, and founding chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1184-quentin-tarantino.jpgQuentin Tarantino at the premiere of Grindhouse in Austin, Texas, 2007. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1338-angelica-nwandu.jpgAngelica Nwandu, founder of The Shade Room, in 2020. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1368-pierre-thiam.jpgChef and author Pierre Thiam (cropped from a group photograph). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1379-noble-sissle.jpgNoble Sissle, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0067-bamako-niger-river.jpgView over Bamako and the Niger River, with the BCEAO Tower at right. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0166-auburn-gresham.jpg79th Street at Loomis Boulevard in Auburn Gresham, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0194-aon-center.jpgThe Aon Center, 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, photographed January 1, 2020. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1285-48-hrs.pngTitle logo of 48 Hrs. (1982), rendered by Leonardo Parra Cano. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-E-0008-bud-billiken-parade-2015.jpgMarchers in the Bud Billiken Parade, Chicago, 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-I-0023-chicago-urban-league.jpgWPA poster for the Chicago Urban League's Father & Son Banquet at the Savoy Ballroom, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0248-chinua-achebe-2008.jpgChinua Achebe at a book signing in Buffalo, New York, September 25, 2008. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0250-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2015.pngChimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0798-diana-ross-1976.jpgDiana Ross publicity photograph, 1976. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0998-billy-porter.jpgBilly Porter at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert, Washington, D.C. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0999-branden-jacobs-jenkins.jpgBranden Jacobs-Jenkins, portrait photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1000-brian-stokes-mitchell.pngBrian Stokes Mitchell, portrait photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1003-carol-channing-1973.jpgCarol Channing in a 1973 Shubert Theatre publicity photograph. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0021-chicago-bee-building-bronzeville.jpgThe Chicago Bee Building, a Chicago Landmark in the Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0052-dakar-corniche-panorama.jpgPanorama of the Dakar Corniche, Senegal. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0185-board-of-trade-building-1885.jpgThe first Chicago Board of Trade Building (1885), from A.T. Andreas's History of Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0191-board-of-trade-building-1930.jpgThe Chicago Board of Trade Building (1930), 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1339-dc-comics-logo.svgThe DC Comics logo (public domain trademark device). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-I-0182-ibm-logo.svgThe eight-bar IBM logo, designed by Paul Rand. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1025-geoffrey-holder.jpgGeoffrey Holder at the Big Apple Convention, New York, November 15, 2008. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1197-granville-t-woods.jpgGranville T. Woods, portrait published in The Cosmopolitan, c. 1895. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1217-jack-hill.jpgFilm director Jack Hill editing his film Pit Stop, January 12, 1968. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1321-erin-harkless-moore.jpgErin Harkless Moore (right) speaking on a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, San Francisco, October 29, 2024. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1380-gerri-major.jpgGeraldyn 'Gerri' Hodges (later Gerri Major), photographed for 'Our Future Leaders,' The Crisis, July 1915. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1385-james-van-der-zee.jpgSelf-portrait of James Van Der Zee, 1918, reading a newspaper account of Black troops in the First World War. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0168-greater-grand-crossing.jpgGrand Crossing Park and its field house in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0183-holy-name-cathedral.jpgHoly Name Cathedral from State Street, Chicago, photographed March 26, 2007. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-0073-invisible-man.jpgFirst-edition dust jacket of Invisible Man (1952) by Ralph Ellison, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1262-dolemite.jpgD'Urville Martin as Willie Green in Dolemite (1975) — frame from the film's trailer. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1356-patent-3482037-sheet1.pngDrawing sheet from U.S. Patent No. 3,482,037, 'Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance' (filed August 1, 1966; issued December 2, 1969), inventors Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0186-miriam-makeba.jpgMiriam Makeba backstage at the Grand Gala du Disque Populaire, Amsterdam, March 7, 1969. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0251-ngugi-wa-thiongo.jpgNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o reading from his work in Gĩkũyũ and English at a Library of Congress presentation, 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1044-kara-young.jpgKara Young, photographed by Philip Romano. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1152-marcelo-claure.jpgMarcelo Claure, headshot. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1190-katherine-johnson.jpgKatherine Johnson, NASA portrait (NASA Langley Research Center). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1198-patent-3482037-sheet1.pngDrawing sheet from U.S. Patent No. 3,482,037, 'Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance' (filed August 1, 1966; issued December 2, 1969), inventors Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert L. Brown. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1230-john-landis.jpgFilm director John Landis (foreground), with Dario Argento behind him, at a Masters of Horror event. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1362-lise-birikundavyi.jpgLise Birikundavyi, co-founder and managing partner of BKR Capital, on the Venture Stage at Collision 2024, Toronto, June 19, 2024. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1367-kwame-onwuachi.jpgChef Kwame Onwuachi speaking at a book festival panel. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0020-johnson-publishing-building.jpgThe Johnson Publishing Company Building, 820 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1973. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0170-morgan-park.jpg111th Street at Hoyne Avenue in Morgan Park, Chicago, looking east up the ridge. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0176-kenwood.jpgShakespeare Public School (now Ariel Community Academy), 46th Street and Greenwood Avenue, Kenwood, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PL-0199-oakland.jpgChildren at a playground at 40th Street and Drexel Boulevard in Oakland, Chicago, 1973. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-W-1371-joe-and-jada.jpgFat Joe and Jadakiss taping the Joe and Jada podcast live in Baltimore, Maryland, with Governor Wes Moore (right). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-001-don-cornelius.jpgDon Cornelius with two fans at the 40th anniversary of Soul Train. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-002-anthony-anderson.jpgAnthony Anderson at the Opening Night of "Joe Turner's Come And Gone" on Broadway - April 25, 2016 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-003-shemar-moore.jpgShemar Moore https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-004-keke-palmer.jpgKeke Palmer https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-005-taraji-p-henson.jpgTaraji P. Henson at the Building The Change Gala at the Rainbow Room, March 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-006-terrence-howard.jpgOscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard describes his experiences and impressions of the Air Force during an interview May 27 in New York. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-007-aretha-franklin.jpgAretha Franklin waiting for her cue during 'The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House,' 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-008-stevie-wonder.jpgSheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedication concert, October 16, 2011. