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Category: African American History

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Historical Resources to Contextualize the Storming of the U.S. Capitol

The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …

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The dome of the US Capitol building.
African American History Military History Women's History
February 19, 2021 Kelly Hancock Whole map of the underground railroad.

Printing the Legend: The Unseen Courage of Harriet Tubman

Featured Image: Map of the Underground Railroad. Tubman used the route which ran from Maryland to Wilmington, Delaware, then to Albany, New …

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African American History Elections Women's History
August 25, 2020 Chris Graham A large group of citizens gathers to place their votes in an election. Campaigning politicians anxiously press their party tickets toward individuals. One of the newest citizens, an Irish immigrant, is taking an oath that he had not voted elsewhere, just as one of the oldest, a Revolutionary War “76-er” veteran, is descending the steps. Merchants in top hats discuss the issues with laborers in shirtsleeves, an example of the rational exchange that sustains democracy. Other individuals present a less responsible and informed perspective. One drunken citizen, unable to stand, is nonetheless dragged to cast a vote. Another sits on a bench to steady his head, his clarity evidently lost in a brawl. Two boys on the ground play mumblety peg, a knife game that progressively increases in risk.

Battling Ballots: Before the War

Step into George Caleb Bingham’s 1852 celebration of American democracy, The County Election. In the boisterous and crowded scene, we see the …

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African American History Collections Holidays
June 17, 2020 Kelly Hancock

Emancipation and Juneteenth Collection Highlights

Juneteenth marks the day, June 19, in 1865 when General Gordon Granger of the United States Army arrived in Galveston, Texas and …

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African American History Educational Resource History is Present Mission in Action Shared Info
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Historical Resources to Understand & Explain the Present Unrest

Historian and American Civil War Museum board member Ed Ayers recently noted that, “if we are going to explain today, and lay …

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African American History Events In the Neighborhood
May 25, 2020 Chris Graham

Two Sides of Memory

What does Memorial Day mean to you? Is it just cookouts? Solemn appreciation for the nation’s dead? Do you think it has …

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African American History Annual Legacies Medical
May 6, 2020

Annual Legacies: Susie Baker King Taylor

Susie Baker King Taylor was born into slavery on August 6, 1848 to Hagar and Raymond Baker on the Grest Farm in …

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#AskACWM African American History Mission in Action
April 6, 2020

The Emancipation Question

With our doors closed to the public, we love hearing from our visitors. This week we have a question about instituting the …

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African American History Mission in Action
March 30, 2020 Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment.

15th Turns 150!

March 30, 2020, is the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution (ratified Feb. 3, 1870), which …

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African American History House 200
April 20, 2018

Seizing – and Speaking Out for – Freedom

By John M. Coski, Historian   The Museum’s April “House 200” program, “Seizing Freedom,” offered an immersive tour of the Confederate White …

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African American History Behind the Scenes Guest Blog House 200
April 11, 2018

House 200 | Seizing Freedom

By Dr. Lauranett Lee University of Richmond Every day and in every way, enslaved people sought freedom – often times seizing it as opportunities …

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