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Ancella Bickley with Alice Walker at the University of Charleston.

1. Ancella Bickley with Alice Walker

Cathay Williams enlisted into the US military in 1866 and served in the 38th Infantry until her health deteriorated in 1868.

2. Cathay Williams

Sippi Coleman, Editor and Publisher of Color and WV Congressman I.J.K. Wells presenting America's first black pictorial magazine to President Harry Truman.

3. America's first Black Pictorial magazine

A group of speakers, including Ancella Bickley, at the NAACP-HFNHP convention.

4. Speakers at the NAACP-HFNHP convention

Postcard of Weston State Hospital.

5. Weston State Hospital

The Hazlewood Assembly Hall at West Virginia State College.

6. Hazlewood Assembly Hall

7. J. McHenry Jones

The statue of Carter G. Woodson was sponsored by the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation and is maintained by the Huntington Housing Authority.

8. Statue of Carter G. Woodson

"The Playhouse" at West Virginia State College.

9. The Playhouse

"This One's For You" was a musical produced and performed by the Afro-Appalachian Performance Company.

10. This One's For You playbill

A postcard of Levi and Catherine Coffin, the builders of the Levi Coffin House.

11. Levi and Catherine Coffin

The Levi Coffin House (1839) was a safe haven for Africans-American slaves fleeing the South in the 1800s.

12. Levi Coffin House

A portrait of William Johnson, the son in-law of James Johnson.

13. William Johnson

Portrait of Ida Johnson, daughter in-law of James Johnson.

14. Ida Johnson

Copy of depiction of James Johnson. The caption states that Johnson's name while enslaved was "McGathic."

15. James Johnson

Copy of a painting of Mary Wilson Johnson.

16. Mary Wilson Johnson