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California African American Museum presents African American Military Portraits from the American Civil War. Selected Images from the Library of Congress Collections

California African American Museum presents African American Military Portraits from the American Civil War. Selected Images from the Library of Congress Collections, an exhibition on view September 13th – January 20th, 2013.

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (1861-1865), this exhibit features remarkable photographic portraits of African American soldiers and sailors who took part in this epic chapter of our nation’s history. Reproduced in large format from the original antique photographs, these images are selections from the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs and the Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs, both of which are housed at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. These photographs are visual reminders of the pride, determination, and sense of destiny that filled these men with a profound resolve as they sought a rightful place in the fabric of this nation for themselves and an entire people. The portraits in this exhibit are supplemented with biographical research, original period documents, artifacts, and historically-accurate reconstructions.

California African American Museum
600 State Drive
Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037

www.caamuseum.org

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