The history of our African-American veterans that have ... presented several veterans and their families with portraits to thank them for their service. Katrina Johnson, Master Sergeant in the ...

Through census records, Zimmer discovered that Johnson was born in Lincoln in 1879 to Harrison Johnson, an escaped slave and Civil War veteran ... portraits of the city’s small African-American ...

The monument is a dedication to “the United States’ first monument to honor African American War Veterans and Servicewomen and men who have served in every war since the Country’s inception ...

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United States Colored ... The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African American of the nineteenth century.” This is his voice.

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

He contacted the museum, and they confirmed that portraits of African American sitters from 1841 in Philadelphia were a significant find. But the paintings are just one part of this family’s rich ...