GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! Oh, yeah...Happy 4th of July We continue our series on African-American Civil War Spies... … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
African American History
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
HAPPY HUMP DAY P.O.U.! We continue our series on African-American Civil War Spies... JOHN SCOBELL … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! We continue our series on African-American Civil War Spies.... THE DABNEYS … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
Monday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
HAPPY MONDAY P.O.U.! This week, we're going to take a look at African-American Civil War Spies. First, a brief history... "Black Dispatches" was a common term used among Union military men for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by Negroes. This source of information represented the single most prolific and productive category of intelligence obtained and … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Civil War Spies
Saturday Open Thread: The Great Migration
Hope your weekend is a good one Obots! We conclude our series on The Great Migration with how the new populations in the north changed political structures and its enduring legacy. Their painful experience of disenfranchisement in the South, coupled with their belief in the power of the ballot, led many migrants to register to vote almost immediately after arriving in the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The Great Migration