Category Archives: African-American

Family ties refocus Civil War discussion

Posted on April 21, 2011 by civilwarweek

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Written by DeWayne Wickham This article appeared in the April 20, 2011 edition of The Tennessean. I see it in a far more personal way. While I’m convinced that the underlying cause of the Civil … Continue reading →

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Blacks stay away from 150th-anniversary Civil War events; National Park Service reaches out

Posted on April 16, 2011 by civilwarweek

Article by: BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press Updated: April 15, 2011 - 2:19 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. - As cannons thudded around Charleston Harbor this week in commemoration of the start of the war that extinguished slavery, the audiences for the 150th-anniversary events … Continue reading →

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