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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Entering James Webb's Cabin

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Entering James Webb's Cabi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A leafy branch hangs over James Webb's rustic log cabin, which a white-haired man enters. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public ... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Running Through Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Headstones

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Running Through Mt. Pleasa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Among the graves of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor flees through the headstones and wet grass to freedom. Locat... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Leverton Safe House

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Leverton Safe House

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The lush but short crops surrounding Jacob Leverton's safe house would have offered little coverage for Underground Railroad travelers a... More

A woman sings during a live musical performance at

A woman sings during a live musical performance at

A woman sings during a live musical performance at a black history month event at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2019. The theme of this year’s black history event was black migration, a... More

200131-N-JH293-1086
AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020)

200131-N-JH293-1086 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020)

200131-N-JH293-1086 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020) Chief Navy Counselor Jason Lewis, an instructor at Navy Recruiting Orientation Unit (NORU), delivers remarks during an Africatown appreciation ceremony. Lewi... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Maurice D. McRae, 86th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Maurice D. McRae, 86th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Maurice D. McRae, 86th Communications Squadron commander support staff noncommissioned officer in charge, poses for a photo during a Juneteenth dance celebration at Ramstein Air Base, ... More

Lt. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, The Inspector General, Office

Lt. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, The Inspector General, Office

Lt. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, The Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Army shares a story about his family to over 100 Soldiers and civilians from the APG community and an additional 800 others who wa... More

GEN Hugh G. Robinson, division engineer of the U.S. Army Southwestern Engineering Division, addresses cadets during Black History "Dining In."

GEN Hugh G. Robinson, division engineer of the U.S. Army Southwestern ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Eugene Harris Jr. Release Status: Released ... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - An Autumn-draped Tuckahoe Crossing

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - An Autumn-draped Tuckahoe ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Fallen leaves grace the river bank scene along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. Location: Location: Tuckahoe Crossing, Ha... More

Les Payne, captain, U.S. Army 1963-1969, Vietnam veteran.

Les Payne, captain, U.S. Army 1963-1969, Vietnam veteran.

Les Payne, captain, U.S. Army 1963-1969, Vietnam veteran. (Photo courtesy of Les Payne)

Riders mingle during a Motorcycle Safety Rally on the

Riders mingle during a Motorcycle Safety Rally on the

Riders mingle during a Motorcycle Safety Rally on the flight line on Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 10, 2013. Active-duty, retired and DOD cardholders came out to attend the event, which included a brief on safety a... More

Guest speaker retired Chief Master Sgt. Helen D. Noel

Guest speaker retired Chief Master Sgt. Helen D. Noel

Guest speaker retired Chief Master Sgt. Helen D. Noel speaks during the Black History Month Luncheon on Feb. 15, 2019, at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Noel enlisted in the Ai... More

Civilians and service members show respect while colors

Civilians and service members show respect while colors

Civilians and service members show respect while colors are presented during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines. From 19... More

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School and a U.S. Army Reserve captain, cooks breakfast for his family of nine children while they get ready for virtual school at home in Williamsburg, Virginia... More

One of the younger sons of Benjamin Spencer, the dean

One of the younger sons of Benjamin Spencer, the dean

One of the younger sons of Benjamin Spencer, the dean of the William & Mary Law School and a U.S. Army Reserve captain, attends virtual school while a row of magazine covers are taped to the wall showing the fa... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Pooled Water at the Greensboro Crossing

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Pooled Water at the Greens...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A rocky, tree-lined bank holds in the Choptank's rippling waters at a crossing known as Red Bridges. Location: Location: Red Bridges, G... More

U.S. service members display protest signs during a

U.S. service members display protest signs during a

U.S. service members display protest signs during a historical reenactment at the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on Jan. 21. The signs were created by members of Joi... More

General of the Armies of the United States John "Black

General of the Armies of the United States John "Black

General of the Armies of the United States John "Black Jack" Pershing and Col. Harry Cootes, commander of Fort Myer, Va., review the Machine Gun Troop of the 10th Cavalry Regiment upon its posting to Fort Myer ... More

