Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

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In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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“The 1776 report,” Civil War historian Kevin Levin wrote,” views students as sponges who are expected to absorb a narrative ...