"Two sunny smiles in Sylacauga, Alabama." 1930s - 1941 circa

Maria Fearing, a former slave from Sumter County, Alabama, served as a Presbyterian missionary to the Congo in Africa, photo: 1880-1889

Unidentified African American woman, 1870-1890

African American woman standing with a white woman in a cotton field, 1890-1920

Three African American children in front of a cabin, 1890-1920

"Aunt Dora Queen" a midwife in Eufaula, Alabama, 1930s-1941

Jorena Pettway, Gee's Bend, AL, 1939 Sorting peas inside her smokehouse with many fruits and vegetables which she canned.

George Harris of Barbour County, AL, 1930s-1941 Harris was a "Jack of all trades" working as a brick mason, carpenter, and painter.

African American man in a field, 1911

African American woman with three children and a dog, 1890-1920

African American man and children standing in a cotton field, 1890-1920

Four African American children sitting on a fence, 1890-1920

African American woman holding turkey 1890-1920

African American man in an ox-drawn cart 1890-1920

African American woman sweeping a yard 1890-1920

Git up dar buck, 1890-1910 African American woman with a pair of oxen hitched to a plow.

Chantilly Plantation in Mount Meigs, Alabama 1890-1910

African American man with cotton bales in Selma, Alabama, 1890-1910 The man's pants are covered with cotton.

African Americans dressed for church, standing in front of a cabin in Selma, Alabama 1890-1910

Winter Canteya, 85, & his wife, 83, Fort Mitchell, AL, once slaves of Gen. Cantey, 1900-1920 Winter served as his master's bodyguard in Mexican & Civil Wars.

African Americans working in a field in Lowndes County, Alabama, 1939

Lithograph postcard of African Americans standing in a cotton field 1930s - 1941 circa