Members of a gospel praise team perform a musical selection

Members of a gospel praise team perform a musical selection

Members of a gospel praise team perform a musical selection of hymns and other songs Feb. 6 during the JBM-HH Gospel Service African-American History Month Celebration at Memorial Chapel on the Fort Myer portio... More

A 141st Air Refueling KC-135R Stratotanker refuels

A 141st Air Refueling KC-135R Stratotanker refuels

A 141st Air Refueling KC-135R Stratotanker refuels another KC-135R Stratotanker over the continental U.S., Jan. 28, 2019. Both tankers are assigned to the 108th Wing, a New Jersey Air National Guard unit on Joi... More

200201-N-JH293-1002
AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020)

200201-N-JH293-1002 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020)

200201-N-JH293-1002 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020) The welcome sign for the small town of Africatown, Ala. In 2019, the schooner Clotilda, the last know ship to bring African slaves to the U.S., was discovered... More

Members of the Dance for Cause Ministries perform to

Members of the Dance for Cause Ministries perform to

Members of the Dance for Cause Ministries perform to the song "Lord, if I Got My Ticket Can I Ride?," an old African-American spiritual, Feb. 20, during the 2014 Fort Benning African-American/Black History Mont... More

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during a nondenominational event to raise the spirits of both the U.S. military and the local national crowd in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. Gospel music has hi... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cars Parked Before Buildings in Historic Downtown Cambridge

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cars Parked Before Buildin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Restaurants, shops, art galleries, museums, and accommodations line Race Street in Historic Downtown Cambridge. The town's architecture ... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Standing Before the Harriet Tubman Organization Mural

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Standing Before the Harrie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Harriet Tubman Organization's president, Donald Pinder, stands before a vibrant, folk art mural depicting Tubman's life. Location: ... More

Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail - Red Wings Victory Parade down Woodward Avenue

Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail - Red Wings Victory ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Through a canyon of skyscrapers one can see the 2008 Red Wings Stanley Cup Victory Parade and some of the 1million people that came to c... More

200131-N-JH293-1072
AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020)

200131-N-JH293-1072 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020)

200131-N-JH293-1072 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Jan. 31, 2020) Cmdr. Roger Phelps, commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group New Orleans, delivers remarks during an Africatown appreciation ceremony. Recently, N... More

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris,

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris,

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, who earned a Medal of Honor for his valor during the Vietnam War and is one of the first African-American Green Berets, speaks Feb. 22 during a Black His... More

200201-N-JH293-1201
MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020) A photo

200201-N-JH293-1201 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020) A photo

200201-N-JH293-1201 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020) A photo illustration of a gun firing at USS Alabama (BB 60) Battleship Memorial Park. The fire and smoke were added using photo editing software. (U.S. Navy photo... More

Colonel Andrea Van Leeuwen, Utah Air National Guard

Colonel Andrea Van Leeuwen, Utah Air National Guard

Colonel Andrea Van Leeuwen, Utah Air National Guard director of staff hugs Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement, du... More

Sandra Brashear hugs her husband, Chief Warrant Officer

Sandra Brashear hugs her husband, Chief Warrant Officer

Sandra Brashear hugs her husband, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear, a U.S. Army Reserve command chief warrant officer for the 80th Training Command, during a video production shoot for the U.S. Army Res... More

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School and a U.S. Army Reserve captain, watches his youngest son attend virtual kindergarten from their home in Williamsburg, Virginia, Dec. 3, 2020. Spencer and... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Dorchester County Courthouse

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Dorchester County Courthou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: An interpretive sign on the grounds of the Dorchester County Courthouse marks important moments in Underground Railroad history. Locati... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Caroline County Courthouse Displaying Chesapeake Colonial Charm

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Caroline County Courthouse...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A flag flies before the impressive white pillars of the Caroline County Courthouse on a cloudless summer day. Location: Location: Carol... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Mason and Dixon Line

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Mason and Dixon Lin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A nest of green vegetation surrounds the stone marking the Mason and Dixon Line. Location: Location: Maryland (39.695° N 76.119° W) St... More

The lead vocalist for The Carolina Sound Committee

The lead vocalist for The Carolina Sound Committee

The lead vocalist for The Carolina Sound Committee sings during the Black History Month Luncheon on Feb. 15, 2019, at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Carolina Sound provided... More

