Rabu, 11 Oktober 2017

This Denver Museum Honors Black Homesteaders, Cowboys and Doctors

The Black American West Museum boasts more than 35,000 artifacts. When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862, the West loomed larger than ever as a land of opportunity for Americans, many of whom were black. Abolition and the end of the Civil War hadn’t put an end to racial persecution, of course, …

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