History Now Essay A Local and National Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Postwar Washington, DC Wendell E. Pritchett Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The history of the Civil Rights Movement is the story of numerous grassroots campaigns loosely coordinated and assisted by a small number of national organizations. Every local struggle had its own actors, issues, and nuances, and all... Appears in: 8 | The Civil Rights Movement Summer 2006 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
History Now Essay African Americans in the Revolutionary War Michael Lee Lanning From the first shots of the American Revolutionary War until the ultimate victory at Yorktown, black men significantly contributed to securing independence for the United States from Great Britain. On March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks,... Appears in: 46 | African American Soldiers Fall 2016