Airman 1st Class Stephen D. Gallwey, 270th Engineering Installation Squadron cable antenna technician poses with a photo of his grandfather 1st Lt. James H. Gallwey, an original Tuskegee Airmen pilot, on Dec. 6 More
Maj. Gen Donna Martin, Provost Marshal General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command used an active learning strategy to educate the audience by playing “Black History Jeopardy,” duri More
A Soldier reads the program for Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Black History Month Observance held Feb. 23 at the installation’s Myer Auditorium. Over 100 Soldiers and civilians from the APG community attended the e More
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Northern Democratic presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas was widely criticized for his campaign tours of the country--an unusual practice for a presidential nominee. In an attempt to evade such opprobrium More
Issued in the North during the Civil War, the melodramatic portrayal of an apocryphal incident from the life of John Brown must have had unmistakable propagandistic overtones. In actuality a violent antislavery More
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Vietnam veteran Raymond Harris smiles for the camera at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, the Republic of Vietnam, in 1968. Harris served in the U.S. Air Force for 30 years retiring as a senior master sergeant and complet More
Paul Delaney, corporal, U.S. Army 1953-1955. (Photo courtesy of Paul Delaney)
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
George T. Gilliam, a distant relative of Renee Gilliam, departed Virginia in 1831 and became a doctor.
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
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
(From left) U.S. Army Sgt. LaTondra Moultrie and Spc. Kenya Clark sing traditional gospel music during a performance at the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on Jan. 21 More
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.
Mater Sgt. Shellie Willis, a senior financial manager assigned to I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., feels that there is a need to observe Black History Month.
Service members and civilians aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point watch a video commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the first blacks allowed into the Marine Corps, during a ceremony at the Marine More
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
Pastor T.L. Simpson, senior chaplain, New Jerusalem Community Chapel, talks to the crowd about the significance of Black History Month. Simpson was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s Black American History event More
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
Members of the Kandahar Airfield Gospel Choir assigned to Regional Command-South, perform a gospel melody for Service members during the Black History Month Observance and celebration at Kandahar Airfield, Af More
Members of the Stars and Sun Chapter No. 6 host the Juneteenth Celebration at the Optimist Club June 8.
North Carolina professional storyteller, Mitchell G. Capel presents works by Paul L. Dunbar, a Civil War era poet and former slave, to the U.S. Army Reserve audience, Feb. 5, 2014, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The "brow More
Brig. Gen. George M. Schwartz, the Maneuver Center of Excellence deputy commanding general, stands at attention during the playing of the national anthem, Feb. 20, at the 2014 Fort Benning African-American/Blac More
New York native, Command Sgt. Maj. Alberto Delgado (right), senior enlisted advisor for the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, gives his remarks duri More
The Rev. Joe W. Blackburn, pastor, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Fairbanks, Alaska, addresses attendees during Fort Wainwright's 2014 African-American/Black History Month Observance, Feb. 28, 2014. (Photo by S More
Joseph Johnson, archaeologist, Historic Columbia, guides Soldiers and civilians of the 81st Regional Support Command through an oral and visual tour in remembrance of the Civil Rights’ movement’s impact on Colu More
Staff Sgt. John Powlison, bugler with The U.S. Army Band, performs taps during the graveside service of Edward W. Brooke III in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery March 10, 2015. Brooke was a World War II More
Chesterfield County resident John Nichols is a Buffalo Soldier who served with the 10th Cavalry Regiment during World War II.
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
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West takes the oath of office after promotion to her current rank as her husband, retired U.S. Army Col. Donald West, holds a Bible during the Feb. 9 ceremony on the Fort Myer portion o More
Les Payne interviews the leader of the movement to end apartheid, the late Nelson Mandela, on his first day out of a 27-year imprisonment in the backyard of his home in Orlando West, Soweto, just outside of Joh More
Children dance and sing along as the Gospel Explosion concert continues to inspire an international audience in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. A half dozen performing groups sang in both English and French to i More
FORT CARSON, Colorado – Lt. Col. Chad Foster (center), commander, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shares the history of the unit’s Buffalo Soldier he More
Airman 1st Class AnnAleada Whitehead, a personnelist, or human resource specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, with her parents at after her enlistment with the 180FW. (From lef More
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)
Staff Sergeant Jackie Edwards, crew chief, Alpha Company, “Task Force Voodoo”, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, Louisiana National Guard during a flight over Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb More
180228-N-XX082-0002 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 28, 2018) Cmdr. Charleese Sampa (left) and Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Nijah Lee cut the cake after an African American/Black History Month ceremony at Inform More
Jacqueline Stanfield, from U.S. Army Human Resources Command, sang the national anthem and a special musical selection during a Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance at Fort Knox's Sadowski Center Jan. 11, 2019.
