Leaders of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History gather at the 1935 Chicago Convention to commemorate the organization’s 20th anniversary. Pictured are Carter G. Woodson, Vivian G. Harsh, Claude Barnett, Richard Jones, Henry Lowe Engelstein, A. L. Jackson, and George Arthur. This group represents the early architects of Black historical scholarship.

Chicago Public Library — George Cleveland Hall Branch Archives (Digital Collections), Photograph 044. Chicago Public Library.