Outside the Frame
Without images of African Americans, depictions of important military moments are incomplete.
Without images of African Americans, depictions of important military moments are incomplete.
From daring Civil War hero to Reconstruction-era political pioneer, the life of former slave Robert Smalls was as amazing as it was significant.
Galvanized by new electoral laws after the Civil War, thousands of Black men ran for public office both locally and nationally.
Josiah T. Walls was one of them.
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