https://oziermuhammad.com/ 2026-03-10 weekly 1.0 https://oziermuhammad.com/ozier-muhammad-on-#nytreadalong 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/background 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/awards-and-fellowships 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/sales 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/contact 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/africa-the-desperate-continent 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/after-the-earthquake-in-haiti 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/duke-ellington-in-chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/portraits 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/harlem 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/035_activist.jpg Church Boy 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY June 1994 - A churching going boy on his way to the United House of Prayer, pauses before crossing 125th street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the early morning, late June 1994. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Into_His_Thoughts.jpg Into His Thoughts 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY September, 1993 - A man was lost in his thoughts on a misty late afternoon on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem013.jpg Leaving Harlem Line 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY January, 1993 - A man leaves the Metro North Station Harlem branch. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Kangol_and_Rain_on_125th.jpg Kangol and Rain 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY August, 2008 - A man crosses 125th street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. boulevard during a brief cloudburst. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Katirah_with_Cigar.jpg Katirah and Cigar 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY March, 1993 - Katirah Hikmah, a jewelry, incense and trinkets vendor, finishes preparing her sells display on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem042.jpg Doors opened to talk 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY October, 1994 - A conversation underway in the front and back seats of a car parked on 125th street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_199.jpg Try Harder 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1994 - A man lifts weights and gets a shout of encouragement at 125th street and 5th avenue. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Man_Seating_at_Bus_Stop_01.jpg Man sitting at bustop. 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1994 - A man found a seat in a traffic signal stanchion at 125th street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Man_and_Bus_125th_Street_a_.jpg A face that Has Seen It All 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1994 - A man with a face that seems as enduring as the old steps he is seated on, chews on a bark as he whiles away his time. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/004_activist.jpg Laborers warm their hands 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY January, 1994 - Some men take a break from clearing a trash strewn lot to warm their hands In the middle of winter on Manhattan Avenue in Harlem, https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem064.jpg 125th street Vendor 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY June, 1993 - A street vendor prepares his merchandise on an early Sunday morning near the Apollo Theater in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/hopBoyTPT-01.jpg Boy bend notes on a broken trombone. More than a hundred followers of Daddy Grace gather in Central Harlem, for an annual August street baptism, organized by the United House of Prayer in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/hop-02.jpg Can't help but ride the Spirit 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY July, 1994 - An usher at the United House of Prayer surrenders to the sound of the gospel. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem027.jpg Min. Conrad Muhammad in White HARLEM, NEW YORK September, 1993 - Minister Conrad Muhammad of Temple #7 Nation Of Islam speaks to officers in his security corps before an event at the Harlem Armory. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_125.jpg Dancing Harry #1 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_127.jpg Dancing Harry #2 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem_138.jpg Dancing Harry #4 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY May, 1993 - This fellow calls himself "Dancing Harry." He can usually be found near the world famous Apollo Theater making his moves on a slick board to the sounds of Soul Brother #1 James Brown. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/harlem014.jpg Sunday Ladies 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY February, 1996 - Two elderly women cross 125th on a Sunday afternoon. They were probably going home from Church. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem079.jpg A Couple's Moment CIRCA 2008 HARLEM 124TH STREET AND ST.NICHOLAS AVE A girl and boyfriend have a moment outside a bodedga, accompanied by a child. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Pugilist_at_Rest.jpg Pugilist at Rest 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1993 - An aspiring boxer takes a break during training at Connie Bryant's boxing gym in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Conrad_Barkley_Boxing_Trainer.jpg Boxing Trainer Connie Bryant 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY April, 1993 - Connie Bryant, a boxing trainer in his gym just north of 125th street. Bryant has trained several professional boxers, including former middleweight champion Iran Barkley. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Muhammad_Speaks_After_Hours.jpg Muhammad Speaks after hours 125TH STREET, HARLEM, NY November, 1994 - A member of the Nation of Islam sold the Final Call, also known in the later part of the 20th Century as Muhammad Speaks, in the late evening on 125th street in Harlem. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem071.jpg Black and White In Harlem HARLEM, NY A 125th Street Scene from a traffic https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Harlem076.jpg Painted Harlem HARLEM, NY Summer 2017 - Street scene and grafitti. https://oziermuhammad.com/haitians-children-orphaned-after-eartrhquake 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/new-orleans-after-katrina-2005-to-2006 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/035.jpg Idled Fema Trailer NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA FEMA trailers in a railyard near downtown New Orleans. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Marooned-In-New-Orleans.jpg KN1I6019.JPG New Orleans - Late August 2005 - A sits on the the front porch of his home in the lower 9th ward surrounded by water from the breahced 17th Canal, after huuricane Katrina swept through this region. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5677_a_.jpg New Orleans After Katrina 2005 to 2006 | Ozier Muhammad Photojournalist View New Orleans After Katrina 2005 to 2006 by Ozier Muhammad Photojournalist. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0806.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5214.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/072.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5621_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5259_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5613_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/0067.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/094_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA August Blanchard and his aunt, Shirley Blanchard, are in the living room of the house where the decomposed remains of his mother, Charlene, were found in February, on Reynes Street in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA August Blanchard and his aunt, Shirley Blanchard, are in the living room of the house where the decomposed remains of his mother, Charlene, were found in February, on Reynes Street in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5638_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5057_b_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K5155.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/083_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/107.jpg At The Lower 9th Wall NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Displaced residents of the Lower 9th Ward gathered at the wall of the Industrial Canal on the first Memorial Day holiday after Hurricane Katrina came through the Gulf region. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/108.jpg Emotions Rise At Levee Wall NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA On the Memorial Day holiday scores of people came to the Industrial Canal's Levee to remember the people who died here when Hurricane Katrina's arrival cause it to breech. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1527AA.jpg Where The Levee Breeched NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA A ceremony took place here in the Lower 9th ward when a levee breeched here at the Industrial Canal killing residents when there homes were inundated. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Second-Line-Parade.jpg New Orleans - August 31, 2006 - A year after hurricane Katrina devasted this city, locals and other people from around the country and the world came here to celebrate the city's resiliance. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT New Orleans - August 31, 2006 - A year after hurricane Katrina devasted this city, locals and other people from around the country and the world came here to celebrate the city's resiliance. Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0772.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I1646.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0760_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/IO9K1089.jpg Indian Girl Costumed NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA A girl is dressed in a Mardi Gras Indian costume in a tent at the first Jazz and Heritage Festival since Katrina damaged the Crescent City. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I0716_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN0795.jpg Satchmo Statue NEW ORLEANS A statue of New Orleans famous native son Louis Armstrong. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1570.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1015_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1011_a_.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1009.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/EPSN1003.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/KN1I3732.jpg NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA https://oziermuhammad.com/equal-justice-initiative-community-remembrance-project 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/jazz 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/south-africa's-non-racial-election 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/alex-township-sunday-worshippers-2013 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/nelson-mandela's-95th-birthday 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/nelson-mandela's-death-celebrated-and-mourned 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/robben-island 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island013.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A common area for prisoners under a guard tower at Robben Island Prison Museum. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A common area for prisoners under a guard tower at Robben Island Prison Museum. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island001.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A corridor inside a building where prisoners took education classes. The prisoner worked 5 days a week and took education classes every night after their work. One of the guides, said that it was very difficult to learn, being bone tired after working in the lime quarries all day. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A corridor inside a building where prisoners took education classes. The prisoner worked 5 days a week and took education classes every night after their work. One of the guides, said that it was very difficult to learn, being bone tired after working in the lime quarries all day. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island004.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND Visitors on the tour listen to a guide describe what it was like to be a political prisoner here. ROBBEN ISLAND Visitors on the tour listen to a guide describe what it was like to be a political prisoner here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island002.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Visitors on the tour listen to a guide describe what it was like to be a political prisoner here. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Visitors on the tour listen to a guide describe what it was like to be a political prisoner here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island003.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A file card indicates charges South Africa's Apartheid Government brought against this prisoner. Billy Nair was charged with Sabotage. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A file card indicates charges South Africa's Apartheid Government brought against this prisoner. Billy Nair was charged with Sabotage. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island005.