The American Spectator9h
Frederick Douglass: Champion of Freedom and Opportunity for All
Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he ...
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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
The Root1d
13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
The Washington Informer2d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
Yes! Weekly2d
Educating Black People after the Civil War
During Black History Month, it is important to look at how far the education system for Black people has come. When slavery ...
In Saratoga lecture, abolitionist Frederick Douglass criticized Quaker minister who said slaves better off than free Blacks
African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...
MPR News3d
From territory to today: Mapping Minnesota’s Black history
In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...
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Borno man who fought in America’s Civil War in the 1860s
By Farooq A. KperogiIn the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, ...
hoptownchronicle7d
Harriet Tubman led Civil War military raids as well as her better-known slave rescues
While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...
The American Dream, Through Foreign Eyes
A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...