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-009-marvin-gaye.jpgPublicity photo of Marvin Gaye in 1973, during recording sessions for the album Let's Get It On at the " Hitsville West " Studio in Los Angeles. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-010-james-brown.jpgJames Brown — performing in the Musikhalle of Hamburg, in February 1973. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-011-diana-ross.jpgDiana Ross performing at Caesars Windsor, 2023-09-08 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-012-smokey-robinson.jpgFrances Glandney and Smokey Robinson on the red carpet at Celebrity Fight Night XXIV at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-013-gladys-knight.jpgGladys Knight (and the Pips) arriving at Schiphol Airport, March 5, 1969. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-014-patti-labelle.jpgPatti LaBelle in Zang Toi at The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection Fashion Show, 2011 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-015-chaka-khan.jpgChaka Khan https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-016-luther-vandross.jpgLuther Vandross, 1985 press photo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-017-whitney-houston.jpgWhitney Houston arriving at the Forum di Assago, Milan. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-018-michael-jackson.jpgMeeting Michael Jackson in 1988 at the Kahala Hilton Hotel in Hawaii. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-019-prince.jpgPrince playing at Coachella 2008. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-020-janet-jackson.jpgJanet Jackson on her Unbreakable World Tour, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, October 14, 2015 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-021-earth-wind-and-fire.jpgEarth, Wind & Fire performing in 2009 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-022-the-temptations.jpgThe Temptations during Gurtenfestival 2000 (Bern/Switzerland) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-023-the-isley-brothers.jpgTrade ad for The Isley Brothers ' single "It's Your Thing". https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-024-kool-and-the-gang.jpgKool & the Gang - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-025-barry-white.jpgBarry White at the Grand Gala du Disque, Amsterdam, February 17, 1974. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-026-al-green.jpgAl Green at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, 2012. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-027-quincy-jones.jpgQuincy Jones at the Watergate Hotel, 1997. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-028-anita-baker.jpgSinger Anita Baker performs at the 17th Annual Salute to Freedom aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, in New York. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-029-new-edition.jpgNew Edition interviewed on Sister Circle Live. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-030-en-vogue.jpgPictured here is the R&B/Pop girl-group En Vogue. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-031-boyz-ii-men.jpgBoyz II Men Live at Vega (April 7, 2008). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-032-tlc.jpgTLC at the 93.5 Throwback Bash, TD Echo Beach, Toronto, September 24, 2016. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-033-destinys-child.jpgDestiny's Child at Live 8 in 2005. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-034-beyonc.jpgBeyoncé performing 'Ave Maria' during her I Am… tour. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-035-alicia-keys.jpgAlicia Keys at the first anniversary celebration for "Hell's Kitchen" on Broadway, April 2025 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-036-usher.jpgHip-Hop and R&B singer Usher signs autographs for Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during Fleet Week 2008 in New York. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-037-mary-j-blige.jpgMary J. 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2023. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-046-missy-elliott.jpgMissy Elliott live in Wireless Festival 2010. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-047-outkast.jpgAndré 3000 of OutKast performing at the Best Buy Theater, Times Square, New York. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-048-nelly.jpgNelly https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-049-chris-brown.jpgChris Brown in London, performing Come Together during his Under the Influence tour (2023) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-050-ne-yo.jpgNe-Yo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-051-jamie-foxx.jpgJamie Foxx recording the moment as Barbara Boxer takes the stage at the Democratic Rally at USC's Alumni Park, October 22, 2010. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-052-john-legend.jpgJohn Legend (left) with Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, and Bob Santelli, greeted by First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House, 2011. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-053-aaliyah.jpgSinger Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Berlin 2000 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-054-brandy.jpgAmerican singer and actress Brandy Norwood https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-055-monica.jpgMonica Arnold performs DC Black Pride 2007 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-056-faith-evans.jpgFaith Evans performing in April 2005. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-058-erykah-badu.jpgErykah Badu at the Broccoli City Festival in Washington, DC, April 25, 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-059-maxwell.jpgMaxwell at the Essence Festival of Culture, 2025. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-060-dangelo.jpgD'Angelo performing at Brixton Academy, February 2012, playing on the Rhodes piano. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-061-lauryn-hill.jpgLauryn Hill performing at the Cittadella Music Festival in 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-062-kendrick-lamar.jpgKendrick Lamar performs Thursday night at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-063-bruno-mars.jpgBruno Mars https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-064-pharrell-williams.jpgPharrell Williams at the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-065-nicki-minaj.jpgNicki Minaj speaking with attendees at the 2025 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-066-cardi-b.jpgCardi B https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-067-drake.jpgDrake https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-068-lizzo.jpgLizzo at Liverpool Soundcity 2014. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-069-h-e-r.jpgH.E.R. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-070-sza.jpgSZA performing 'Nobody Gets Me' in London during the Grand National Tour. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-071-summer-walker.jpgSummer Walker performing Body live at Breezy Bowl XX in Sofi Stadium https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-072-jazmine-sullivan.jpgJazmine Sullivan, Beverly Hills, California, June 25, 2015. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-073-coco-jones.jpgCoco Jones performing at the Essence Festival of Culture, Caesars Superdome, July 4, 2025. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-074-ciara.jpgCiara at Maxim Magazine's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration, Santa Monica, California, May 13, 2009. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-075-keyshia-cole.jpgRnB singer Keyshia Cole during an interview, 2017. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-076-fantasia.jpgFantasia performing in Cincinnati, February 2017 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-077-jennifer-hudson.jpgJennifer Hudson performing at the 2018 Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-078-common.jpgCommon, Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, New York, June 5, 2018. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-079-chance-the-rapper.jpgChance the Rapper performing at Lollapalooza on August 5, 2017 in Chicago , Illinois . https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-080-kanye-west.jpgKanye West https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-081-herbie-hancock.jpgHerbie Hancock with Christoph Spendel. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-082-charlie-wilson.jpgCharlie Wilson at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-083-keith-sweat.jpgR&B singer Keith Sweat (right) with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Vereen. