Black-and-white photograph of a close up shot of Muhammad Ali in full boxing attire ready to fight. He is looking down.
Black-and-white photograph of a female track star. She is standing proudly on a field, dressed in a track uniform, with her arm held triumphantly.
A candid black-and-white photograph of a football player dressed in a helmet and sweatsuit talking with his coach. They are posed dramatically on a set of bleachers.
Black-and-white action shot of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the middle of a basketball game. He is mid-air and attempting to score, while an opposing player is trying to prevent the point.
It's #NationalSportsDay!
These 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.
