Commemorating Memorial Day with Black heroes in mind serves ensures that their stories are included and preserved within the broader narrative of the holiday.
freed slaves
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Honoring Black Americans’ role in the inception of Memorial Day
Commemorating Memorial Day with Black heroes in mind serves ensures that their stories are included and preserved within the broader narrative of the holiday.
Posted inBlack History Month, Featured
Early reparation ideas for freed slaves
The idea for land redistribution for former slaves had been tossed about by abolitionists long before it was implemented with the agreement worked out in Savannah between the U.S. government and 20 Black preachers (see last week’s story “The origin of a revolutionary idea: 40 acres and a mule”). There were several proposals brought forward, […]