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2 Highschool Graduates

Item
1900 - 1990

Part of African American Collections Committee

Al Johnson & Alberta Chaney in graduation gowns posing in front of a car.

2 Unidentified Yellow Dogs Players

Item
1937

Part of African American Collections Committee

2 unidentified Yellow Dogs softball players on a field. One holds a bat.

Addie Nichols Graduates

Item
1931

Part of African American Collections Committee

Central High School Class of 1931 graduate Addie Nichols in her cap and gown, in front of a home and shrubs.

African American Collections Committee

2025.0.9
Collection
1900 - 1990

The collection was originally received by the Museum on September 7, 1993. Images were added to the collection through 2007. The collection reflects the work of a committee that was founded to compile Black history. Not all images in the collection have been digitized. Access to the full collection is available in the Sloan Museum of Discovery Research Room by appointment.

The collection depicts scenes of Black life in Flint, Michigan including people, buildings and objects. The images feature ordinary and prominent members of the community as they went about their daily lives.

African American Collections Committee

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Annual Ball

Item
1900 - 1990

Part of African American Collections Committee

Black and white photograph of twenty-seven men arranged into two rows. The front row are sitting in foldable chairs while the second row is standing behind, they are all wearing suits and bowties. Behind them instruments can be seen on a stage. Above them a sign that has the Greek letters for Alpha Phi Alpha and under that, the words "Welcomes you".

Basement House Party

Item
1900 - 1990

Part of African American Collections Committee

They appear to be in a basement, with a bare-wood ceiling and a high window behind. The man on the far-right has his arm on the right shoulder of the man to his right. The man in the center-right is wearing a bow-tie.