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Robben Island has served as a place for many different institutions besides a penal institution. It has also been a: leper colony, and a military base of operation. This is a relic of it's past: combining the penal and military aspects. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Robben Island has served as a place for many different institutions besides a penal institution. It has also been a: leper colony, and a military base of operation. This is a relic of it's past: combining the penal and military aspects. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island006.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Political prisoner Lizo Ngqungwana, 1987 to 1991. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Political prisoner Lizo Ngqungwana, 1987 to 1991. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island007.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Photo of Antonio Du Preez, who was imprisoned here in this cell from 1986 to 1991 for political reasons. He mentioned in the journal letter that he wrote that the Robben Island Museum committee collect and later posted. The Museum writes: Du Preez was serving the 15 plus years he was sentenced to, for the charge of subversive acts against the South African Government. Upon his arrival here, he refers to an encounter in a letter posted inside this cell in which du Preez wrote: 'an old man, said to me upon my arrival here, "how are you comrade?" That old man was Mandela.' ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Photo of Antonio Du Preez, who was imprisoned here in this cell from 1986 to 1991 for political reasons. He mentioned in the journal letter that he wrote that the Robben Island Museum committee collect and later posted. The Museum writes: Du Preez was serving the 15 plus years he was sentenced to, for the charge of subversive acts against the South African Government. Upon his arrival here, he refers to an encounter in a letter posted inside this cell in which du Preez wrote: 'an old man, said to me upon my arrival here, "how are you comrade?" That old man was Mandela.' https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island008.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A detail of the what Antonio du Preez wrote while imprisoned here. The comrade he was referring to was Nelson Mandela. Du Preez was imprisoned here in this cell from 1986 to 1991 for political reasons. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A detail of the what Antonio du Preez wrote while imprisoned here. The comrade he was referring to was Nelson Mandela. Du Preez was imprisoned here in this cell from 1986 to 1991 for political reasons. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island010.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A photo of Nceba Faku, in one of the cells he occupied. He served 2 terms here for sedition, from 1976 to 1982, and 1983 to 1990. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A photo of Nceba Faku, in one of the cells he occupied. He served 2 terms here for sedition, from 1976 to 1982, and 1983 to 1990. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island009.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Political prisoner, Ezra Sigwela, 1970 to 1979 ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Political prisoner, Ezra Sigwela, 1970 to 1979 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island011.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - One of the yards. This one was more frequented by the prisoners than the other yards here. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - One of the yards. This one was more frequented by the prisoners than the other yards here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island012.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - One of the yards. This one was more frequented by the prisoners than the other yards here. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - One of the yards. This one was more frequented by the prisoners than the other yards here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island014.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - This is Mr. Mandela's cell which he occupied for almost 20 years. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - This is Mr. Mandela's cell which he occupied for almost 20 years. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island015.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Mr. Mandela cultivated a vegetable garden in this tiny plot in the prisoners common area. He also hid notes that was source material that he used to write his book "A long Walk To Freedom." ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - Mr. Mandela cultivated a vegetable garden in this tiny plot in the prisoners common area. He also hid notes that was source material that he used to write his book "A long Walk To Freedom." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island016.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A road to a section of former homes of prison guards at the prison museum. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A road to a section of former homes of prison guards at the prison museum. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island017.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A former political prisoner, now tour guide, keeps watch of his tour group as they take a look at Cape Town from here. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A former political prisoner, now tour guide, keeps watch of his tour group as they take a look at Cape Town from here. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Robben_Island018.jpg ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A tour group looks towards Cape Town from the grounds of this former prison. ROBBEN ISLAND 07-05-2013 - A tour group looks towards Cape Town from the grounds of this former prison. https://oziermuhammad.com/obama 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/ows-zuccotti-park 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/scenes-from-afghanistan 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/protest-march-against-killing-of-amadou-diallo 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/southwest-africa-becomes-namibia 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/known-as-bushmenland-within-namibia 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Chicago_Children_011A.jpg Kool CIRCA 1973 Young man downtown Chicago. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Between_Diamonds.jpg Hard Work Talks To Me OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A man heads home after laboring in the stock yards. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/012_activist.jpg The Backstairs View OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A child looks at the activity in the alley from the backstairs of the tenement where she lives. