"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"
Historical
Major George Ford's Unit iin the 23rd Kansas Volunteers. For more information visit:...
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A 1937 painting of the Mount Vernon Mansion (from the MVLA). George Washington's father, Augustine Washington, built the home in 1734. George's older brother, Lawrence lived at...
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Registration Card of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford.
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A letter dated in 1918 from George Ford to his friend, W.E.B. Du Bois. Major Ford served on the Army Navy Committee with Dr. Du Bois in the Niagara Movement, the percursor to the NAACP....
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Listing of letters written to and from Major George Ford and Theodore Roosevelt from the Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the personal papers of President Theodore Roosevelt.. You...
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From the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. A letter written to Major George Ford from Theodore Roosevelt. Addenda V24-P176 Maj. Geo. W. Ford, Fort Scott, Kansas...
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Letter to Major George Ford from Theodore Roosevelt, dated July 9, 1900. This is from the Library of Congress from archives Addena #V24-P424.
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Letter to Theodore Roosevelt from Major George Ford from the Library of Congress Manuscript Division of Theodore Roosevelt Collection Reel 6, page 1.
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Letter to Theodore Roosevelt from Maj. George Ford June 30, 1900. Library of Congress Manuscript Division for papers of Theodore Roosevelt reel 6. r
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Plaque detailing Elise F. Allen receiving the African American Hall of Fame award in Journalism, 1991.
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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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Description of the book cover, The Five Negro Presidents, by J. A. Rogers (research by Angela Allen Henry).
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Scene in a Lynchburg tobacco factory
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