546 photographs: black and white; 8x10 in. :  289 photographs: color; 8x10 in. : 11 photographs: color; 5x7 in. : 2 photographs: black and white; 5x7 in. : 4 photographs: black and white ; 4x6 in. : 1 photograph: color; 4x6 in. : 9 photographs: color; 8.5x11 in. : 1 photograph: black and white; 8.5x11 in. 1 photograph: black and white; 3.5x5 in. : 1 Polaroid ; color 3.5x4.5 and 22 slides: color; 35 mm. and 1 slide: black and white; 35 mm. Photos show African Americans who have made contributions to US aeronautics and NASA. Includes Black pilots such as the Tuskeegee Airmen, astronauts, scientists and other NASA personnel in portraits and candid shots, including some family snapshots from private life, including childhood photos. Astronauts and trainees depicted include Robert Lawrence, Guy Bluford, Ron McNair, Edward Dwight, Fred Gregory, Charles Bolden, Mae Jemison, Bernard Harris. Photos also show NASA scientists, Dr. Irene Long, Dr. Patricia Cowings, Dr. Robert E. Shurney, Dr. Christine Darden and Dr. George Carruthers. Also has photos of planets, spacecraft and mission logos. Many are official NASA publicity photographs.

Sources used: Black Stars in Orbit : NASA's African American Astronauts, by Khephra Burns. San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995.