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-084-babyface.jpgKenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-085-jimmy-jam.jpgMason Ewing and Jimmy Jam on the red carpet at the Hollyrod 2023 Design Care gala in Los Angeles. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-086-teddy-riley.jpgSound check with Teddy Riley https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-087-jermaine-dupri.jpgJermaine Dupri in Blog World Expo 2009. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-088-puff-daddy.jpgSean Combs , aka Puff Daddy https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-089-dmx.jpgDMX at 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-090-busta-rhymes.jpgBusta Rhymes performing with Wu-Tang Clan and Nas on the New York State of Mind Tour, Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Virginia, September 16, 2022. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-091-fat-joe.jpgFat Joe https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-092-janelle-mon-e.jpgJanelle Monáe on the keynote panel of the 2010 Pop Conference, EMPSFM, Seattle, Washington. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-093-solange.jpgSolange performing at Coachella on April 19, 2014. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-094-andra-day.jpgAndra Day at the Basilica Block Party, Minnesota. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-095-raphael-saadiq.jpgRaphael Saadiq , American singer-songwriter. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-096-ledisi.jpgLedisi at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedication concert, October 16, 2011. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-097-anderson-paak.jpgAnderson .Paak, director of 'K-Pops!', with producer Greg Silverman and actor Soul Rasheed. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-098-harris-theater.jpgHarris Theater (left) and The Heritage at Millennium Park (right) from Randolph Street. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-099-millennium-park-chicago.jpgThe Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, Chicago. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-PHOTO-ST-100-chicago-theatre.jpgBalaban and Katz Chicago Theatre https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0275-photo.jpgAnthony Anderson, photographed in 2016 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1274-photo.jpgA Tribe Called Quest performing at Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, July 15, 2017, on the group's final tour https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0655-al-green-1973.jpgAl Green singing on The Mike Douglas Show, 1973 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0002-art-blakey.jpgArt Blakey, studio publicity portrait distributed by Shaw Artists Corporation, c. 1964 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0004-archie-shepp.jpgArchie Shepp performing at an open-air concert in the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0005-angela-bassett.jpgAngela Bassett at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0006-alice-dunbar-nelson.jpgAlice Dunbar-Nelson, portrait by Laura Wheeler Waring (Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0007-a-philip-randolph.jpgA. Philip Randolph, 1963 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0009-milton-webster.jpgH. L. Mitchell and Milton P. Webster, 1958, as published in The American Federationist https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0014-abbey-lincoln.jpgAbbey Lincoln performing at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, July 13, 1966 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0015-absalom-jones.jpgAbsalom Jones, portrait by Raphaelle Peale, c. 1810 (Delaware Art Museum) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0016-addie-wyatt.jpgAddie Wyatt, portrait by Lynn Gilbert https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0017-addison-rae.jpgAddison Rae in a 2021 video for Pandora https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0020-al-golden.jpgMiami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden on the sideline at the Florida State game https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0022-pat-dowell.jpgAlderman Pat Dowell at Shimer College, 2013 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0024-alice-dunnigan.pngPortrait of Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906-1983) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0025-alison-saar.jpgAlison Saar at the Brooklyn Museum https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0026-amanda-berry-smith.jpgAmanda Berry Smith, photograph by T. B. Latchmore, circa 1885 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0028-amara-enyia.jpgAmara Enyia, 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0030-amina-claudine-myers.jpgAmina Claudine Myers performing https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0031-andrea-zopp.jpgAndrea Zopp at the Bud Billiken Parade, Chicago, 2015 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0033-andrew-ellicott.jpgAndrew Ellicott, portrait (NYPL scan) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0034-andrew-hill.jpgAndrew Hill, portrait by Jimmy Katz https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0035-andrew-young.jpgAndrew Young, head-and-shoulders portrait, June 6, 1977 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0037-angela-alsobrooks.jpgAngela Alsobrooks, September 2024 (cropped portrait) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0040-anthony-driver.jpgAnthony Driver posing after a press conference, 2026 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0041-anthony-overton.pngAnthony Overton, portrait (company photograph) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0042-antoine-fuqua.jpgAntoine Fuqua at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0044-arizona-dranes-ad.jpgNovember 1926 Goldman & Wolf music-store advertisement billing Arizona Dranes's OKeh records alongside Louis Armstrong — her contemporary billing artifact (no rights-cleared portrait of Dranes is held on Commons) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0046-armstrong-williams.jpgArmstrong Williams hosting his radio show in Washington, D.C. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0047-arnett-cobb.jpgPortrait of Arnett Cobb, Downbeat, New York, between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb collection, Library of Congress) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0048-art-ensemble-1978.jpgThe Art Ensemble of Chicago in performance, 1978 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0049-art-farmer-jim-hall-1964.jpgArt Farmer with guitarist Jim Hall, 1964 — from the years of their co-led quartet https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0050-arthur-spingarn.jpgArthur B. Spingarn, portrait by White House photographer Robert Knudsen (small file as held on Commons; the largest honest resolution available) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0054-arthur-wergs-mitchell.jpgArthur Wergs Mitchell, U.S. Representative from Illinois — the congressman, not the dancer of the same name https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0057-abraham-lincoln.jpgAbraham Lincoln, photograph by Alexander Gardner, August 9, 1863 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0058-alexander-graham-bell.jpgAlexander Graham Bell, portrait by Moffett Studio, circa 1914–1919 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0059-andrew-carnegie.jpgAndrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, by Theodore C. Marceau, 1913 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0060-alan-shepard.jpgAlan Shepard in his pressure suit before the Freedom 7 launch, May 5, 1961 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0062-photo.jpgShemar Moore, photographed December 6, 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0066-chuck-berry-sagan.jpgChuck Berry with astronomer Carl Sagan (NASA/JPL photograph) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0068-bad-bunny-2019.jpgBad Bunny photographed in 2019 by Glenn Francis https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0073-barry-harris-1981.jpgPianist Barry Harris in 1981 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0074-bebo-valdes-2008.jpgBebo Valdés performing in 2008 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0076-benjamin-banneker.jpgPortrait of Benjamin Banneker (almanac-era portrait, artist unknown) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0077-benjamin-wright.jpgArranger Benjamin Wright, photographed by Matt Sayles