'Building Roads' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Illustration of African American soldiers building a road from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. ALTERNATE TEXT: A group of men are drawn working to build a railroad in a hilly area. Three men at the front are breaking rocks with hammers while sitting. Two men to the left push a cart of rocks along the built section of the rails. Men in the background are carrying timber and using pick axes. There is a small shack to the middle right of the scene. Above then, on a hill, are evergreen trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_44
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center