Remembering the Black Roots of Memorial Day and the Revolutionary Holiday That Might Have Been

Different stories told differently matter. Consider Memorial Day and the holiday that could have been if white media hadn’t erased Black history. In May 1865, a week before President Abraham Lincoln declared the end of the Civil War, freed Blacks…

Different stories told differently matter. Consider Memorial Day and the holiday that could have been if white media hadn’t erased Black history. In May 1865, a week before President Abraham Lincoln declared the end of the Civil War, freed Blacks in Charleston, SC were already celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy. On May 1, the More

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