
The Truth and Myth of Sojourner Truth
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
Much of what is widely embraced about the famous activist and orator is mythology, while the truth lives in the shadows.
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.
How race has shaped our memory of the Civil War and Emancipation
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