The Washington Post features an article, written by DeNeen L. Brown and published on April 15, 2021, titled, "40 Acres and a Mule:…
PBS provides a video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross series, which explains the origins of the phrase “Forty…
Zinn Project Education features a lesson activity created by Adam Sanchez that involves multiday role play based on the phrase,…
BlackPast provides the text of the historical military orders that were issued by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on…
The National Archives features an article that was written by Miranda Booker Perry and published in the summer 2010 edition of…
The African American Intellectual History Society features an article, written by Karen Cook Bell and published on November 11,…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides a historical contract between White landowner Isham G. Bailey and Black…
Note: This article appears at the top of the second column on page six. Some language may be offensive to readers. Chronicling…
Note: See the top of the third column on page eight. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America provides a…
Note: See the top of the sixth column on page one. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America features a…
South Carolina ETV provides a video in which Historian Kate Masur, a professor at Northwestern University, explains the origins of…
Be Woke presents a video that is part of the Black History in Two Minutes (or so) series, titled, "Land: Giving Rise to the Famous…
The National Parks Services presents a 2016 biography on the life of Union Army General David Hunter. The article highlights: his…
The Library of Congress features an 1870 historical letter, written by Hamilton Wilcox Pierson, a member of the Ku-Klux Klan, to…
Note: See p. 21.This 2002 free, digitized book excerpt, Black Soldiers in Blue, African American Troops in the Civil War Era…
Note: See 2nd column, 6th paragraph.Chronicling America presents a 1-paragraph biography, from May 17, 1862 issue of the The…