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Discover stories shared by people who formed powerful connections with these places of history, nature, and enjoyment. Inspire others by sharing your âpark storyâ!</p> 118<p class="img-credit mt-2">Image Credit: Sam Gilliam, <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.226978.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Wissahickon</em></a>, 1975, color screenprint on wove paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023.22.17</p> 119 120</div> 121</div> 122<div class="row g-0"> 123<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-2 showcase-img"><img class="img-home" src="images/showcase_SI.png" alt="Tryptic of three photographs: A woman on the left pushing a plow, a miner in the center, and a woman behind a desk on the right." /></div> 124<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-1 showcase-text-left"> 125<h2><a class="link-dark" href="https://www.si.edu/events/black-history-month">Black History Month at the Smithsonian</a></h2> 126<p class="lead mb-0">Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts.</p> 127<p class="img-credit mt-2">Image credit: Courtesy of the Smithsonian</p> 128 129</div> 130</div> 131<div class="row g-0"> 132<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-1 showcase-img"><img class="img-home" src="images/Russell-Lee.png" alt="Three men in doorway of lamp house" /></div> 133<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-2 showcase-text-right"> 134<h2><a class="link-dark" href="https://visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/power-light-russell-lees-coal-survey">Power & Light: Russell Lee's Coal Survey, at the National Archives Lawrence F. OâBrien Gallery</a></h2> 135<p class="lead mb-0">Russell Leeâs 1946 coal survey photographs tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, of a moment when the government took stock of their health and safety, and of a photographer who recognized their humanity.</p> 136<p class="img-credit mt-2">âJames Robert Howard has gotten his safety lamp at lamp house. Of the 232 employees at this mine, 60% are Negroes.â Russell Lee, Photographer. August 13, 1946. Series: Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry. National Archives ID: 540805</p> 137</div> 138</div> 139<div class="row g-0"> 140<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-2 showcase-img"><img class="img-home" src="images/showcase6.png" alt="Frederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet to enlist Negroes" /></div> 141<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-1 showcase-text-left"> 142<h2><a class="link-dark" href="ForTeachers.html">For Teachers</a></h2> 143<p class="lead mb-0">Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.</p> 144<p class="img-credit mt-2">Image credit: âFrederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet to enlist Negroes,â mural by William Edouard Scott, at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress)</p> 145 146</div> 147</div> 148<div class="row g-0"> 149<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-1 showcase-img"><img class="img-home" src="images/showcase_5_2026_2.png" alt="Black and white photograph of Dorothy M. Jenkins in her U.S. Army dress uniform with Army Medical Corps pins on her lapels. October 1944" /></div> 150<div class="col-xl-6 order-xl-2 showcase-text-right"> 151<h2><a class="link-dark" href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/veterans-history-project-collection/?fa=subject_race:black+or+african+american">Veterans History</a></h2> 152<p class="lead mb-0">African Americans serving in the military service throughout U.S. history have often fought on two fronts. fighting the actual enemy and fighting a system of segregation and exclusion.</p> 153<p class="img-credit mt-2">Image credit: Photo of Dorothy M. Jenkins, October 1944. 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