Category Archives: Black power

The Black Experience of Vietnam

Posted on June 9, 2009 by kenbaker

In 1970, after spending two years in the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, Army Specialist 5th Class Andrew Boone came home. He arrived with a hip wound and the horrors of war heavy on his soul. It was no grand return: … Continue reading →

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Gender and Civil Rights

Posted on February 24, 2009 by kenbaker

The non-violent demonstrations against racial segregation that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 represent one of the major events in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Organised by Revd Martin Luther King Jr’s Southern … Continue reading →

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The Black Experience in the American Civil War (2)

Posted on February 24, 2009 by kenbaker

The issues of emancipation and military service were intertwined from the onset of the Civil War.

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The Black Experience of the Civil war

Posted on February 24, 2009 by kenbaker

What was the black experience during the American Civil war?

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So did the Civil Rights movement work?

Posted on January 16, 2009 by kenbaker

I’m defining the American Civil Rights Movement as the reform group in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring suffrage in the Southern states. I’m thinking of the era between 1954 and 1968.

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