Lucile Bluford Collection

Aerial view of "Black Monday" gathering at Civic Center Plaza in Chicago, IL, 1969. Participants are gathered in a circle around the Picasso statue, with the Cook County and U.S. flags hanging above...

Ground view of "Black Monday" gathering at Civic Center Plaza in Chicago, IL, 1969. An African American man in the center of the photo has is arm raised in a black power gesture; mirroring several...

Composite photo of unknown banquet; Bluford sits at the far right of a table facing the camera in the upper left portion of the photo. Attendees of the banquet are all dressed in suit and tie attire...

College Campus landscape.

College football players in a huddle; five players kneel while the rest of the team stands.

Unknown college marching band marching down the down next to a school bus.

College students marching in parade at unknown location.

College students sitting on a grassy knoll at unknown location.

Unidentified group of six college students standing on a slope in front buildings. Another group is partially visible to the right of the photo.

New York: Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm of Brooklyn give the clenched fist Black Power salute during a parade in Harlem September 21, 1969. It was the...

Crowd gathered for college football game, unknown location. The majority of the photos of the football field, with a line of people standing on the other side of it in the background.

Crowd of students marching on a dirt road, next to a school bus; unknown location.

Five students sitting in a row boat. Two men sit at the front of the boat, and two woman and one man sit near the back.

Group of nine college men posing on steps together.

Oklahoma City: The Rev. Ralph Abernathy led a march of over four hundred people through the streets of Oklahoma City September 22, 1969 in support of striking sanitation workers. Abernathy described...

Spectators at a college football game at unknown location. In the left portion of the photo, football players run across the field. On the other side of the football field, in the background, there is...

State Troopers at Wilmington High School, Wilmington, Delaware: Helmeted state troopers stand ready to move into Wilmington High School with shotguns September 22nd shortly before noon. Police...

Students sitting in a classroom.

Two young children posing in front of their science projects. On the left side of the photo an African American boy holds a first place plaque. Behind him stands an African American woman wearing...

Young, unidentified women standing on a sidewalk. The woman is wearing a skirt and jacket, and is smiling toward the camera. Her hands are in her pockets.

Young couple standing on steps in front of building. The man is holding books.