"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
- Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
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Photo of Elise at board meeting for the Girl Scout Troop she founded in Peoria, Illinois..
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Elise and James Allen at a formal event, Peoria, Illinois. The couple is in the front row, third and fourth from the right.
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Book cover of the book by J. A. Rogers, The Five Negro Presidents. The book also shares information on West Ford, son of George Washington on page 5. (Research by Angela Allen...
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*West Ford was willed 160 acres of land adjoining Mount Vernon in 1829, making him the richest black man in Virgina at that time. He later sold his land and purchased...
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Dr. Noel B. Ford was a medical doctor and surgeon who graduated from Meharry Medical School. He is mentioned in the Crisis Magazine as a man of distinction.
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Description of the book cover, The Five Negro Presidents, by J. A. Rogers (research by Angela Allen Henry).
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Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hooks (Executive Director of NAACP 1972-1992), Elise F. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. John Gwyn (President of the NAACP in Peoria) and Timothy Allen at an NAACP event.
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Scene in a Lynchburg tobacco factory
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This is a display of West Ford at the Mount Vernon Museum, 2022. It discusses his management of Mount Vernon and his assistance with the renovation process requested by the Mount Vernon...
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Harriet Ford Goin's propertyin Peoria, Illinois. The right hand side of the home was the residence and the other side was the Goin Funeral parlor.
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Photo of Elise and James O. Allen at their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Peoria, Illinois.
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Obituary of Major George Ford.
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.thumbnail.JPG "Major George W. Ford, Man of Month")
Honorable Mention in an article about Major George W. Ford.
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Major George Ford's Obituary. He died at the age of 91 in 1939 and was the last living member of the original 10th Calvary known as the Buffalo Soliders. His body was interred at Camp...
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