Title: Generations in Black and white
Description: Eighty-three photographs presenting W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Ruby Dee, Lena Horne, James Baldwin, and others, demonstrate Van Vechten's intent to enlighten white America about black culture.
Subjects: African Americans, Afro-Americans, Biography, Photograph collections, Portraits, American Portraits, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Places: Connecticut, New Haven
People: Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964)