Description: A resolution dedicated to Colonel Charles Young, urging the United States Congress to pass House Resolution 5308 allowing the promotion of Young to Brigadier General. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_B
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Group portrait of nine female students at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, which brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03805
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio; African American women -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: A certificate remembering, honoring, and recognizing Colonel Charles Young for his military service by Senator Robin L. Webb and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_H
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Portrait drawing of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923), known as a pastor, author, bishop and educator. Tanner (1835-1923) had a long career in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a minister, school principal, bishop, and editor of the Christian Recorder and A.M.E. Church Review. In 1867, he published "An Apology for African Methodism," which traces the history of the denomination and defends both its split from the Methodist Church and its theology. In 1901, he became dean of Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University. Wilberforce was established in 1856 in Greene County under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named for William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English abolitionist. The African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the university in 1863, making it the first to be owned and run by African Americans. Payne Theological Seminary was named for Daniel A. Payne, who in 1863 became first African American president of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781234_125
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges; Education; Wilberforce University; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker amongst other Bishops, General Officers, Delegates and Lay persons at the 33rd General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940’s and father of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who became the one of first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F02_B
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker amongst unidentified individuals at an African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Conference. Bishop Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940’s and father of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F02_E
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Wilberforce University campus, Wilberforce, Ohio. Extensive damage to the plate is visible in the image. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, which brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03804
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; Historical Black Colleges and Universities
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, with an unidentified group of ministers standing on the steps of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Walker became the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was the father of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F02_X
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Male and female students on stage with organ and other musical instruments, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, which brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03802
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Wilberforce University; Students -- Ohio; Musical instruments
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: A proclamation by the Illinois Senate recognizing and congratulating Colonel Charles Young, presented to the Veterans Memorial Hall on his behalf. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_F
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Illinois
 

Description: This wool flag was presented in September 1862 to the African American men of Cincinnati who were part of the first organized group of black men employed for military purposes in the North. It is a United States national flag with 34 stars printed in a grid pattern on a blue canton. There are 13 stripes, seven red and six white. Text printed in black on fourth white stripe reads "BLACK BRIGADE OF CINCINNATI." The flag measures 40.55 by 75.59 inches (103 x 192 cm). The Black Brigade of Cincinnati was composed of 700 African American men. On September 1, 1862, all men were ordered to help defend the city, which was under martial law, from possible attacks by Southern forces. African American men, however, were not given the opportunity to volunteer, but rather were rounded up by the police on September 2. Once assembled, they built fortifications near the border between Ohio and Kentucky. After three weeks, they were released from service. Many later served in the first African American regiments organized in the North, the 54th and 55th Massachusetts and 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when efforts were taken to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display at the Ohio History Center from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. The collection was photographed in the 1960s and the images are now part of the Ohio History Connection's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_783340_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; African American Ohioans; Civil War; Black Brigade of Cincinnati; Flags; African American soldiers
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Labeled photographs of Clarence Clinkscales from Orangeburg, South Carolina; Horace B. Rains from Columbus, Ohio; Herbert Hughes from Cincinnati, Ohio; Turner from Washington, D. C.; and Paris Vaughn Sterrett from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is one of several pages taken from a scrapbook that belonged to Yvonne Walker-Taylor. Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, the 66th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F04_04_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American Ohioans; African American women