https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0078-benny-carter-1946.jpgPortrait of Benny Carter at the Apollo Theatre, New York, ca. October 1946, by William P. Gottlieb https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0079-benny-golson.jpgTenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0082-berry-gordy.jpgMotown founder Berry Gordy https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0084-bessie-coleman-1920s.jpgBessie Coleman in the 1920s, in her flying dress https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0086-betty-carter-pori-1978.jpgBetty Carter performing in Pori, Finland, July 1978 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0087-big-daddy-kane.jpgBig Daddy Kane performing at Hip Hop Kemp, Hradec Králové, 2013 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0089-billie-holiday.jpgBillie Holiday with her dog Mister at the Downbeat club, New York, c. February 1947 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0091-billy-higgins.jpgBilly Higgins, 1978 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0092-billy-ocasio.jpgAlderman Billy Ocasio speaking at the Ciclo Urbano storefront opening, Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0093-billy-taylor.jpgBilly Taylor, 2009 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0097-louis-henry-ford.jpgBishop Louis Henry Ford, Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (source image 135x173 px, reproduced at native size, not upscaled) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0098-biz-markie.jpgBiz Markie performing at Amager Bio, Copenhagen, October 25, 2007 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0099-bj-the-chicago-kid.pngBJ the Chicago Kid, July 2019 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0100-ida-gray-nelson-rollins.jpgIda Gray Nelson Rollins, D.D.S. — portrait published in Lawson Andrew Scruggs, Women of Distinction (1893) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0103-bob-marley.jpgBob Marley, Island Records press photograph, 1977 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0104-bobby-hutcherson.jpgBobby Hutcherson performing at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1982 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0107-bonin-bough.jpgBonin Bough, then Mondelēz International's chief media and e-commerce officer, delivering the #FearlessTalent keynote, May 2015 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0108-booker-t-washington.jpgBooker T. Washington, portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1895 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0111-brent-faiyaz.jpgPortrait of Brent Faiyaz https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0113-bryson-tiller.jpgBryson Tiller, photographed in August 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0114-bubba-wallace.jpgNASCAR driver Darrell 'Bubba' Wallace Jr. during a U.S. Air Force base visit, September 7, 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0115-buddy-bolden.pngThe only known photograph of Buddy Bolden's band (c. 1905); Bolden stands second from left with his cornet https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0116-byron-allen.jpgByron Allen in a 1982 NBC press photograph for Real People https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0123-carmen-mcrae.jpgCarmen McRae in a 1960 press photograph https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0125-caroline-wanga.jpgCaroline Wanga https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0126-carter-g-woodson.jpgPortrait of Carter G. Woodson by Charles Alston (National Archives) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0128-cathy-hughes.jpgCathy Hughes (center) with her son Alfred Liggins III and Wayno AmonRa https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0129-cecil-taylor.jpgCecil Taylor in performance https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0132-celia-cruz.jpgCelia Cruz, 1957 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0133-celia-parker-woolley.jpgCelia Parker Woolley — portrait from A Woman of the Century (1893) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0134-chandler-owen.jpgChandler Owen, 1917 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0136-channing-crowder.jpgChanning Crowder with the Miami Dolphins https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0137-chano-pozo.jpgChano Pozo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0138-charlamagne-tha-god.jpgCharlamagne Tha God at the MTV Movie Awards, 2012 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0140-charles-h-houston.jpgCharles Hamilton Houston https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0141-charles-lee-isbell-jr.jpgCharles L. Isbell Jr. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0142-charles-mingus.jpgCharles Mingus, 1976 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0143-charles-s-johnson.jpgCharles S. Johnson at Fisk University, Nashville — photographed by Gordon Parks https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0145-charli-damelio.jpgCharli D'Amelio https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0146-charlie-parker.jpgCharlie Parker, 1947 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0148-charlotte-forten.jpgCharlotte Forten Grimké https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0150-cheikh-anta-diop.jpgCheikh Anta Diop as a young man https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0155-christopher-j-perry.pngChristopher J. Perry Sr., founder of the Philadelphia Tribune https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0156-chucho-valdes.jpgChucho Valdés in 2022 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0157-bobby-rush-bluesman.jpgBobby Rush — the bluesman — performing at the Chicago Blues Festival, 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0026-chance-the-rapper.jpgChance the Rapper, 2017 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0035-buddy-guy.jpgBuddy Guy performing in 2008 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0064-carol-moseley-braun.jpgU.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun, official congressional portrait https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0066-barack-obama-portrait.pngOfficial portrait of President Barack Obama by Pete Souza https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0068-bobby-rush.jpgBobby Rush — the congressman — official portrait as U.S. Representative for Illinois's 1st district, 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0125-chief-keef.jpgChief Keef in 2019 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0158-brandon-johnson.jpgBrandon Johnson, March 2023 (cropped from a photograph with Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez; source image 315x446 px, reproduced at native size, not upscaled) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0328-chip-e.jpgChip E., circa 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0361-big-bill-broonzy-1951.jpgPublicity photograph of Big Bill Broonzy, 1951, by James J. Kriegsmann https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0739-beyonce-gma.jpgBeyoncé performing "Run the World" on Good Morning America https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0749-chris-brown.jpgChris Brown performing in London, 2023 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-0776-bruno-mars.jpgBruno Mars performing live in Brazil https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1399-cece-winans.jpgCeCe Winans https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-P-1454-cassandra-wilson.jpgCassandra Wilson performing https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0158-bernard-epton.pngIllinois State Representative Bernard Epton, 1983 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0159-cesar-chavez.jpgCesar Chavez, 1966 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0160-brewster-kahle.jpgBrewster Kahle at Foo Camp, 2009 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0162-brian-kelly.jpgBrian Kelly coaching LSU at Tiger Stadium https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0163-chris-ash.pngChris Ash as Ohio State co-defensive coordinator, 2015 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0272-dick-durbin.jpgDick Durbin, official U.S. Senate portrait, 2022 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0273-dolores-huerta.jpgDolores Huerta at the Summit on Race in America, LBJ Presidential Library, April 8, 2019 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0029-ahmad-jamal.jpgA photo of Ahmad Jamal performing with James Cammack. