History as Prologue

Tag: African-American history

  • Least appreciated event in African-American history?

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    Mark Thomas
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    August 21, 1831 seldom receives much national publicity. The date seldom triggers responses from even ardent students of antebellum history the way April 15, June 6, and November 22 awakens the memories of U.S. History fans. Even among followers of African-Americans history and those who keep alive the messages from the long civil rights struggle,…