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The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table will host two programs in February, a virtual program Feb. 19 on African American soldiers’ contributions in the Civil War, and an in-person presentation ...
Joan Hodges' 54-by-60-inch quilt, which began with the idea of exploring Black women in the civil rights movement, will feature more than 20 women "who have made a difference," she told Newsday.
Quilts carried during the migration of millions of Black people from the South star at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Battles was an African American Civil War soldier and one of Moorhead's first residents around 1873. He later opened one of the city's first barber shops. Chris Flynn / The Forum .
Smith has been working toward this moment since 1992, when, as a DC Council member, he secured congressional permission to build an African American Civil War memorial on federal land in the U ...
A new Civil War trail sign has been installed in Plymouth to honor African-American soldiers who served in the Civil War. The dedication ceremony, held on Saturday, featured re-enactors from Tryon ...
City leaders gathered inside of the Capital building to commemorate the Anniversary of the November 1865 Harrisburg Grand Review of African American Patriots of the Civil War.
Nearly 24,000 African American men from Kentucky fought in the war, and some of their stories are being told through a new exhibition at the Roots 101 African-American Museum in Louisville, which ...
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine” traveling exhibition will be held at the Luzerne County Community College Library through March 8. The National ...
The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is opening The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition Feb. 14 through March 3. The gallery showcases quilting as a medium to honor African American women with ...
african american soldiers from missouri who fought in the civil war are buried here at fairview new hope cemetery in liberty. AND UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WEREN’T EVEN RECOGNIZED.