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0579-alex-bradford.jpgAlex Bradford — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0483-archibald-motley.jpgArchibald Motley — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0449-arthur-ramos.jpgImagem do Fundo Correio da Manhã. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5556-coffy.pngOfficial Logo of the movie Coffy https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0056-common.jpgCommon at Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0031-curtis-mayfield.pngCurtis Mayfield performing for Dutch televisie in 1972 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1147-dan-burley.jpgDan Burley — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0120-daniel-hale-williams.jpgDaniel Hale Williams , c. 1900. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0379-danny-k-davis.jpegOfficial Congressional portrait of Congressman Danny K. Davis. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5561-dear-white-people.pngDear White People — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1465-denzel-washington.jpgDenzel Washington attends the premiere of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0122-dick-gregory.jpgSHUT IT DOWN FOR MIKE BROWN one year anniversary RALLY against police brutality at African American Civil War Memorial on U Street between 10th Street and Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Saturday evening, 8 August 2 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0022-dinah-washington.jpgPhoto of Dinah Washington. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0424-dj-rashad.jpgDJ Rashad, Artplay, Moscow, 30 March 2013 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1036-dorothy-vaughan.jpgDorothy Vaughan — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0108-dr-timuel-black.jpgAmerikaans historicus, oorlogsveteraan en mensenrechtenactivist Timuel Black (1918–2021) op bezoek bij de Nederlandse categorale havoschool Notre Dame des Anges te Ubbergen. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5565-dreamgirls.jpgЭлемент фільма «Дзяўчыны мары» (Джэймі Фокс, Бейонсе Ноўлз, Эдзі Мэрфі і Джэніфер Хадсан). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0672-earl-g-graves-sr.jpgHoward University Wash D.C. 2004 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1838-eddie-murphy.jpgEddie Murphy at Tribeca Film Festival 2010 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0335-elijah-muhammad.jpgElijah Muhammad standing behind microphones at podium / World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0353-emmett-till.jpgEmmett Till — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5604-fela-kuti.jpgThe Fela Kuti Africa 70 first album record cover (1970) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1139-ferdinand-lee-barnett.jpgPhoto of Barnett from 1900. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0046-frankie-knuckles.jpgFrankie Knuckles performing at The Mighty (San Francisco) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0082-fred-hampton.jpgCrop of File:Fred Hampton speaks at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago, 1969.jpg https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0403-frederick-douglass.jpgPortrait of Frederick Douglass as a younger man https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0027-gene-ammons.jpgGene Ammons — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0033-gene-chandler.jpgSept 17, 1999 © copyright John Mathew Smith 2001 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1528-george-washington-carver.jpgGeorge Washington Carver (person) — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0114-gwendolyn-brooks.jpgFrom Wash. D.C. © copyright John Mathew Smith 2001 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5533-harris-theater.jpgHarris Theater (left) and The Heritage at Millennium Park (right) from Randolph Street. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1567-henry-highland-garnet.jpgHenry Highland Garnet, albumen silver print, c.1881. Per the National Portrait Gallery: Clergyman Henry Highland Garnet was well acquainted with the evils of America's "peculiar institution." Born in slavery in Maryland, https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0081-ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells Barnett , in a photograph by Mary Garrity from c. 1893. This version has been cropped from the original photographic card to approximately the photo itself (the borders aren't quite straight, so I did the be https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-3538-ida-platt.jpgIda Platt, in a 1903 publication. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5456-insecure.pngInsecure — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0890-irene-mccoy-gaines.jpgPortrait of Irene McCoy Gaines https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1564-james-forten.jpgWatercolor of abolitionist James Forten (1766-1842) believed to have been painted during his lifetime. The image comes from The Historical Society of Pennsylvania https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5188-jay-z.jpgJay-Z was reportedly discussing a bid from his company, Roc Nation, to secure a gaming license and open a Caesars Palace casino in Times Square. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0052-jesse-saunders.jpegJesse Saunders — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1490-john-brown-russwurm.pngScan from The Afro-American Press https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0351-john-lee-hooker.jpgMassey Hall, Toronto, Aug. 20, 1978 Photo by Jean-Luc Ourlin https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0093-john-w-rogers-jr.jpgJohn W. Rogers Jr. — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1062-joy-buolamwini.jpgJoy Buolamwini at Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1480-kam-buckner.jpgIllinois State Representative Kam Buckner https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1481-kamala-harris.jpgOfficial portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0057-kanye-west.jpgKanye West at the Vanity Fair kickoff part for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival . Photographer's blog post about this event and photo. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0346-katherine-dunham.jpgKatherine Dunham , American dancer https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5187-kendrick-lamar.jpgPulitzer Prizes 2018 award ceremony - Kendrick Lamar https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0503-king-oliver.jpgPhoto portrait of American jazz musician King Oliver , circa 1915. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0004-koko-taylor.jpgKoko Taylor at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0338-langston-hughes.jpgw:en:Langston Hughes photographed by w:en:Carl Van Vechten , 1936. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1120-lerone-bennett-jr.jpgLERONE BENNETT, WELL KNOWN BLACK WRITER WHO IS SENIOR EDITOR AT EBONY MAGAZINE, IN HIS OFFICE AT JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY IN CHICAGO. THE FIRM ALSO PUBLISHES JET, BLACK WORLD, BLACK STARS AND EBONY JR. 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The drawing also refers to electronic devices for heart simulators and guided missles. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1524-p-b-s-pinchback.jpgP. B. S. Pinchback . Library of Congress description: "Gov. Pinchback" https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1571-paul-laurence-dunbar.jpgPaul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906), seminal African American poet, circa 1890. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1526-paul-robeson.jpgPaul Robeson , American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1084-percy-lavon-julian.jpgPercy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) portrait https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0715-percy-sutton.jpgFrom N.A.B.O.B Wash. D.C. 1995 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0540-phil-upchurch.jpgPhil Upchurch at the 2012 NAMM Convention. Anaheim, CA https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1488-prince-hall.jpgPortrait of Prince Hall (c.1735 – December 4, 1807). https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-2838-ralphi-rosario.jpgRalphi Rosario at Ministry of Sound 2017 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0030-ramsey-lewis.jpgRamsey Lewis performing at JazzFe 2006 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1088-rediet-abebe.pngDra. Rediet Abebe em uma palestra. This file was derived from: Rediet Abebe.png https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0097-rev-george-clements.jpgRev. George. H. Clements giving Holy Communion, Chicago, 1973. Original caption: Holy Angel catholic church on Chicago's South side, 1973. