Photos Black History & Culture Collection by Getty Images

We're beyond thrilled to have been given the use of a set of stunning images from Getty Images Black History & Culture Collection..

We were contacted by the project lead at Getty with the offer of using photography from across the decades free on charge! Other Black-led projects can also request images. Please contact us for the email address.

We'll be using the images and more in 2026!

Top left. Colour photo of a Black man, Muddy Waters, plays guitar on stage for 'Jazz At The Maltings' TV Show at Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Credit: David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images.

Top right. Black and white photo of a Black man in a suit dances with a white woman in the 'Club Americana', a Saturday night jazz club open from midnight until 7 a.m. dance floor at the London, 25th November 1955 Credit: Keystone Features/Hulton Archives via Getty Images

Bottom left. Black and white photo of a Black man running in a baseball game at RAF Lakenheath, which is host to Britain's largest USAF base, at Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, June 1952. Credit: Haywood Magee/ The Yanks In England via Getty Images.

Bottom right. A Black and white photo of Black men chatting with a white woman at an officers' club dance at RAF Lakenheath, which is host to Britain's largest USAF base, at Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, June 1952 Credit: Haywood Magee/ The Yanks In England via Getty Images

Thanks to our funders Arts Council England and Essex Cultural Diversity Project!