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), educates fifth graders Feb. 22 at Liberty Elem... More

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Johne Tribble, 86th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Johne Tribble, 86th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Johne Tribble, 86th Airlift Wing legal office noncommissioned officer in charge of litigation, writes on a message board titled, “Listen, Reflect, Respond,” during the Juneteenth: Vigil... More

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Harriet Tubman

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Harriet Tubman

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This black-and-white photo shows Harriet Tubman posed, standing with her hands perched on a chair. Tubman was the most famous conductor ... More

Lt. Col. Kirt R Boston, 793rd Military Police Battalion

Lt. Col. Kirt R Boston, 793rd Military Police Battalion

Lt. Col. Kirt R Boston, 793rd Military Police Battalion commander, the Rev. Joe W. Blackburn, guest speaker, and Col. Adam W. Lange, U.S. Army Alaska‚ deputy commander, pose for a photo after Fort Wainwright's ... More

It's ROTC for me - one cadet's story

It's ROTC for me - one cadet's story

Kentucky State University Cadet Trae Walker hopes his experience as a history major, enlisted Soldier and future officer will allow him to be a leader in a more welcoming and inclusive Army.

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American actor with the theater company, Living Voices, plays a role of an 11 year old who joined the revolutionary war during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black His... More

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear, a U.S. Army

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear, a U.S. Army

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear, a U.S. Army Reserve command chief warrant officer for the 80th Training Command, walks up the steps of the Dudley Memorial Building with his son, Tyler Brashear, an ROT... More

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement, speaks to members of the Utah Air National Guard to honor Black History Month... More

Airman 1st Class AnnAleada Whitehead, a personnelist,

Airman 1st Class AnnAleada Whitehead, a personnelist,

Airman 1st Class AnnAleada Whitehead, a personnelist, or human resource specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, discusses African American History Month. Air National Guard photo... More

Staff Sgt. Vincent E. Stokes Jr., a boom operator for

Staff Sgt. Vincent E. Stokes Jr., a boom operator for

Staff Sgt. Vincent E. Stokes Jr., a boom operator for the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, poses for a photo on a KC-135R Stratotanker over the continental U.S., Jan. 28, 2019. (U.S. National Guard photo by Airman... More

Carroll “C.R” Gibbs speaks at the black history month

Carroll “C.R” Gibbs speaks at the black history month

Carroll “C.R” Gibbs speaks at the black history month celebration at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2019. Gibbs is a historian and author of six books who began giving public lectures on... More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ronald E. Jolly Sr., U.S.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ronald E. Jolly Sr., U.S.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ronald E. Jolly Sr., U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa logistics, engineering and force protection director, signs a message board during the Juneteenth: Vigil for Healin... More

SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 21, 2018) Lt. j.g. Yusuf Abdullah

SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 21, 2018) Lt. j.g. Yusuf Abdullah

SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 21, 2018) Lt. j.g. Yusuf Abdullah speaks at the Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Black History Month celebration Feb. 21, 2018. The event featured presentations, readings and a speaker wit... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cambridge Fleet at Long Wharf

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Cambridge Fleet at Long Wh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A clear blue sky and high thin clouds reflect on the smooth waters of the Choptank River while five white-washed hulls lay still as thei... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Greensboro Landscape

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Greensboro Landscape

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The farm field creates a wide green space somewhere between summer's cultivation and winter's fallow. Location: Location: Greensboro, M... More

Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail - Hubbard House Underground Railroad Terminus

Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail - Hubbard House Underground Railroad Term...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Built between 1840 and 1841 by William and Catharine Hubbard, this home was a Northern Terminus on the Underground Railroad, providing r... More

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris,

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris,

FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, who earned a Medal of Honor for his valor during the Vietnam War and is one of the first African-American Green Berets, talks to Soldiers Feb. 22 during ... More

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist

Pastor France A Davis, a notible civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement, speaks to members of the Utah Air National Guard to honor Black History Month... More

Capt. Vernice Armour stands in front of an exhibit

Capt. Vernice Armour stands in front of an exhibit

Capt. Vernice Armour stands in front of an exhibit at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Armour was America's first female African American combat pilot and flew the AH1 W SuperCobra in two combat deployments.

