Honoring Anna Mae Robertson and the ‘Six Triple Eight,’ WWII’s First and Only All-Black Female Battalion
With the motto, 'no mail, low morale,' the battalion tackled a two-year backlog of mail in 1945
Active Participants: African Americans and the Reconstruction of Democracy in America
A landmark study gave African Americans credit for being important actors in their freedom quest
American History Review: New Orleans’ Culture a Gumbo Built on Jazz and Freedom
The hidden history of Economy Hall recalls a brotherhood of Black leaders who built a vibrant community.
Excerpt from ‘A Shot in the Moonlight’ by Ben Montgomery
"A Shot in the Moonlight" by Ben Montgomery is the true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow South.
Virginian Sacrificed His Life to Save Friends in Vietnam
Facing a Viet Cong ambush, Ruppert Leon Sargent threw himself on enemy grenades to save the lives of his friends nearby
Museum Purchases Artifact that Rewrites British Army’s Racial History
A World War I plaque indicates that Euan Lucie-Smith was the first multiracial officer commissioned in the British Army
The Mystery of the Missing European Colonies
The stories of settlements that briefly claimed toeholds in North America before vanishing
American History Review: The Fastest Man on Two Wheels was Nearly Forgotten
"Major" Taylor was the best bicycle rider of his time, but his career was badly undermined by Jim Crow
Italy’s African Eagle
East African orphan Domenico Mondelli won the Italian Armed Forces Silver Medal for Military Valor in World War I
Songs of 1865: How the Various Parties to the Civil War Saw the Struggle’s End
Historian S.C. (Sam) Gwynne's "Hymns of the Republic" looks at the Civil War's final year from multiple perspectives.
An Economist Repudiates Slavery With Dollars and Sense Arguments
John Elliott Cairnes' devastating critique of Southern society sinks the Confederacy's campaign to bond with Britain
Exploring Gettysburg Through the Eyes of its Black Citizens
In Gettysburg, black citizens found fragile freedom.
American History Review: Big Ben, America’s Secret Agent
While in London, Benjamin Franklin helps foment a plot involving a slave that contributes to the colonies' separation from Great Britain
American History Review: The Long and Loathsome Story of the Case that Codified Jim Crow
Author explores the personalities of the men who argued Plessy v. Ferguson, one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions