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Chicago018.jpg Boy with Toy Rifle OUTHSIDE CHICAGO This boy was perched on the roof of a garage behind a tenement building in the Bronzeville neighborhood, holding a toy rifle. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/blackjews_Chgo_004.jpg Black Orthodox Jew OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A black rabbi, of an orthodox jewish community, sang during a sabbath service. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/D_S_Love.jpg Friends OUTHSIDE CHICAGO These 2 fellows were sharing a soda in a community which had postings around, that stated this is Disciples' gang terrority. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Chicago_Boy.jpg Portrait of Boy OUTHSIDE CHICAGO This boy was watching the Budd Biliken Parade as it passed by in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Chicago006.jpg Vacant Lot Baseball OUTHSIDE CHICAGO Vacant lot baseball has been a very common summer activitiy on Chicago's Southside for decades. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Cook_Cty_Jail.jpg Concert at Jail COOK COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO In the mid to late 70s, summer pop music and jazz concerts were held in the inmates recreation yards at Cook County Jail. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Chicago_51.jpg Girl at Portk Chop Stop OUTHSIDE CHICAGO Chicago is known for it's barbeque joints. The pork chop shops are plentiful. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/No_Smile.jpg Making a Face OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A child makes a face as the camera shutter opens. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/hare_krishna.jpg Hari Krishna Sings NORTHSIDE CHICAGO A Hari Krishna sings and chants on Wells Street in Old Town. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Singing-a-Gospel-Song-Methodone-Clinic-Chicago.jpg Chicago - Circa June 1974 - A former heroin addict sings a gospel at a methodone clinic during a group therapy session. Chicago - Circa June 1974 - A former heroin addict sings a gospel at a methodone clinic during a group therapy session. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Pickup_Basketball003.jpg Kings Park Basketball OUTHSIDE CHICAGO Young men playing pickup basketball in Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the Southside. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Pickup_Basketball001.jpg Waterbreak 1 OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A waterbreak during a baskeball pickup game in Marting Luther King Jr park in the Chatham neighborhood on the Southside. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Pickup_Basketball002.jpg Waterbreak 2 OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A waterbreak during a baskeball pickup game in Marting Luther King Jr park in the Chatham neighborhood on the Southside. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/pool_players_chgo_78_01.jpg Pool Hall on Cottage Grove 1 OUTHSIDE CHICAGO A pool hall on 7700 south block on Cottage Grove, where some young men played low stakes pool and watch television. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/pool_player_chgo_000.jpg Chicago - Circa July, 1977 - Shooting pool in a hall on Cottage Grove, on the Southside. Chicago - Circa July, 1977 - Shooting pool in a hall on Cottage Grove, on the Southside. https://oziermuhammad.com/nato-protest-chicago 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://oziermuhammad.com/elections-in-nigeria-1999 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_boys.jpg Campaign Workers for Falae LAGOS, NIGERIA 1999 - Nigerian boys in makeup with the African Peoples Party (AFP) letters painted on their skiin. The APP challenger Olu Falae lost the election of the presidency of Nigeria to Olusegon Obasanjo. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_9_a_.jpg Polling Place Marker LAGOS, NIGERIA These men are hanging a sign for voters to be informed that a polling place is here. A few days later Nigeria held it's first democratic election. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_12.jpg Campaign Rally LAGOS, NIGERIA 1999 - An African Peoples Party loyalist elicit shouts of supports for their presidential hopefull Olu Falae in a football stadium. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/men_voting.jpg Waiting To Vote LAGOS, NIGERIA There men are lined up to vote in Nigeria's first democratic election. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_4a.jpg A.P.P. Campaign Supporter LAGOS, NIGERIA 1999 - A supporter of Olu Falae, a candidate for president who represents the African Peoples Party, at a rally in s football stadium. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/nigeria_13.jpg Voting For A President LAGOS, NIGERIA An elderly votes casts her ballot in the first open presidential election in Nigeria's history. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/Three_Kings.jpg Presidential Scoundrels LAGOS, NIGERIA Newly elected president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo (center), with former heads of state and Yacuba Gowan in a jovial mood before Mr.Obasanjo addressed the nation for the first time since his victory. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/obasanjo-01_a_.jpg Addressing The Nation of Nigeria ABUJA, NIGERIA Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo addresses the nation after winning the presidential electon in Nigeria. https://oziermuhammad.com/abstracts-abroad 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/RSA_082_a_.jpg Walter Sisulu and his Wife Albertina THE TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA Walter and Albertina Sisulu visits Transkei just weeks after his release from Robben Island. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict033.jpg Praying for Amadou Diallo CONAKRY, GUINEA 02-14-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. Guineans pray over his remains inside this coffin at mosque in the central area of Conakry. He was 23 years old when he was killed. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict034.jpg Diallo's Final Resting Place LELOUMA, GUINEA 02-16-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. He was buried here in this town, near Labe, Conakry, February 16th. He was 23 years old. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/War_and_Conflict036.jpg Saying Goodbye to Amadou Diallo LELOUMA, GUINEA 02-16-1999 - Amadou Diallo, who was killed on February 4th 1999 in Bronx, NY when 4 undercover police officers opened fire on Mr.Diallo when he reached for his wallet. He was buried here in this town, near Labe, Conakry, February 16th. He was 23 years old. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4d8bbc1bd5a39/images/bus_and_men_Transkei_1989.jpg Bus Depot BUTTERWORTH, RSA December 1989 - Mostly men waiting to board a bus in this town, where Nelson Mandela was born. This is the Transkei region.