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Emancipation Proclamation

In the storming of Fort Wagner, the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and 116 of his men were killed. About 40,000 black soldiers died during the Civil War "” 30,000 of infection or disease.<br><br><br />
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<i>Storming Fort Wagner</i>. Color lithograph, July 5, 1890. Published by Kurz & Allison, Chicago.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division.<br><br><br />
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Slaves to Soldiers: Storming Fort Wagner

Standing, left to right: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson M. Long. Seated, left to right: H. R. Revels, Benjamin S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainey, R. Brown Elliot.<br><br><br />
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<i>The First Colored Senator and Representatives. In the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States.</i> Lithograph, 1872. New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau Street.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division.<br><br><br />
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The First African Americans to Serve in Congress

The central panel of this lithograph memorializes a Fifteenth Amendment celebration in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 19, 1870.<br><br><br />
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Thomas Kelly after James C. Beard. <i>The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870</i>. Lithograph, 1870.<br><br />
The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division.<br><br><br />
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Celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment: Equality Before the Law

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