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6 Black Heroes of the Civil War Whether as soldiers, spies, recruiters or medical personnel, African Americans made crucial contributions to the Union cause. Author: Whether as soldiers, spies, recruiters or medical personnel, African Americans made crucial contributions to the Union cause. As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born free, many sought to actively affect the outcome. From fighting on bloody battlefields to espionage behind enemy lines; ...

Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill 25 Jan, 2021 Editor’s note: Robert Gudmestad is professor and chair of the Department of History at Colorado State University and this is an updated version of an article originally published in The Conversation on Dec. 3, 2019. Colorado State is a contributing institution to The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors and academics that provides informed news analysis and commentary to the general public. See the entire list of contributing faculty and their articles here. Tubman, lef...

Harriet Tubman: 8 Facts About the Daring Abolitionist Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 and then risked her life to lead other enslaved people to freedom. Author: Her admirers called her “Moses” or “General Tubman,” but she was born Araminta Ross. It’s unclear exactly when the woman who would be known as Harriet Tubman was born, with dates ranging from 1815 to 1822. Historians do know that she was one of nine children born to Harriet “Rit” and Ben Ross, enslaved people owned by two different families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  With ...

The 2020 Elections in the United States: A Socialist View From Afar While votes were being counted after the November 2020 U.S. elections, despots from around the world—in Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, and Brazil—crowed over the delay in announcing results. [1] It is easy for rulers in countries where opposition leaders are disqualified, killed, or hounded into exile to mock the time taken to count votes meticulously. However, many of us watching with envy from afar—“envy” because the persecution of minorities, crushing of dissent, domination of the media, and destruction of democ...

Commentary By Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, is a widely experienced international correspondent, commentator, and editor who has reported from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He served in the George W. Bush administration, first at the Securities and Exchange Commission and then at the State Department, and is the author of the forthcoming book "The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free." Read his research. Some governing areas fall neatly under easily recognized policy umbrellas. Relations with other countries come under ...