- African American Family photograph album, 1910/19601
- Alvin Ailey photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 19551
- Booker T. Washington, Commemorative Articles and Other Miscellaneous Items, 1881/19811
- Connie Smith family photograph album, 1950/19801
- Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers, 1800/2024, bulk 2016/20211
- Leonard Born Papers, 1924/19851
- Nydrie and Algoma related papers, 1890/19891
- Paul Robeson sound recording collection, 19551
- Pearl S. Buck letters, 1942/19631
- Porgy and Bess poster collection, 1952/19561
- Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/20051
- Roanoke Estate Photographs, 1950/19701
- Stephen Railton collection of Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera, 1884/20151