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Title
Ada
Young
with
unidentified
friends
photograph
Subject
African American women
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Military officers
World War I, 1914-1918
African American soldiers
Description
This
is
a
photograph
of
Lieutenant
Colonel
Charles
Young's
wife
,
Ada
Young
, with
two
unidentified
women
.
Charles
Young
was the
first
African
American
to
reach
the
rank
of
Colonel
in the
U.S
.
Army
and, at the
time
of his
death
in
1922
, was the
highest-ranking
African
American
officer
in the
Army
. He
is
known
for
having
been
forced
into
retirement
due
to
health
concerns
before
the
start
of
World
War
I
and
later
riding
from
Wilberforce
,
Ohio
, to
Washington
,
D.C
. to
prove
his
physical
fitness
for
duty
.
Collection
NAM
MSS
2
-
Charles
Young
Collection
Submitting Institution
National
Afro-American
Museum
and
Cultural
Center
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File Name
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