For college students hoping to join sororities all across the country, fall means rush season!⁠ ⁠ Professor Casarae Abdul-Ghani tells the story of the influential life of Norma Elizabeth Boyd, a founding member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. #Blackwomen'shistory #Rushseason #Sorority⁠

Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe-- one of the most influential, if largely forgotten, creators of rock and roll. 🎸⁠ ⁠ By the age of six, she was touring with her mother throughout the South, singing and playing guitar, not just as an entertainer but as an evangelist. #rockandroll #Blackhistory

As schoolchildren around the U.S. settle into a new school year, historian Kevin Boyle reminds us of the experiences of Black schoolchildren during the integration era, arguably the most radical turn of the civil rights revolution.

While the #MissAmerica competition concluded earlier this month, did you know that the Parkridge Country Club held a competition for "Miss Parkridge" in 1928?⁠ ⁠ Historian Dustin Meier tells the story of the fragile promise of African American recreational space in 1920s Los Angeles.

Our book, Picturing Black History, informs, educates, and inspires our current moment by exploring the past, blending the breadth and depth of Getty Images’s archives with the renowned expertise of Origins contributors and The Ohio State’s and Miami’s History Departments.⁠ #BlackHistory #Books

Mitch Carter recounts how bluesman Muddy Waters went from the Mississippi cotton fields to Chicago and changed the face of American music. #BlackHistory

In “Preaching with the Choir,“ Michele Valerie Ronnick tells of an Easter sermon with Dr. Benjamin E. Mays at South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC.

Delano Lopez tells the remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll. #BlackHistory #BlackWomensHistory

Stephanie Shaw discusses the life and work of W. E. B. Du Bois as a writer, educator, and chronicler of Black life in America. #BlackHistory

Do you need a book to take you through the last of the summer? Check out our book, Picturing Black History! #BlackHistory #SummerReads

Casarae Abdul-Ghani explores the influential life of Norma Elizabeth Boyd, a founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. #BlackHistory

The influence of writer and musician Gil Scott-Heron is widely felt. However, assessing his legacy involves figuring out just what kind of artist he was. Read "Gil Scott-Heron: 'Closer to Langston Hughes than Huey Newton,'" by Steve Conn on Picturing Black History. #BlackHistory #Music #History

Here is the essay! Michael Santiago talks about capturing John Lewis's final crossing. #BlackHistory

In this exclusive interview, Michael Santiago discusses the responsibility of photographers in preserving history, the emotions behind his most powerful images, and what makes a truly great photo. He speaks to his experience of documenting the final crossing of Civil Rights icon #JohnLewis.

Emily Hawk examines how famed choreographer Alvin Ailey utilized his art to highlight the universal resonance of African American stories. #BlackHistory #Dance

Celebrating my heritage because I'm Black and I am proud! #IamMe #mondaymorning

Today is Mary McLeod Bethune 150th Birthday. Ashley Robertson Preston discusses her legacy and contributions to the war effort during #WWII on Picturing Black History. #BlackWomensHistory #BlackHistory #WomensHistory

Join us and learn what ignited our authors’ passion for telling the untold stories of #BlackHistory.

Christopher Shell explores how a shared love of baseball fostered a meaningful friendship and a spirit of resistance between Nat King Cole and Orestes Minoso. #Baseball #BlackHistory

Ashley Robertson Preston discusses Mary McLeod Bethune, Black women, and the winning of World War II. #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #WWII

A photograph of Mahalia Jackson in 1964 offers a window on the role of music in the civil rights movement. Read “Mahalia Jackson and the Music of the Movement,” by Nico Slate, on Picturing Black History. #BlackHistory #Music #WomensHistory

Sierra Phillips tells the story of Grace Wisher, the Black girl who helped stitch the Star-Spangled Banner. #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

Soren Powell explains how portraits of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American of the nineteenth century, illuminate his life and career as an abolitionist. #BlackHistory

Michele Valerie Ronnick examines a portrait of two American women educators, Charlotte Hawkins Brown and Alice Freeman Palmer. #BlackHistory #WomensHistory

This #Juneteenth, explore the rich and celebrated history of Black America.

