Four union officers in front of tent, with two Africans-American during the Petersburg Campaign. Many former slaves, emancipated in 1863, were employed a servants to Union officers. August, 1864.
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Convicts leased to harvest timber circa 1915, in Florida
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Colored movie theater, Belzoni, Mississippi, 1939
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Special Field Orders, No. 15
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How The 14th Amendment got Ratified in Georgia
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves”
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“We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.”
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The Omaha race riot of 1919 in Omaha, Nebraska