This collection consists of 59 black and white photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. 22 photographs are dated. On the back of the photographs one finds the location (usually Memphis), sometimes the date, and editing information including a statement assigning the photograph to the Memphis World and indicating the number of columns used for the accompanying article. The size of the photographs ranges from small portrait pictures to larger group photographs.

This collection includes a fair number of pictures of Christian ministers, namely Rev. W. L. Varnado, Rev. H. C. Bunton, Rev. Roy Love, Rev. C. Tindall, Rev. L. S. Biles, Rev. H. Clark Nabrit, and Rev. R. W. Norsworthy. It also includes two pictures of African-American men in military uniforms, namely Pvt. James H. Kewell and James B. Nance. Another picture with an attached letter shows a Memorial Day Services held on May 30, 1959.

This collection also contains pictures of various important educators. One photograph depicts an awards ceremony honoring a Professor Branch. Another photograph shows Horace Mann Bond and describes him as a commencement speaker. Furthermore, the collection contains a picture of the Hampton Institute Faculty and a photograph of Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe as the Founder's Day speaker of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

Another photograph shows a group of four men and is titled a NAACP Pow-Wow. Another large picture shows a group of students assembled around a sign that reads Principal's List for the Semester. The remark on the back of the photographs reads made straight A's at BTW ( Booker T. Washington High School, Memphis).