Black Heroes of the American Revolution
Title | Black Heroes of the American Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Burke Davis |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780152085612 |
The black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence are profiled in this fascinating history which features prints and portraits from the period.
America's Black Founders
Title | America's Black Founders PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy I. Sanders |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1556528116 |
Celebrates the lives and contributions of African-American leaders who played significant roles in colonial and Revolutionary War-era America, and includes over twenty related activities.
Black Heroes of the American Revolution
Title | Black Heroes of the American Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Burke Davis |
Publisher | Turtleback |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780606025225 |
The black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagon drivers who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence are documented in this engaging book. Bibliography; foreword by Senator Edward W. Brooke; index.
Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
Title | Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 PDF eBook |
Author | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
Publisher | |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
Title | Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 PDF eBook |
Author | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Biography |
ISBN |
Black Faces of War
Title | Black Faces of War PDF eBook |
Author | Robert V. Morris |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2011-01-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610601041 |
This commemoration of African-Americans in the U.S. military includes contributions from W. Stephen Morris and Luther H. Smith, one of the most-celebrated Tuskegee Airmen. Other black military heroes featured in the book include Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the Revolutionary War; Lt. James Reese Europe, who brought jazz music to Europe in 1918; Lt. Charity Adams, commander of the only all-black Women's Army Corps unit during World War II; and Gen. Colin Powell, who served with distinction in Vietnam, became the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War, and retired a four-star general before becoming the first African-American Secretary of State.
Standing in Their Own Light
Title | Standing in Their Own Light PDF eBook |
Author | Judith L. Van Buskirk |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2017-03-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806158905 |
The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for the liberty of African Americans, thousands of whom fought in the Continental Army. Because these veterans left few letters or diaries, their story has remained largely untold, and the significance of their service largely unappreciated. Standing in Their Own Light restores these African American patriots to their rightful place in the historical struggle for independence and the end of racial oppression. Revolutionary era African Americans began their lives in a world that hardly questioned slavery; they finished their days in a world that increasingly contested the existence of the institution. Judith L. Van Buskirk traces this shift to the wartime experiences of African Americans. Mining firsthand sources that include black veterans’ pension files, Van Buskirk examines how the struggle for independence moved from the battlefield to the courthouse—and how personal conflicts contributed to the larger struggle against slavery and legal inequality. Black veterans claimed an American identity based on their willing sacrifice on behalf of American independence. And abolitionists, citing the contributions of black soldiers, adopted the tactics and rhetoric of revolution, personal autonomy, and freedom. Van Buskirk deftly places her findings in the changing context of the time. She notes the varied conditions of slavery before the war, the different degrees of racial integration across the Continental Army, and the war’s divergent effects on both northern and southern states. Her efforts retrieve black patriots’ experiences from historical obscurity and reveal their importance in the fight for equal rights—even though it would take another war to end slavery in the United States.