"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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Historic Black communities are a symbolic monument to the perseverance and enduring spirit of the African American people. The state of Virginia, commonly called the "gateway to...
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James O. Allen is the husband of Elise. The couple had ten children: Carol, James Jr., Gregory, Linda, Joy, Janet, Norman, Angela, Barbara, Timothy and Matthew. James was a printer and...
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High School photo of Dr. Cecil B. Ford.
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This is a drawing from an unnamed source of an older West Ford from the Ford Archives. Ford again signed his name at the bottom of the sketch. West Ford's name is more than a signature; he...
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Linda Allen B. Hollis, and sister Janet S. Allen, posing with photo of George Washington, Rocky Mountain News.
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Photo of a young Harrison Ford.
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Photo of George and Harriet Ford at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. In June 1938, his portrait was placed in the archives at Leavenworth, Kansas as the last lone survior...
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Photo of the Mount Vernon Plantation when West Ford was a caretaker there. (Photo courtesy of MVLA). Pamela Cunningham founded the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and wanted...
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Photo of George Ford III, with sisters, Lena and Hallie.
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Official family chronicler, Linda Allen Bryant Hollis, has chronicled her family's legacy in the narrative nonfiction book, "I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington...
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Family photo of C. Bruce and his children in Peoria, Illinois. Left to right, Glen, Candy Lynn, Bruce, C. Bruce (father), and Lois Ann, Cyd Ford Keser.
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Paintings of John A. and Hannah Washington from the archives MLVA.
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Photo of Dr. Noel B. Ford.
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Photo of Angela and Homer Henry at the AAHM Gala 2018 representing Honoree, Elise Ford Allen. Angela is the managing editor of the Traveler Weekly Newspaper in Peoria, Illinois...
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Photo of Barbara Allen Randle, 5th great granddaughter of George Washington.
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Drawing of West Ford in his early 70's, son of George Washington and father of Daniel Ford.
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Slave Commemoration at Mount Vernon with Doug Bradburn (CEO) Mount Vernon, Barika Porter and Sheila Coates (Black Women United for Action), October 9, 2021. (Photo credit Mark Hollis for WFL...
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Photo of Hannah Ford, daughter of William and Henrietta Bruce, granddaughter of West Ford. She was born around November 0f 1850. Hannah married the Civil War Veteran John Pierson Quander on...
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