The 1st Armored Division Color Guard and Band lead
The 1st Armored Division Color Guard and Band lead the Black History Month Parade held in El Paso, Feb. 28. (Photo by Sgt. Brooks Fletcher, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Overcoming adversity
Henry Ossian Flipper was commissioned an Army lieutenant after his graduation from West Point in 1873. Flipper was then assigned to the 10th Cavalry at Fort Sill, Okla., and later became the Assistant Commissar... More
Quarters for Negro Laborers, Cristobal
Photographs of the Construction of the Panama Canal
Photograph of Roy Tyler
This mugshot was taken when future professional baseball player Roy Tyler entered the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas for the first time. Tyler was one of several dozen African American troops incarce... More
Photograph of Roy Tyler
This mugshot of professional baseball player Roy Tyler was taken when he entered the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, for the second time. Inmate File of Roy Tyler
An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant
An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania showing the commissioning date of William Caitlin. Caitlin was commissioned by the state in the National Guard of Pennsylvania [NGP... More
SGT. HENRY JOHNSON - AMERICAN HERO of WORLD WAR I - AN INSPIRATION TO ...
Sergeant Henry Johnson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
Colored Troops - Canteen for Negro Soldiers
Original Caption: Canteen for Negro Soldiers. In the Canteen of the club for negro soldiers and sailors which the National League for Woman's Service has opened in New York City. The club was started at the r... More
American Red Cross - In the Zone of Advance - Activities - American ca...
Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - In the Zone of Advance - Activities
Ceremonies and Parades - Negro baptizing. Camp Gordon, GA. Rifle rang...
Date Taken: 1918. - Photographer: Mr. Cates Ass't San. Insp. Ceremonies and Parades
Colored Troops - Famous Negro Band Greets U.S. Soldiers on Leave From ...
Original Caption: Famous Negro Band Greets U.S. Soldiers on Leave From Trenches. The famous band of the 15th Colored Infantry, N.Y.N.G. on their way to the station at Aix les Bains to greet a trainload of our ... More
Colored Troops - A "Boom-A-Loom" Negro Sentry guarding American Red Cr...
Photographer: American Red Cross Colored Troops
American Library Association - Libraries - Alabama through Iowa - Negr...
Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Libraries - Alabama through Iowa
Colored Troops - Training Negro Troopers at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
Photographer: International Film Service Colored Troops
American Red Cross - Canteens - United States Canteen in France. "Thom...
Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Canteens
The Ransom School, built in 1925 on what is now Training
The Ransom School, built in 1925 on what is now Training Area Six, was among four Rosenwald Schools believed to have existed on present-day Fort Campbell. They were demolished along with most pre-World War II b... More
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of Mr. Robert L. Clarke speaking at the microphone during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Photograph of Negro History Week Activities
This is a photograph of an exhibit of Negro art from the Harmon Foundation, now in NARS, during Negro History Week. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel
Card Punch Operators Working on Population Cards, Negro Section
Original caption: Card punch operators working on population cards, Negro Section. Approximately 328,341,293 cards in 151 forms were punched for the decennial census. Photographs Documenting the Sixteenth Decen... More
Population and Housing Editors, Negro Section
Photographs Documenting the Sixteenth Decennial Census
"GET INTO YOUR FIGHTING CLOTHES - WE'RE GOING AFTER THE OTHERS"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
Incentive to buy war bonds
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"DEMOCRACY IN ACTION NO.III"
Liberty Ships named in honor of George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THE SAVIOR OF THE DARKER RACES"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
HON. ELIE LESOCT - PRESIDENT OF HAITI
Honorable Elie Lescot - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
WILLIAM E. LEW
William E. Lew - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
SN 2/C Ernest T. Maxey
MANHATTAN BEACH, N.Y. - SN 2/C Ernest T. Maxey poses for an official portrait after completing 12-week basic training at the U.S. Coast Guard's Manhattan Beach (NY) Training Center. Maxey, a U.S. Coast Guard W... More
"GETTYSBURG YESTERDAY - THE WORLD TODAY"
Abraham Lincoln - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"FOOD FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM!!!"
Produce and Conserve - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
FELIX EBOUE' GOVENOR GENERAL FIGHTING FRENCH AFRICA - SCHOLAR, STATESM...
Felix Eboue - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
PAUL ROBESON - ACTOR, ARTIST, ATHLETE
Paul Robeson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"CARRY ON!!"
Black sailors rescued by S. S. Robert Vann - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"AGAIN THE SPRINGBOARD OF CIVILIZATION"
WWII black soldier. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
LIEUT. WILLA BROWN - AVIATRIX-MAKER OF PILOTS
Lieutenant Willa Brown - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"IN THE VANGUARD FOR DEMOCRACY!!"
Liberty Ships: S.S. Robert L. Vann, S.S. Robert S. Abbott, S.S. John H. Murphy - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
DR. CHARLES RICHARD DREW, M.D., C.M., MED. D.Sc. - PROFESSOR OF SURGER...
Dr. Charles Drew - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"TOGETHER AGAIN FOR FREEDOM!!"
