BY WALTER OPINDE As you enjoy the weekend holiday memories as an American, do you really know the origins of the Memorial Day and who were behind its creation? Okay, the former (freed) slaves did it. This gives the Memorial Day an African-American origin. Currently, the Memorial Day in the U.S. is a federal holiday for reflecting on the ...
Key Highlights on Andrew Jackson Smith: Ran away as a slave to join Union Army Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh Corporal in 55th Volunteer Infantry in Massachusetts Received Medal of Honor for actions Andrew Jackson Smith was a Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War at the Battle of ...
The night of March 17, 1865, was one of the final battles of the Civil War. It saw Plymouth, NC's Aaron Anderson, a U.S Navy landsman of 53 or 54 display such heroics, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He served on USS Wyandank which was a part of the Potomac River Flotilla. ATTACK ON MATTOX CREEK Located on the Potomac River in ...
Nat Fuller was a newly freed Black cook, who hosted a feast at his restaurant, the Bachelor's Retreat, in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The purpose of the dinner was to mark the end of the American Civil War and the demise of slavery in the United States. Fuller was born in 1812 to a ...
The Medal of Honor was introduced during the American Civil war. It is the highest military adornment presented to members of the United States armed forces by the U.S. government. The Medal was awarded to those who were fully devoted and ready to risk their own lives beyond the call of duty to defend their country against enemies. A research ...
The Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based nonprofit that challenges racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, released a vivid retelling of America’s direct transition from slavery to mass incarceration. Illustrated by Molly Crabapple and written/narrated by EJI founder, Bryan Stevenson (read more about him here, here ...
By Lestey Gist, The Gist of Freedom The newly created union, the Colored Caulkers Trade Union Society, decided to form a cooperative company that would own a shipyard and railroad. Pooling their resources, the workers issued stock and quickly raised $10,000 in subscriptions among black Baltimore residents. They also borrowed another $30,000 and ...
By Lestey Gist, The Gist of Freedom Henry Highland Garnet In August 1858 two runaways were betrayed by John Brodie, who had promised to assist them in returning to Covington, Kentucky, to effect the liberation of relatives. Brodie's treachery nearly cost him his life. He was seized by a group of Negroes, who proceeded to give him three ...
By Lestey Gist, The Gist of Freedom Emigrationist, Sarah Parker Remond had first come to public notice three years before when she was ejected from a Boston theater because she refused to sit in a segregated gallery. She was handled roughly by a policeman, and successfully sued the theater's owners for $500 in damages. Born on 1824, Sarah ...
It's the story of men on the move: the Pullman porters who brought many other people along for the ride. "The Pullman Porters they pretty much single-handedly molded the middle class and what we know today, because they were hard-working brothers who did regular jobs in an extraordinary ...
The Regal Theater was a hot spot for Chicago's South Side public life from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. The theater was designed by architect Edward Eichenbaum of the firm of Levy & Klein, who earlier had produced the Diversey Theater (later renamed the Century Theater) on the North Side and the Marbro Theater on the West Side, the Regal ...
When people want to know more about the past, they often crack open a book and read. While the history books have been a good source for those wanting to learn about the Civil War, they can also use cookbooks to read up on the history of America. Several cookbooks that were published during the Civil War have given readers a better idea of just ...