Portrait Category:  Gospel Singer

Portrait Category: Gospel Singer

Tracy Naveau, a member of the Voices of Victory choir sings traditional gospel music during a nondenominational event to inspire fellowship between the members of the U.S. military and local communities in Mons... More

180228-N-XX082-0001
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 28, 2018)

180228-N-XX082-0001 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 28, 2018)

180228-N-XX082-0001 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 28, 2018) Cmdr. Charleese Sampa serves as guest speaker for an African American/Black History Month ceremony at Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach.... More

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater Sustainment Command G3 Plans plans specialist, dances to traditional music at the Black History Month luncheon at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 19, 20... More

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marines Association observes a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the firs... More

200201-N-JH293-1078
AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020)

200201-N-JH293-1078 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020)

200201-N-JH293-1078 AFRICATOWN, Ala. (Feb. 1, 2020) A mural of the schooner Clotilda, the last know ship to bring African slaves to the U.S., in the small town of Africatown, Ala. In 2019, the Clotilda, which w... More

CARTER G. WOODSON - TEACHER, HISTORIAN, PUBLISHER

CARTER G. WOODSON - TEACHER, HISTORIAN, PUBLISHER

Carter G. Woodson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Yellow Grass and Blue Water at Stewart's Canal

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Yellow Grass and Blue Wate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: With switchgrass gently swaying and blue water flowing, Stewart's Canal and the surrounding landscape provide a scenic stop to contempla... More

Paul Delaney, left, and Washington Star colleague Ron

Paul Delaney, left, and Washington Star colleague Ron

Paul Delaney, left, and Washington Star colleague Ron Sarro, far right, interview the late gay civil rights activist Baynard Rustin, center, in 1968 at The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industria... More

Jules Jones, a native of Oakland Ca., an African-American

Jules Jones, a native of Oakland Ca., an African-American

Jules Jones, a native of Oakland Ca., an African-American R&B singer, performs a song called "Survive" during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black History Month Observance Ceremony hosted by the 16th Combat Aviat... More

Ohio River Scenic Byway - Slave Pen Exhibit

Ohio River Scenic Byway - Slave Pen Exhibit

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center patrons learn more about a slave pen, which was used to hold slaves being transported furth... More

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American

Mark Peterson of Lakewood, Wash., an African-American actor with the theater company, Living Voices, plays a role of an 11 year old who joined the revolutionary war during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black His... More

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy surveys one of 2,596 Regimental Personnel Cards containing information on New York National Guard Soldiers who enlisted or reenlisted in the 369th Infantry-... More

(From left) U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cecilia Russell, Joint

(From left) U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cecilia Russell, Joint

(From left) U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cecilia Russell, Joint Sustainment Command – Afghanistan, U.S. Navy Logistics Support Spc. 1st Class Renee Hall-Zahm, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, and Sgt. 1st Class Quanda ... More

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), educates fifth graders Feb. 22 at Liberty Elem... More

Edmund Brookins, a member of the Cherry Point chapter

Edmund Brookins, a member of the Cherry Point chapter

Edmund Brookins, a member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marine Association, poses for a photo with Master Sgt. Johnnie Thompkins Jr., one of the first African Americans to enlist in the Mari... More

Coast Guard members and civilian employees sample foods

Coast Guard members and civilian employees sample foods

Coast Guard members and civilian employees sample foods from black culture around the world after the black history month celebration at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2019. The theme of... More

Chief Master Sgt. Jack Johnson Jr., U.S. Africa Command

Chief Master Sgt. Jack Johnson Jr., U.S. Africa Command

Chief Master Sgt. Jack Johnson Jr., U.S. Africa Command command senior enlisted leader, speaks to the audience at the Black History Month luncheon at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 19, 2013. The luncheon hono... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Choptank Settlement Plaque

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Choptank Settlement Plaque

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A sign details the native American history of the small garden park on the Choptank River. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to East New Market Historic District

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to East New Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A tree-lined country road on a hazy summer day leads into the Town of East New Market's National Historic District. Location: Location:... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to Poplar Neck

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - On the Road to Poplar Neck

