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Florida Rep. Geraldine Thompson says society must learn and be taught more than just the basics of Black history.

“The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship,” by Deborah Willis, delivers much more than the formal, carefully posed photographs of men in uniforms and their heartfelt letters home and to the world.

February is Black History Month, it’s something that no American of any race, color, or creed should forget. African Americans, the decendants of slaves and slaves themselves fought for freedom that was only at best was in the promissory note of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those men, and women in the case of Harriett Tubman and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for freedom for African Americans and all others who benefited from what they fought for: women, Native Americans, Mexican America...

New walking tour and film explores NYCs 1863 race riots by Kamau Ware Kamau Ware leading group tour for Fighting Dark. Photo: Elliott Ashby. NEW YORK, NY .-The Shed presents Fighting Dark, a new audio tour and film by artist and storyteller Kamau Ware (Founder, Black Gotham Experience). This two-part project features an online audio tour and a short film that explores Manhattan and Brooklyn’s 19th-century history of racial violence and resilience. Fighting Dark is commissioned in conjunction w...

EASTVILLE, Va. (Tribune News Service) — That  Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks consider his lineage. His grandfather was born enslaved in  Eastville, the seat of  African American and white Union soldiers in its historic square. So many remembrances, particularly in  Virginia, are typically one or the other. His grandfather fought for the Union’s Colored Troops, survived one of the war’s most not...

Dawn of the United States Colored Troops FROM THE LECTURE SERIES: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR The position of African Americans serving in the U.S. Army has not always been as it is today. For lengthy periods, there was long-standing opposition and prejudice against their service, not to even mention the era when they were slaves and had no place within the army. African American soldiers were initially used more as laborers in the Civil War. Later, they played more significant roles as soldiers. (...