Barber, Command Sergeant Major. U.S. Army 17th Field Artillery Battalion photographs, circa 1960s to 1970s, document integrated military training and the advancement of an African American senior noncommissioned officer within the post-desegregation Army. The images center on activities at a Noncommissioned Officer Academy and within field environments, placing the archive.....

Cooper, Howard L. Vietnam War photographs and promotion letter, circa 1970s, document African American noncommissioned officer service within an integrated U.S. Army and the formal evaluation structures governing advancement during and immediately after the conflict. The material centers on Sergeant Cooper’s presence within a deployed unit in Vietnam alongside fellow.....