Unseen Histories is presented by British author and visual historian @jordanjlloydhq who brings the past to life for The Times, The BBC and TIME LIFE. Share/use his remastered black & white and colorized historical pictures, for free.
Caption reads, [Rosa Parks] "Poor Peoples March at Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.]" Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken June 19th, 1968, Washington D.C, United States Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017650273/
African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "We demand the right to vote, everywhere" and signs protesting police brutality against civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama] / WKL." Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken March 12th, 1965, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645538/
Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963 / MST. Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013647403/
Caption reads, "[Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963]" Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648849/
Caption reads, "[Demonstrators sit, with their feet in the Reflecting Pool, during the March on Washington, 1963] / WKL." Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/item/2011648314/
Caption reads, "Negro voting in Cardoza [i.e., Cardozo] High School in [Washington,] D.C. / [MST]." Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken November 3rd, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003688167/
Caption reads, "[Bus leaving near the Washington Monument, after the March on Washington, 1963] / MST." Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2011648313/
Caption reads, "Martin Luther King press conference / [MST]." Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 26th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688129/
Caption reads, "Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the NAACP / [TOH]." Original black and white negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran. Taken September 17th, 1957, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688132/
Caption reads, "Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [WKL]." Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003654393/
Caption reads, "Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders of the march leading marchers down the street.]" Original black and white negative taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States. Photographer unknown (The National Archives and Records Administration). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. ca. 1953-ca. 1978. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/542003
Caption reads, "[Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.], 8/28/1963" Original black and white negative by Rowland Scherman. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (The National Archives and Records Administration). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. ca. 1953-ca. 1978. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/542015
Caption reads, "[Malcolm X waits at Martin Luther King press conference, head-and-shoulders portrait] / [MST]." Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken March 26th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688131/
Caption reads, "Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi." Original black and white negative by Marion Post Wolcott. Taken October, 1939, Belzoni, MS, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017754826/
Caption reads, "[Angela Davis, half-length portrait]." Original black and white negative by Bernard Gotfryd. Taken 1974, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
Caption reads, "[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.] / [MST]." Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken April 16th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688130/
Caption reads, "[Young women with signs raised behind them at the March on Washington, 1963]" Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.37230/
Caption reads, "Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina." Original black and white negative by John Vachon. Taken April, 1938, Halifax, North Carolina, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017717044/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645538/
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013647403/
Caption reads, "CORE-sponsored demonstration at realtor office of Picture Floor Plans, Inc." Original black and white negative by the Seattle Police Department. Taken May 4th, 1964, Seattle, Washington State, United States (Seattle Municipal Archives). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Seattle Municipal Archives Series 5210-01: Records of the Office of the Mayor, 1956-1970.http://archives.seattle.gov/digital-collections/index.php/Detail/objects/102614
Caption reads, "[View of the huge crowd from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument, during the March on Washington]" Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler. Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ds.04417/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2011648313/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688129/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.37230/
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017717044/
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