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0020-rev-james-cleveland.jpgAn image of James Cleveland https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0116-richard-wright.jpgPortrait of Richard Wright https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1468-robert-townsend.jpgDirector Robert Townsend being interviewed in 2018 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1129-roi-ottley.jpgJournalist Vincent Ottley https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1532-roy-wilkins.jpgRoy Wilkins — Director of the NAACP, at the White House , 30 April, 1968. An African American Civil Rights leader in the United States. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0555-rp-boo.jpgRP Boo (footwork artist) performing at Pitchfork in Chicago https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1093-ruha-benjamin.jpgPrinceton University professor Ruha Benjamin gives a presentation on the relationship between machine bias and systemic racism at the Data & Society Research Institute's Databites speaker series in 2019. https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0121-sam-cooke.jpgPhotograph of Sam Cooke used in an advertisement in Billboard magazine for "Let's Go Steady Again". https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-1095-sarah-e-goode.pngSarah E. 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Records and ABC / Dunhill Records . The keyboard appears to be a Farfisa Professional 222 combo o https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5580-the-bluest-eye.jpgO olho mais azul/Toni Morrison; tradução Manoel Paulo Ferreira; com posfácio da autora. ed. São Paulo Companhia das Letras, 2010. Titulo original: The Bluest Eye. 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Du Bois by James E. Purdy, 1907, gelatin silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery which has explicitly released this digital image under the CC0 license. ( https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.25 ) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-5638-wciu.pngWCIU — image via Wikimedia Commons (see rights record) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ctl-e-0003-willie-dixon.jpgWillie Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981. photo by Brian McMillen / brianmcmillen@hotmail.com https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0168-clarence-jones.jpgClarence B. Jones at the San Francisco International Film Festival, 2026 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0171-clarence-page.jpgClarence Page, political analyst, at the African American Leadership in the 21st Century event, January 13, 2007 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0172-clark-terry.jpgClark Terry performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1981 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0174-claude-lightfoot.jpgClaude Lightfoot, executive secretary of the Communist Party of Illinois, awaiting a federal jury verdict, January 1955 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0175-claudette-colvin.jpgClaudette Colvin, aged 13, in 1953 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0180-houston-informer.jpgFront page of the Houston Informer, the newspaper Clifton F. Richardson Sr. founded in 1919 (issue of July 23, 1927) https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0181-clifton-johnson.jpgClifton H. Johnson, founding director of the Amistad Research Center https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0183-colin-powell.jpgOfficial portrait of Colin L. Powell as U.S. Secretary of State, January 2001 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0185-coretta-scott-king.jpgCoretta Scott King in 1964 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0187-cory-booker.jpgCory Booker at the 2011 Time 100 gala https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/CTL-ESS-0188-count-basie.jpgCount Basie, 1955 portrait by James J. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-rb-biz-000001-the-black-funeral-home-as-institution/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roberts-temple.jpgRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-1941.jpgA greystone home converted to a church, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-b-1941.jpgA converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9509.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-rb-biz-000002-black-owned-banks-in-chicago/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-rb-media-000002-wvon-and-black-chicago/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/etta-james-2006.jpgEtta James performing, 2006 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-movies-are-popular-in-the-negro-section-of-c-9007.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-negro-swinging-his-girl-on-roller-skates-savoy-b-8735.jpgNegro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-girl-listening-to-music-at-dance-chicago-illinoi-8996.jpgGirl listening to music at dance. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-bci-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-bmi-002/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-roller-skating-at-the-savoy-ballroom-on-satu-8742.jpgRoller skating at the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday night. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-the-movies-ar-9026.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-bpm-003/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/planet-newspaper-press-room.jpgPress room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. 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(IA spaldingsbasebal04chic) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/victory-monument.jpgRe-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-place-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/durham-bus-station-1940.jpgSegregated bus station, Durham, N.C., 1940 (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nicodemus-kansas-townsite.jpgThe Nicodemus townsite, Kansas (HABS survey) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chicken-bone-beach.jpgChicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City — the historically segregated Black beach — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-music-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/muddy-waters-1976.jpgMuddy Waters performing, 1976 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/howlin-wolf-1972.jpgHowlin’ Wolf performing, 1972 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-media-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-global-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-asleep-1941.jpgChildren asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-biscuits-1941.jpgChildren at a meal, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-playing-in-vacant-lot-in-negro-sect-9087.jpgChildren playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-econ-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/black-barbershop-1920.jpgAfrican-American barbershop, Aberdeen, Miss., c.1920 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chuck-berry-1957.jpgChuck Berry, publicity photo, 1957 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-inst-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-only-negro-store-of-its-kind-in-the-u-s-at-2-5866.jpgOnly Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-only-negro-store-of-its-kind-in-the-u-s-at-2-5871.jpgOnly Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-policeman-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgPoliceman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-life-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-1941.jpgChildren at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-tech-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chuck-berry-1957.jpgChuck Berry, publicity photo, 1957 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-47th-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgShoppers at a ten-cent store counter, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-insurance-workers-1941.jpgOffice workers at an insurance company, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-negro-barber-shop-southside-of-chicago-illin-8743.jpgNegro barber shop. Southside of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-preserve-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rosenwald-school-exterior.jpgRosenwald school, Delight, Arkansas — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/freedmens-school-vicksburg-1866.jpgFreedmen’s primary school, Vicksburg, 1866 (Harper’s Weekly engraving) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wells-house.jpgThe Ida B. Wells-Barnett House, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-dr-2026-001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rosenwald-school-exterior.jpgRosenwald school, Delight, Arkansas — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/freedmens-school-vicksburg-1866.jpgFreedmen’s primary school, Vicksburg, 1866 (Harper’s Weekly engraving) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wells-house.jpgThe Ida B. 