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Conductor, cellist, music critic, and music educator W. Llewellyn Wilson (center) conducted the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra and Chorus and was a leader in Baltimore’s classical music community in the early 20th century.

A replica of a wallet fashioned out of tin containing “Freedom Papers.”

It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…

In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were…

In 1917 as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps , William Welch was assigned the task of medical inspector general. Welch’s military work involved examining infectious disease incidence and control in the US military posts where soldiers were…

Vernacular photography refers to photos that focus on everyday life and people and makes the ordinary and familiar matter.

In the case of African American servicemen, vernacular photography visually turned the uniformed soldier into both an…