Writer and director Oscar Micheaux was a creative entrepreneur and one of the most important figures in African American cinema during the early twentieth century. #BlackHistory

Telling everyone about this book, any one have others to recommend?

Our book, Picturing Black History, informs, educates, and inspires our current moment by exploring the past, blending the breadth and depth of Getty Images’s archives with the renowned expertise of Origins contributors and The Ohio State’s and Miami’s History Departments. #BlackHistory

For #Pride Taylor Ajéwọlé Duckett explores the life of Gladys Bentley, a pioneering queer, Black performer. #BlackHistory #QueerHistory

Writer and director Oscar Micheaux was a creative entrepreneur and one of the most important figures in African American cinema during the early twentieth century. Read more from Alyssa Lopez on Picturing Black History. #BlackHistory #BlackArts

Join Sarajaneé Davis as she discusses the significance of exploring lesser-known moments in Black History and how understanding history enables us to better understand our world today. #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies

Melvin Barnes, Jr. examines how some Black soldiers chose not to go home after the Korean War, remaining in North Korea and China—behind the “bamboo curtain”—to escape racism in the United States. #History #BlackHistory

Looking for a summer read? Check out our book, Picturing Black History! Created by a growing collective of professional historians, art historians, Black Studies scholars, and photographers, it uncovers untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience. #BlackHistory #SummerReads

Dustin Meier explores Black leisure in Southern California. #BlackHistory

Kwabena Slaughter explains how a 1906 photograph of a mathematics classroom illustrates how the Tuskegee Institute used “correlation” theory and the Sloyd system to teach applied mathematics. #BlackHistory

Katherine (Hyun-Joo) Mooney explores the legacy of Toni Morrison’s Beloved. #BlackHistory #BlackLiterature

Stephanie Shaw examines the life and work of W. E. B. Du Bois, writer, educator, and chronicler of Black life in America. #BlackHistory

Looking for something to read over the summer? Remember to check out our book, Picturing Black History! #BlackHistory #HistoryBooks

Paul McAllister remembers Charles Young's remarkable career of selfless service to his country. #BlackHistory #MilitaryHistory #WWI

Join Sarajaneé Davis as she talks about the importance of exploring lesser known moments in Black History and how understanding history makes it easier for us to better understand our world today. #BlackHistory #Historians

Kwabena Slaughter reframes the legacy of Booker T. Washington. #BlackHistory

Alex Lichtenstein explores how photographer Ben Shahn captured the lives of Black sharecropper families in Little Rock, Arkansas one Sunday in 1935. #BlackHistory

Mitch Carter how the legend of Jimi Hendrix was born on June 18th 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival. #Music #Hendrix #Rock #BlackHisory

Dawn Chitty explores the truth and myth of Sojourner Truth. #BlackHistory

Reminder to check out our new book, Picturing Black History. In collecting new photographic essays, this book furthers an ongoing dialogue on the significance of Black history and Black life. #NewBook #HistoryBooks #BlackHistory

Lorna Closeil discusses the legacy of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. #BlackHistory #AliceWalker #TheColorPurple #BlackWomensHistory

Dan Royles revisits when Claude Brown testified about the urban crisis in 1960s America. #BlackHistory

Kiana Knight explores how Congress of Racial Equality‘s Freedom Rides solidified its centrality to desegregation efforts during the Civil Rights Movement. #BlackHistory #CivilRights

Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of #DrMartinLutherKingJr on April 4, 1968, reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers. Read Hasan Kwame Jeffries‘, “The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” on Picturing Black History.

Christopher Shell explores how a shared love of baseball fostered a meaningful friendship and a spirit of resistance between Nat King Cole and baseball Legend Orestes Minoso. #Baseball #NatKingCole #OrestesMinoso #SportsHistory #BlackHistory