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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
How can five typewritten pieces of paper provide a glimpse into the mind of a great writer?
Posted in: African American History, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Many contributed to the debates on how best to secure and advance the rights of African Americans, but one of the major contributors was the educator Booker T. Washington. Washington, the leader of Tuskegee Institute, stated his views in a speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 1895.
Posted in: African American History, Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
At the end of the Civil War, over four million enslaved Americans gained their freedom. Today, we can still hear 26 of them speak to us in their own words, with their own voices.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)