Picturing Black History

Photographs and stories that changed the world

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school segregation

A Kentucky State police officer stands by as Black students board a school bus, Okolona, Louisville, Kentucky, September 11, 1975. The police were carrying out court-ordered busing to achieve racial balance in schools in Louisville and Jefferson County.

Busing and School Segregation

White people raged against school busing in Louisville, KY (September 1975)

Poise and Perseverance

Poise and Perseverance

How Autherine Lucy, Charlayne Hunter, and Vivian Malone Desegregated Higher Education in the American South

Black children carrying signs and accompanied by four mothers, walk to Webster School, Hillsboro, Ohio, April 3, 1956.

Marching Mothers

Neither wind nor rain could stop a band of Ohio mothers from securing the education their children deserved.