Convict Leasing After Slavery
Slavery ended in 1865. But many Black Southerners remained unfree laborers under the convict leasing system.
Slavery ended in 1865. But many Black Southerners remained unfree laborers under the convict leasing system.
Without images of African Americans, depictions of important military moments are incomplete.
Known as “The Father of Black History,” Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH) in 1915
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