Banned from Flight
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, an international singing sensation, faced discrimination when on tour. En route to a concert from Honolulu to Australia, Ella Fitzgerald...
Before peanuts
As a young man, botanist George Washington Carver, famous for his research on peanuts, claimed 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act near the town of Beelerville,...
Black officers for black soldiers
Frederick Douglass and his son Lewis, the former sergeant major of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, were among the 200 men who signed this petition to...
Breach of contract
1st Sgt. Stephen A. Swails of Company F believed the Army had not honored its obligations regarding his pay. While white first sergeants were receiving $20 per month,...
Brigadier General Colin Luther Powell
Born to Jamaican immigrant parents in Harlem, New York, in 1937, Colin Powell earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for action in Vietnam. Seen in this 1976...
Carded
This card contains information about the Civil War military service of John Henry Chase. Chase, who lived in Charles County, Maryland, served in the 23rd Regiment,...
Civil Rights Marcher
Pictured is one of the thousands of marchers who participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. As part of the...