Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Top US athletes compete in women's Olympic track and field trials
MS Athlete running toward camera, jumping hurdles / CU Earlene Brown, shot put and discus thrower from Los Angeles, hurling discus / CU Brown and her baby / CU Brown playing piano / CU Brown balancing 8 lb. shot / Low angle shot Brown...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Four pilots receive their wings as the first class of African-American pilots in the US Army
Rear shot Col. V. H. Kimble, Commanding Officer of the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Tuskegee Institute, presents wings to the first class of African-American pilots; he is accompanied by Maj. Noel F. Parrish, the Director of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
African-American pilots train at the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Tuskegee Institute
African-American pilot in cockpit of plane / training plane moves on Tuskegee Army Airfield / another pilot dons his goggles / training plane moves / VS training plane takes off, flies / three planes fly in formation / training plane...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Women's track and field competition starts at A.A.U. meet in Trenton, NJ
Title card: "New Jersey" superimposed over female athletes at start line / VS runners from start to finish line of 100 meter dash at the Women's A.A.U. championships. Claire Isicson of Brooklyn breaks the tape first / MS high jump of...
Hearst Metrotone News
Movable Schools For Negro Farmers offer training in hygiene, nursing, and agriculture for African-American families in the 1920s
Movable Schools For Negro Farmers offer training in hygiene, nursing, and agriculture for African-American families in the 1920s
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Tuskegee University in Alabama trains black Army Air Corps cadets in World War II, including Daniel Chappie James, Jr., who will become America's first black four-star general .
Tuskegee University in Alabama trains black Army Air Corps cadets in World War II, including Daniel Chappie James, Jr., who will become America's first black four-star general .
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African American students walk around the Tuskegee University campus in 1970.
African American students walk around the Tuskegee University campus in 1970.
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Students walk on a sidewalk at Tuskegee University.
Students walk on a sidewalk at Tuskegee University.
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African Americans receive their wings as they join the Tuskegee Airmen's 99th Fighter Squadron.
African Americans receive their wings as they join the Tuskegee Airmen's 99th Fighter Squadron.