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State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wabash-ymca.jpgThe Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-chi-000003/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/bronzeville-station.jpgThe 35th Street Bronzeville CTA station, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rickwood-field.jpgRickwood Field, Birmingham — historic Negro leagues ballpark — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/pullman-porter-capitol-limited.jpgPullman porter aboard the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/durham-bus-station-1940.jpgSegregated bus station, Durham, N.C., 1940 (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-chi-000004/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-chi-000005/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/pullman-porter-capitol-limited.jpgPullman porter aboard the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/satchel-paige-1948.jpgSatchel Paige — 1948 Leaf baseball card portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rickwood-field.jpgRickwood Field, Birmingham — historic Negro leagues ballpark — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/durham-bus-station-1940.jpgSegregated bus station, Durham, N.C., 1940 (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-mus-000001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Chicago — home of the city’s oldest African American congregation — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-the-movies-ar-9026.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-crowd-1941.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-movies-are-popular-in-the-negro-section-of-c-9007.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-mus-000002/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/etta-james-2006.jpgEtta James performing, 2006 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chuck-berry-1957.jpgChuck Berry, publicity photo, 1957 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-mus-000003/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8756.jpgEntertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8785.jpgA singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-having-fun-at-rollerskating-rink-of-savoy-ba-8790.jpgHaving fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-mus-000004/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/howlin-wolf-1972.jpgHowlin’ Wolf performing, 1972 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-girl-listening-to-music-at-dance-chicago-illinoi-8996.jpgGirl listening to music at dance. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-band-at-the-savoy-ballroom-chicago-illin-8995.jpgThe band at the Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/muddy-waters-1976.jpgMuddy Waters performing, 1976 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-mus-000005/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8755.jpgMusicians performing in a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8756.jpgEntertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8785.jpgA singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-biz-000001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roberts-temple.jpgRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/abraham-lincoln-centre.jpgThe Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wabash-ymca.jpgThe Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-1941.jpgA greystone home converted to a church, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-biz-000002/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-only-negro-store-of-its-kind-in-the-u-s-at-2-5871.jpgOnly Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-policeman-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgPoliceman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-biz-000005/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/abraham-lincoln-centre.jpgThe Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-an-oakland-as-pitcher-delivers-during-a-gam.jpgSpalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ... - a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-life-000001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8755.jpgMusicians performing in a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8756.jpgEntertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8785.jpgA singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rb-life-000002/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-shoeshine-9487.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rd-inst-000001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/planet-newspaper-press-room.jpgPress room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/ctl-rd-place-000001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-an-oakland-as-pitcher-delivers-during-a-gam.jpgSpalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ... - a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-the-movies-ar-9026.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/black-chicago-master-chronology/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-biscuits-1941.jpgChildren at a meal, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-playing-in-vacant-lot-in-negro-sect-9087.jpgChildren playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-hall-leading-to-apartment-of-negro-railroad--8933.jpgHallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/reference/wikidata-readiness/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000020-richard-pryor-comedy-on-record/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-the-movies-ar-9026.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/regal-theater-crowd-1941.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000021-block-club-organizing-the-block/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-an-oakland-as-pitcher-delivers-during-a-gam.jpgSpalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ... - a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. (IA spaldingsbasebal04chic) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/victory-monument.jpgRe-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/roberts-temple.jpgRoberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000022-rent-party-music-mutual-aid/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-girl-listening-to-music-at-dance-chicago-illinoi-8996.jpgGirl listening to music at dance. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-the-band-at-the-savoy-ballroom-chicago-illin-8995.jpgThe band at the Savoy Ballroom. 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Church, Chicago — home of the city’s oldest African American congregation — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-b-1941.jpgA converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9509.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9518.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000025-homecoming-black-college-ritual/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000026-hyde-park/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000027-englewood/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-shoeshine-9487.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000028-chatham/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-shoeshine-9487.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000029-auburn-gresham/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-shoeshine-9487.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000030-woodlawn/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-where-the-negro-and-white-sections-on-the-so-3596.jpgWhere the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-an-oakland-as-pitcher-delivers-during-a-gam.jpgSpalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ... - a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. 