Honoring Black Civil War soldiers buried in Camden's historic Butler Cemetery
At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black ...
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Help wanted: Kansas Legislature needs a leader for this historical mural project
The Kansas Legislature is seeking a leader for a historical mural project honoring Black soldiers in the Civil War. The mural will ... a worthwhile historical art project that will be displayed ...
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Honoring Black Civil War soldiers buried in Camden's historic Butler Cemetery
Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...
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In Camden's historic Butler Cemetery, a pastor honors lives and legacies of Black Civil War soldiers
The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...
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New Jersey pastor honoring the legacy of Black Civil War soldiers inside historic Camden cemetery
Dempsey Daniel Butler, an abolitionist, ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad and New Jersey businessman, set aside a plot of land at the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden.
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
Slave Trading in the Civil War South A Harper's Weekly illustration of Confederate soldiers driving Black Americans south in 1862 Library of Congress In the late summer of 1865, a few months after ...
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Fighting for the Right to Fight: The National WWII Museum’s dedication to Black soldiers
past World War II, to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The Music of Edmond Dédé: A free-born Creole of color from New Orleans African American soldiers fighting in World War II were ...
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Black Panthers: The African American Soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion Who Fought at the Battle of the Bulge
The renowned military leader was merely reflecting the prevailing opinion among U.S. commanders regarding the capabilities of African American soldiers, who had been ... they had already fought in the ...