Setting The Record Straight About The Black History Of Memorial Day
Too many people don't know that Memorial Day began with Black men and women who memorialized the dead at the end of the Civil War. Historian David Blight sets the record straight about Decoration Day and its real founders — America's freed slaves.
Joe Madison the Black Eagle · Dr. David Blight
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Too many people don't know that Memorial Day began with Black men and women who memorialized the dead at the end of the Civil War. Historian David Blight sets the record straight about Decoration Day and its real founders — America's freed slaves.