The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... where starvation and disease led to a high death rate. Northern citizens, black and white alike, stepped in to fill the gap.
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia.
The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...
Segregation is illegal in the US. But President Trump's administration is removing anything that benefits people of specific ...
In 1864, Baldwin's son died in the Civil War, and Hale retrieved the body from the ... He was highly respected by the white citizens of Montgomery as well as the Black citizens of Montgomery." Hale ...
According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost 10,000 had been freed in 1865. There was a Black majority in the country ...
Arlington National Cemetery has purged its website of material focused on Black, Hispanic, and female troops buried there.
The cemetery, which is operated by the Army, said it was working to restore the content. Among the obscured pages was ...
When ministering to Blacks, white preachers often used so ... of Compromise” says one of the first things Black people did after the civil war, was form their own congregations.