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https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/negro-leagues-all-stars-1936.jpgNegro leagues All-Stars, East-West Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago, 1936 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000038-79th-street-corridor/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/satchel-paige-1948.jpgSatchel Paige — 1948 Leaf baseball card portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/rickwood-field.jpgRickwood Field, Birmingham — historic Negro leagues ballpark — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/pullman-porter-capitol-limited.jpgPullman porter aboard the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — CultureTechLens 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(IA spaldingsbasebal04chic) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000069-a-philip-randolph/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000072-ebony-magazine/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-1941.jpgChildren at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000073-jet-magazine/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/dusable-museum.jpgThe DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-apartment-houses-and-funeral-parlor-in-negro-8885.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-1941.jpgChildren at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-children-asleep-1941.jpgChildren asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000074-provident-hospital/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/eighth-regiment-armory.jpgEntrance of the Eighth Regiment Armory, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wabash-ymca.jpgThe Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/research/briefs/ctl-tb-000084-associated-negro-press/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/defender-building.jpgDoor of the historic Chicago Defender Building, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/planet-newspaper-press-room.jpgPress room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. 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(IA spaldingsbasebal04chic) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0600/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0601/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-apartment-8923.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0602/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-apartment-8886.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-apartment-8923.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0603/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-palm-tavern-bar-1941.jpgSaturday crowd at the Palm Tavern bar, 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-roller-skating-at-the-savoy-ballroom-on-satu-8742.jpgRoller skating at the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday night. 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Church, Chicago — home of the city’s oldest African American congregation — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0986/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/victory-monument.jpgRe-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/abraham-lincoln-centre.jpgThe Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/wabash-ymca.jpgThe Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0987/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-church-converted-b-1941.jpgA converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9509.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9518.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0988/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9520.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. 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Wells-Barnett House, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/eighth-regiment-armory.jpgEntrance of the Eighth Regiment Armory, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/gwendolyn-brooks.jpgGwendolyn Brooks, portrait — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0994/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9518.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9519.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9520.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0995/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-only-negro-store-of-its-kind-in-the-u-s-at-2-5866.jpgOnly Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-only-negro-store-of-its-kind-in-the-u-s-at-2-5871.jpgOnly Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-policeman-ten-cent-store-1941.jpgPoliceman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0996/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/nicodemus-kansas-townsite.jpgThe Nicodemus townsite, Kansas (HABS survey) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chicken-bone-beach.jpgChicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City — the historically segregated Black beach — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/negro-leagues-all-stars-1936.jpgNegro leagues All-Stars, East-West Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago, 1936 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0997/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9519.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-crowd-outside-of-fashionable-negro-church-af-9520.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/quinn-chapel-ame.jpgQuinn Chapel A.M.E. 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Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/delano-illinois-central-chicago-1942.jpgJacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chicago, 1942 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1001/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/overton-hygienic-building.jpgThe Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chess-studio-booth.jpgThe Chess Records studio booth during restoration, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/ida-b-wells.jpgIda B. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-instructors-in-roller-skating-at-savoy-ballr-8748.jpgInstructors in roller skating at Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1314/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-apartment-8923.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1315/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-girl-listening-to-music-at-dance-chicago-illinoi-8996.jpgGirl listening to music at dance. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/muddy-waters-1976.jpgMuddy Waters performing, 1976 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1316/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/etta-james-2006.jpgEtta James performing, 2006 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/blues-all-stars.jpgChicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/chuck-berry-1957.jpgChuck Berry, publicity photo, 1957 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1317/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8756.jpgEntertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-entertainers-at-negro-tavern-chicago-illinoi-8785.jpgA singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-having-fun-at-rollerskating-rink-of-savoy-ba-8790.jpgHaving fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/white73-a-black-guitarist-performs-at-the-lake-meado.jpgA black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-the-movies-ar-9026.jpgThe movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1319/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-negro-swinging-his-girl-on-roller-skates-savoy-b-8735.jpgNegro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-girl-listening-to-music-at-dance-chicago-illinoi-8996.jpgGirl listening to music at dance. 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Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1320/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-shoeshine-9487.jpgShoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1321/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9438.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1322/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-apartment-8923.jpgApartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-crowd-out-9510.jpgCrowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-untitled-photo-possibly-related-to-negro-gro-9436.jpgNegro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1323/2026-10-22 https://culturetechlens.com/assets/logo.svgCultureTechLens logo https://culturetechlens.com/assets/photos/lee-roller-skating-at-the-savoy-ballroom-on-satu-8742.jpgRoller skating at the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday night. 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