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UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

Owning Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives

About this Collection

Part of the United Press International (UPI) collection, this series of photographs addresses significant events and people in Black American history from the 1930s through the 1970s. A number of photos address desegregation, the civil rights movement, and the Black Panthers. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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269 items found in this collection

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Amalya Kearse Hired by Wall Street Firm
Angela Davis and Mohawk Indian Chief Moses David Protest Wounded Knee
Angela Davis and the "Detroit 16" Held in Prison
Angela Davis Defenders Speak to Press
Angela Davis Leads March for Soledad Brothers
Anti-Integration Mob at Tenn. High School
Anti-integrationists Holding Signs
Anti-Racism Organization News Conference
Anti-Segregationists Ride Bus
Arkansas Governor Considers Closing Central High
Armed Black Panthers outside Sacramento State Assembly
Atlanta Protest
Atlanta Protest 1971
Barrington Parker
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Black Berets' Hold Press Conference
Black Liberation Army Member Arrested for Police Officer Shooting
Black Man Wounded during Racial Violence
Black Militant Angela Davis Appearance at Madison Square Garden
Black Militant Lance "Sweet Willie Wine" Watson
Black Monday Demonstration
Black Nationalist Milton Henry
Black Nationalist Ron Karenga Brought to Trial
Black Panther Angela Davis meets Vo Thi Lien, Vietnamese Massacre Survivor
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