Kingdom by the Sea - Fortress Monroe

From the Fall 2010 National Park Conservation Association Magazine , "Freedom’s Fortress At Virginia’s Fort Monroe, preserving the past...

African-American abolitionist named Robert Purvis

African-American abolitionist named Robert Purvis (August 4, 1810 – April 15, 1898) The Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery...

Howard Thurman - "What Do You Want, Really"

Howard Thurman - "What Do You Want, Really"

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia 00 Clay Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 780-9093;  www.blackhistorymuseum.org The Black...

Slave Escape on the Scorner Pearl, 1848

From The Washington Post , "Escape on the Pearl: Daniel Drayton orchestrated the escape attempt by 77 D.C.-area slaves," by Mary ...

Minnesota African American Museum and Cultural Center

From the May 2012 issue of the Minnesota Monthly , "Say It Loud:  Roxanne Givens on the long march to opening the state’s first black ...

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War

NARRATOR: April 11th, 1865, two days after the end of the Civil War. In the White House, President Abraham Lincoln agonized over his first s...

Confederate Reckoning and The Long Shadow of the Civil War

From the Nation Magazine , "Restless Confederates," by  Eric Foner, on 14  July 2010  --   The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln...

Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves During the Civil War

Review, for the Washington Post Book World, by  David W. Blight, Yale University Some myths in American history have tenacious endurance. Su...