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African-Americans served in varying capacities at the Union supply base at City Point. They served as pickets, railroad workers, and laborers "discharging the ships, wheeling the dirt, sawing the timber and driving the piles." Many ... worked at the Depot Field Hospital as cooks.
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NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) today revealed its most recent list of top cities for African Americans as featured in its May 2007 issue. The top picks were culled from more than 2,000 interactive surveys completed on www.blackenterprise.com and by editorial staff evaluation. The editors w.....
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Remembering Jim Crow is a companion to a radio documentary, and examines the system that, for much of the 20th century, barred many African Americans from their rights as U.S. citizens. Read personal...(American RadioWorks,supported byNational Endowment for the Humanities)
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Charlotte, a growing city nestled in the Piedmont of North Carolina, proved to be a city where Black families can settle in communities of educated, well-paid African Americans, of whom 50% own their own houses. Amenities such as pro basketball and football teams, a thriving nightlife and the nearby location of world-class colleges and universities, including the historically Black Johnson C. Smith University, make it a magnet for Black young professionals who are enticed by the gentle climate as well as the relatively low cost of living and affordable housing prices.
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African-American politicians occupied numerous important offices during the Reconstruction period. These pages from the official journal of the Louisiana House of Representatives include the names of several black state legislators from the Crescent City during the 1872 session of the Legislature including Charles W. Ringgold, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, Edgar Davis, Victor E. McCarthy, William B. Barrett, and Raford Blunt, chairman of the Committee on Parochial Affairs.
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