Digital Library

1. Charles Blockson with a bronze bust of himself designed by sculptor Antonio Salemme

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1997
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and Antonio Salemme

2. Charles Blockson throwing the discus at a track and field meet against the University of Michigan at Penn State University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1955
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

3. Charles Blockson at a Pennsylvania state marker honoring American Revolutionary soldier, Edward Hector

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1975-1976
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

4. Charles Blockson with a group of Egyptian children

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1994
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

5. Charles Blockson addresses Jewish and Black teens of Operation Crossroads

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1986-1987
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

6. Detail of Charles Blockson addresses Jewish and Black teens of Operation Crossroads

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1986-1987
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

7. Charles Blockson adjusts the microphone for Dr. John Henry Clark

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1996
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and John Henry Clark

8. Charles Blockson poses with his African drum at his home

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1986
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

9. Charles Blockson with other distinguished African American alumni from Penn State University

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

10. Detail of Charles Blockson with other distinguished African American alumni from Penn State University

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

11. Charles Blockson with others at an African American Writers’ Conference

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1992
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

12. Charles Blockson poses with some tourists at an American Revolutionary War monument

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

13. Charles Blockson with author Barbara Chase, at an awards ceremony

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1994
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and Barbara Chase

14. Charles Blockson with Marian Anderson and Frank Stevens

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1996
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson , Marian Anderson , and Frank Stevens

15. Charles Blockson being presented with his bronze bust by sculptor Antonio Salemme at Temple University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1997
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson , Antonio Salemme , Martha Salemme, and Noelle Blockson

16. Charles Blockson posing in Antonio Salemme’s art studio

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

17. Photo of Charles Blockson taken for the article he wrote in ‘National Geographic’ on the Underground Railroad

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: July, 1984
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

18. Detail of Jerry Pinkney’s cover illustration for Charles Blockson’s Underground Railroad article in ‘National Geographic’

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: July, 1984
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Jerry Pinkney and Charles Blockson

19. Jerry Pinkney’s cover illustration for Charles Blockson’s Underground Railroad article in ‘National Geographic’

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: July, 1984
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Jerry Pinkney and Charles Blockson

20. Charles Blockson with artist Romare Bearden

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and Romare Bearden

21. Charles Blockson in his den at his home

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

22. Charles Blockson with his daughter, Noelle Blockson, at the unveiling of his bronze bust at Temple University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1997
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and Noelle Blockson

23. Charles Blockson winding up to throw the discus during practice at Penn State University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1956
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

24. Charles Blockson shakes hands with Bishop Desmond Tutu at Temple University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1995
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

25. Charles Blockson receives his first honorary degree from Villanova University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1979
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Robert J. Butera, Father Driskell, Annie Parker Blockson, Charles Blockson, Edith Moore, and Lenny Moore

26. Charles Blockson with his daughter, Noelle

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1972-1973
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and Noelle Blockson

27. Charles Blockson

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1978-1979
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

28. Charles Blockson in his office in his home

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1991-1992
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

29. Charles Blockson unveiling the Pennsylvania state marker honoring James Forten

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

30. Detail of Charles Blockson unveiling the Pennsylvania state marker honoring James Forten

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson and James Forten

31. Charles Blockson in front of the Shakesberry & Company Bookstore, Paris, France

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1994
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

32. Charles Blockson in the sixth grade

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1944
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

33. Charles Blockson in the fourth grade

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1942
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

34. Charles Blockson in his Penn State University football uniform

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1954
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

35. Charles Blockson running the football for Penn State University

Item Format:: Photograph
Date:: 1954
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Charles Blockson

36. Detail of Paul Robeson

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Paul Robeson

37. Paul Robeson

Item Format:: Photograph
Creator:: Charles Blockson
Subject(s):: Paul Robeson