Air National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Vincent E. Stokes Jr., a boom operator for the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, sets his eyes on the plane he will refuel while on a KC-135R Stratotanker over the continental U.S More
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
190220-N-OE873-1077 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 20, 2019) Master Chief Personnel Specialist Jay McKnuckle speaks during a Black History Month celebration organized by the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8) More
A member of the S.P.I.R.I.T. dance group performs during the black history month celebration at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2019. The theme of this year’s black history event was blac More
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
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Phillip Brashear (left), a U.S. Army Reserve command chief warrant officer for the 80th Training Command, and his son, Tyler Brashear, an ROTC cadet at North Carolina A&T State Universit More
200130-N-JH293-1172 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2020) Ben Raines, a reporter and diver credited with finding the lost schooner Clotilda, the last known ship to bring African slaves to the U.S., points out land More
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
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
200220-N-JH293-1024 ST. LOUIS (Feb. 20, 2020) Naval Education and Training Command Force Master Chief Karim Cole speaks with Sailors assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Mid America during a Black H More
Dr. Bobby Donaldson, an associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina and guest speaker, told the stories of various civil rights movement figures and the impact they had on the movement du More
Balla Sy (left), one of the founding members of GOREE (Giving Others Resources, Education and Empowerment) Drum and Dance troupe, and Shamba Muhammad play djembes during a West African cultural performance Feb. More
Amongst the Norfolk Naval Shipyard leaders in attendance at the Open Mic Session on Feb. 27 was Capt. Kai Torkelson who had his own questions regarding how to best take care of his people in the face of trauma.
Kaiserslautern Military Community members perform a dance in celebration of Juneteenth at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 19, 2020. After paying homage to the suffering and deaths due to racial inequality in U More
Benjamin Spencer, dean of the William & Mary Law School, talks to Raven Peter, a second-year law student while she’s preparing for an exam at the school in Williamsburg, Virginia, Dec. 1, 2020. Spencer said it’ More
Tech. Sgt. David W. Stevenson of the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Det. 1, combat arms maintenance and training security forces, poses with a photo of his grandfather, an original Tuskegee Airman, Col. Dudley Warde More
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
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South Carolina stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w More
Then-Col. Harvey D. Williams attends a swimming pool ribbon cutting ceremony during his tenure as post commander at Fort Myer, Va. He was the post commander from 1975 to 1977.
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
Paul Brock, staff sergeant, U.S. Air Force, 1952-1954. (Photo courtesy of Paul Brock)
Jules Jones, a native of Oakland Ca., an African-American R&B singer, receives a plaque of appreciation during the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Black History Month Observance Ceremony hosted by the 16th Combat Avia More
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
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Liberia's first and seventh president, is a Petersburg, Va., native, and the first African American president. He migrated to Liberia in 1829 along with James Spriggs Payne, another fut More
(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
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
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Frank G. Davis, the commander of Joint Task Force Paladin-South speaks to Service members at the Black History Month Observance at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2013. Davis was the More
Divine Souls, a gospel band performs for Juneteenth Celebration, June 8.
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 Mon More
Richmond, Va. native, Sgt. 1st Class Gwendolyn Pritchett, a food program manager currently working with support operations for the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel E More
Guests during Fort Wainwright's 2014 African-American/Black History Month Observance stand for the national anthem, Feb. 28, 2014. (Photo by Sgt. Sean Callahan, USARAK Public Affairs)
Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), carry the casket of Edward W. Brooke III to his graveside service in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery March 10, 2015. Brooke was a World War II More
Renee Patrice Gilliam, a contract employee with the installation Education Center, is a descendant of a family that once owned property encompassing an area that is now Fort Lee.
A local Belgian participant raises his hands in exaltation as the Voices of Victory play nondenominational gospel songs in both English and French in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. Gospel music has historical r More
FORT CARSON, Colorado – George Payton Jr. (second from left), 79, a member of the Colorado Springs chapter of the Buffalo Soldier Committee, meets Lt. Col. Chad Foster (from left), commander, 4th Squadron, 10th More
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
Retired Maj. Gen. Barrye Price, former deputy commander of U.S. Army Cadet Command, asks those in attendance at the Fort Knox Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance in Sadowski Center Jan. 11, 2019, to "bri More
Staff Sgt. Vince Stokes, a boom operator from the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, refuels a C-17 Globemaster III over the continental U.S., Jan. 28, 2019. The 141st ARS flies KC-135R Stratotankers from the 108th More
A 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 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix- More
A display of W.E.B. Du Bois on a table at the Black History Month Luncheon on Feb. 15, 2019, at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, c More
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
The S.P.I.R.I.T. dance group performs during the black history month celebration at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2019. The theme of this year’s black history event was black migration, More
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 with Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brit More
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
200130-N-JH293-1298 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2020) Chief Navy Counselor Jason Lewis, an instructor at Navy Recruiting Orientation Unit (NORU), looks out at the waters of the Mobile River where the schooner More