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Title: Allen Allensworth in uniform with medals, circa 1913
Alternative Title: Allen Allensworth, portraits
Contributor: Prominent Individuals and Families, 1885-1980
Date Created and/or Issued: 1913
[circa 1913]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of Colonel Allen Allensworth in uniform with four medals.
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b05_f02_004a.tif
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Subject: African American clergy
African American soldiers
Allensworth, Allen, 1842-1914
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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