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This photograph shows members of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment recruited in Ohio during the Civil War. The regiment was formed in 1863, and was subsequently designated as the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. The photograph was taken in Delaware, Ohio, on Sandusky Street near the Ft. Delaware Hotel.
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This is a photographic reproduction of a print illustrating the original buildings of Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, as they appeared when the university was founded in 1856.
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Portrait of George Washington Williams. He was the first African-American to be elected to the Ohio State Legislature in 1880.
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This photograph of Ellen Walker Craig, mayor of Urbancrest, Ohio, was taken in 1975. After serving on City Council for many years, she was elected mayor in 1971. Craig (1907-2000) was the first African-American woman in the United States to be elected mayor.
GALLERY: Black History Month