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The road to Poplar Neck, an unpaved country lane, is lined with black leaf-barren trees, creating an elegant scene. Location: Location:... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Church Creek Farmland

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Church Creek Farmland

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: In Church Creek, a red barn sits far off the road, across a field of yellow soy plants ready for harvest. Location: Location: Church Cr... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Bucktown Village Store--All That Remains of a Once Thriving Settlement

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Bucktown Village Store--Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The quaint yellow-painted village store sits quietly on the roadside. Today visitors can tour the restored, 19th-century store, rent bic... More

Ms. Nia Long, a junior at Edgewood High School, recites

Ms. Nia Long, a junior at Edgewood High School, recites

Ms. Nia Long, a junior at Edgewood High School, recites a poem during Aberdeen Proving Ground’s annual Black History Month Observance held Feb. 23 at APG’s Myer Auditorium. Long’s poem was heard by over 100 att... More

190220-N-OE873-1093 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 20, 2019) Capt.

190220-N-OE873-1093 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 20, 2019) Capt.

190220-N-OE873-1093 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 20, 2019) Capt. David Oden, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), cuts a cake during a Black History Month celebration organized by the ... More

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School,

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School,

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School, works in his office at the school in Williamsburg, Virginia, Dec. 1, 2020. The building and campus have been mostly empty since the COVID-19 pandemic beg... More

200130-N-JH293-1216
SPANISH FORT, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2020)

200130-N-JH293-1216 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2020)

200130-N-JH293-1216 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2020) Cmdr. Roger Phelps, commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group New Orleans, takes a tour of the Mobile River where the wreck of the schooner Cloti... More

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel music, during a nondenominational event to raise the spirits of both the U.S. military and local national crowd in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. Gospel music... More

COL. Robert Berry, head of the law department at the U.S. Military Academy speaks with cadets during Black History "Dining In."

COL. Robert Berry, head of the law department at the U.S. Military Aca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC. 5 Eugene Harris Jr. Release Status: Release... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Foreboding Sunset over Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - A Foreboding Sunset over B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A dark, cloud-tainted sunset over the mysterious waters of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge evokes a feeling of isolation similar... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Days at the Dorchester County Visitor Center

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Heart of Chesapeake Countr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Vernetter Pinder, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor, sings gospel songs to a group of on-lookers at the Dorchester County Visitor Center. Loc... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Walkway Over the Choptank

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Walkway Over the Choptank

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The elevated boardwalk entrance to the maritime-themed Dorchester County Visitor Center provides the people walking its length with swee... More

MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2018) Sailors line up to get

MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2018) Sailors line up to get

MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2018) Sailors line up to get their meals at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Detachment Mayport’s Black History Month event Friday. (U.S. Navy photo by Clifford Davis/Released)

Young talent from a local church in Belgium sing traditional

Young talent from a local church in Belgium sing traditional

Young talent from a local church in Belgium sing traditional gospel music, during a nondenominational event to raise the spirits of both the U.S. military and the local national crowd in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26,... More

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School

Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School and a U.S. Army Reserve captain, cooks dinner for his family of nine children at home in Williamsburg, Virginia, Dec. 3, 2020. Spencer does most of the co... More

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy

New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy holds one of more than 10,000 Regimental Personnel Cards containing information on New York National Guard Soldiers who enlisted or reenlisted in the 369th I... More

Fort Detrick celebrates Black History Month

Fort Detrick celebrates Black History Month

Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin B. Stuart, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Command Sgt. Maj., Brig. Gen. (P) Joseph Caravalho, Jr., commanding general, USAMRMC, Dr. Nicole’ Felton, Command Sgt. Maj. Rob... More

Military service members and civilians with the Kandahar

Military service members and civilians with the Kandahar

Military service members and civilians with the Kandahar Gospel Choir join in the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during a Black History Month presentation sponsored by the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainm... More

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear (right), a

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear (right), a

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear (right), a U.S. Army Reserve command chief warrant officer for the 80th Training Command, walks with his son, Tyler Brashear, an ROTC cadet at North Carolina A&T State U... More

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(Left to right): Senior Executive Service (SES) member

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Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Green, the 3rd Armored Brigade

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