Alfred Murphy in literacy class   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows Alfred Murphy, an ex-slave who is learning to read and write in a literary class conducted by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Columbus, Ohio. He is 105 years old. He was a slave for 33 years and spent two years in the Confederate Army, throwing up breastwork. He was in Richmond when General Lee surrendered. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_009_001
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Students; Literacy; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)