Black patriotism - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"A PLEDGE AND A PRAYER - AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN"
Black soldier and Christmas theme - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THEMS OUR BOYS, MA!" (TITLE IS CROSSED OUT)
Black Farmers looking on as planes fly over. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"DEMOCRACY IN ACTION" No.IV
In honor of Lenard Roy Harmon - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THE BEST PRESENT FOR THE BEST FUTURE!!!"
Incentive to buy war bonds - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"YOUR SHOES HAVE GONE TO WAR"
Incentive to ration shoes - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THE GUIDING LIGHT"
The Negro Press. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"WATCH YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER!!!"
Conservation and rationing. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"A REAL HOME IS WORTH A REAL FIGHT!"
Blacks in public housing - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT!!"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
ROBERT LEE VANN - LAWYER, EDITOR, CRUSADER
Robert Lee Vann - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
AUSTIN CURTIS - SCIENTIST SUCCESSOR TO DR. CARVER
Austin Curtis - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"SPEND THAT VACATION AT HOME!!"
Conservation - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
LIEUT. COL. BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR. - AIR FIGHTER
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT SCIENTISTS
George Washington Carver - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THEY NEED YOU - NOW!!"
Incentive for nurses - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"DEMOCRACY IN ACTION" No.II
George Washington Carver Liberty Ship - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
DR. CHARLES HAWKINS - INVENTOR, RESEARCH SPECIALIST
Dr. Charles Hawkins - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
EXPLORER MAT HENSON - ONLY LIVING AMERICAN TO SET FOOT ON THE NORTH PO...
Mat Henson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"LET HIM HAVE THAT RIGHT, AND WE CAN TAKE HIM THIS ROUND!!"
Fourth War Loan. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"GOOD HUNTING, SON,- YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW!!!"
Training blacks in the Air Force. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"HELP ME WIN MY VICTORY!!- JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES!"
Infantile paralysis. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THE KEY!!"
Black employment. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
CHARLES HENRY FLECTCHER - SOLDIER OF PRODUCTION
Charles Henry Fletcher - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THEY ALSO SERVE!" No.II
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
Army Relief Fund
Army Relief Fund. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"HE'S WILLING, HE'S CAPABLE, AND WE NEED HIM - USE HIM!!"
War agencies urge the use of Negro workers - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"STILL A WEAPON FOR FREEDOM!"
116th Anniversary of the Negro Press - with caption and reference to the founder of the first Negro Newspaper, John B. Russworm. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches... More
HON. WILLIAM H. HASTIE - CHAMPION OF JUSTICE
Honorable William H. Hastie - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"A WELL FED NATION IS A FIGHTING NATION"
Nutrition awareness - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
BESSYE J. BEARDEN - CLUB WOMAN, SOCIAL WORKER
Bessye J. Bearden - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THE WORK THAT MAKES DEMOCRACY WORK!"
Black labor - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!"
Incentive to go back to school - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"BEWARE OF THE LEAK IN THE DAM!!"
Conservation - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
SGT. JOE LOUIS - CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Sergeant Joe Louis - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
FREDERICK DOUGLASS - STATESMAN, ABOLITIONIST, CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE
Frederick Douglas - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
George C. Fields, 32, Points Proudly to the Honor Certificate Presente...
Negro Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces
HAILE SELASSIE - EMPEROR, WARRIOR
Haile Selassie - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
PAUL R. WILLIAMS, A.I.A. - NOTED ARCHITECT
Paul R. Williams - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
HON. EDWIN BARCLAY - PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
Honorable Edwin Barclay - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"DO YOUR CANNING JOB - I'LL DO MINE!!"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"BACK THE ATTACK WITH WAR BONDS!!"
Incentive to buy war bonds. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
COL. EDWARD O. GOURDIN - COMMANDING OFFICER 372nd INFANTRY
Colonel Edward O. Gourdin - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
BENJAMIN BANNEKER - ASTRONOMER-CITY PLANNER
Benjamin Banneker - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"DESTINATON BERLIN!!"
Depiction of the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
COL. CHARLES YOUNG - WEST POINT GRADUATE, MILITARY ATTACHE TO HAITI, L...
Colonel Charles Young - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"BE READY TO JUMP INTO THEIR SHOES!!"
Victory corps - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"THAT WON'T STOP US - WE'LL BE BACK!!"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"PRELUDE TO FREEDOM!!!"
Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL"
Conservation and rationing. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"AND WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE, FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT A FELLOW NAMED AB...
Peonage of Negro laborers - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR - WORK - FIGHT- SACRIFICE!!" / "WE'LL REMEMBER ...
Incentive to fight - Remember Pearl Harbor. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!!"
Recruitment of Negro labor - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
"WE HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN!"
Incentive to fight - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
ELVIN BELL - AWARDED THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED...
Elvin Bell - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
DR. E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER - SOCIOLOGIST
Dr. E. Franklin Frazier - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston
C.C SPAULDING - FINANCIER, PHILOSOPHER, INVESTOR IN GOVERNMENT SECURIT...
C. C. Spaulding - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston