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Black Women and Civil War Pensions

By the late-nineteenth-century, Civil War pensions not only comprised a quarter of the federal budget, but they also provided a

The Communist Party (CPUSA) was a leader in the antifascist left in the 1930s. The Party had a broad

In 1887, William J. Simmons, a United States Colored Troops (USCT) veteran turned historian, expressed his gratitude to Black

Gloria Richardson passed away on July 15, 2021, at the age of 99. Tributes have already poured in for the

What is the price of freedom? Is it worth the cost if failure means a return to slavery or death?