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It’s #NationalSportsDay! These iconic photographs come from the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, one of the most comprehensive records of Black culture in the 20th century, which is currently being digitized and archived by Getty and Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. 📸: 1. Muhammad Ali, DePaul University Exhibition Fight, 1979, American. 2. Mae Jaggs, Track Star, 1955, David Jackson. 3. Sidney Williams and backfield coach Perry, 20th Century, David Jackson. 4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1974, Ozier Muhammad. 5. Arthur Ashe UCLA tennis star and member of the 1963 United States David cup team, 1963, Maurice Sorrell. 6. Henry (Hank) Aaron, 1967, Robert S. Johnson. 7. Mickey Bates, 20th Century, Isaac Sutton. 8. Ruth Brown, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Blanche Calloway, 20th Century, Bertrand Miles. 9. Walt Frazier, 1974, Moneta Sleet Jr. 10. Solly Drake, 1959, Moneta Sleet Jr. All photos courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum ...

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