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LOOK FAMILIAR? American Red Cross Certificate of Immunity for typhoid, 3/6/1920, NARA ID 6706185.

WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK- related records!

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs, who received her 2nd Moderna dose last Thursday.

Scary baby on WWII poster, Office of War Information, NARA ID 44266404.

President Ford gets the Swine Flu vaccine, Ford Library, NARA ID 7064718.

Vaccinations at Manzanar Japanese Internment Camp, Manzanar, CA, 4//2/1942. NARA ID 536850.

WWII poster, Office of War Information, NARA ID 44266586.

WWI Women's Motor Corps vaccinations, Feb. 1918, NARA ID 45496234.

WWI vaccinations at USNT, Seattle, WA, NARA ID 45496256.

WWII poster, Office of War Information, NARA ID 44266588.

"Vaccinating foundling children against smallpox," WWI, Vilna, Lithuania, 1917-1918. NARA ID 17391006.

JFK at 1962 All Star Game, DC Stadium, 7/10/1962. NARA ID 6817170. Newsreel clip online.

#OTD 1933: First All-Star MLB Game!

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

On July 6, 1933, the first All Star Major League Baseball Game was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

President Nixon throws baseball to fans at 1970 All Star Game, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH. NARA ID 66394191.

President Ford with Darrell Johnson, George "Sparky" Anderson, Thurman Munson & Johnny Bench at 1976 All Star Game, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, 7/13/1976. NARA ID 6829645.

Lots more online, including Babe Ruth's Draft Card.

Baseball and the Archives

Baseball Records Provide Historical Perspective on All-Star Game, National Archives News.

Congressional Play-by-Play on Baseball, Prologue, Summer 2011.

Baseball records in all of the National Archives.

Jackie Robinson in National Archives records.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's green light to continuing professional baseball during World War II.

Senator John Warner and Elizabeth Taylor greet Queen Elizabeth and President Ford at the White House 7/7/1976. Online. Related Ford Library story.

John W. Warner Jr. speaks in the National Archives Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, 9/13/1965. NARA ID 74227096.

Chief Justice Earl Warren and John W. Warner Jr. Unveil the Magna Carta at the "Great Instruments of Law" exhibit opening, 9/13/1965. NARA ID 74227094.

John Warner, head of the American Bicentennial Administration, at the National Archives on Constitution Day with Archivist James Rhoads, RIF kids, VP Nelson Rockefeller, and Mrs. Robert MacNamara, 9/17/1975, NARA ID 35810744.

AP story on Ford White House Bicentennial Bash for the DC Diplomatic Corps. From the records of Sheila R. Weidenfeld, press secretary to First Lady Betty Ford, Ford Library, NARA ID 644392.

RIP Senator John W. Warner

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

Black History Month performance by Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the Obama White House, 2/6/2016. NARA ID 138925622.

President Obama, VP Joe Biden, and others give Stevie Wonder a standing ovation at the White House Black History Month “Motown Sound” concert, 2/24/2011. NARA ID 176545766.

President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Dr. Jill Biden react to a joke made by actor/comedian Jamie Foxx during the White House Black History Month “Motown Sound” concert, 2/24/2011. NARA ID 176545764.

Letter from President Gerald Ford establishing Black History Month. NARA ID 16637977. 

Artwork by African American artist Charles Henry Alston, 1943, From the Office of War Information, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort, NARA ID 535622.

By Dena Lombardo, Intern, Office of Public and Media Communications, and Miriam Kleiman

This month marks 45 years since the official recognition of African American History Month by President Ford in 1976. Ford implored Americans to:

“seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history. I urge my fellow citizens to join me in tribute to African American History Month and to the message of courage and perseverance it brings to all of us.”

But the holiday started decades earlier, thanks to historian, educator, and journalist Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now the ASALH) in 1915, started The Journal of Negro History in 1916, and launched the celebration of "Negro History Week" in 1926. The week corresponds to the (Feb). birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

The National Archives holds millions African American history-related records, dating from the African Americans who served in the Revolutionary War to today. 

Join us (virtually) for numerous Black History Month programs!

Follow the Rediscovering Black History blog to discover fascinating records relating to the Black Experience.

Related online resources: 

The “Bending toward Justice” section of the “Records of Rights” online exhibit showcases the drive for civil rights for African Americans. 

African American History web page highlighting National Archives’ resources.