70 photographic portraits of African Americans in black and white and color.

Includes press books, press kits (many with photographs or slides), programs, other ephemeral pieces. Earliest material from the Norman Studio, an independent African American film company of the 1920s. Also covers Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey; material from civil rights era; Sidney Poitier; "Blaxploitation" films of the 1970s; actors from 1990s. [Description from dealer invoice; more details listed there.].

Collection contains portrait photographs of Black Americans in the latter half of the 19th century. Mostly consists of tintypes, with a few albumen and salted paper prints. With few exceptions, people in the portraits are unidentified.

Documents concerning sale of enslaved people and other materials related to slavery in North America, particularly the United States.

The collection includes photographs compiled by Jo C. Tartt Jr. relating to Black American life and racial narratives after the American Civil War.