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The Election of 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment: Union Veterans Stand for Black Men's Right to Vote

Meet the Author: Dr. Stephen A. Goldman

2023-11-06 18:00:00 2023-11-06 19:30:00 America/New_York The Election of 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment: Union Veterans Stand for Black Men's Right to Vote Join Dr. Stephen A. Goldman as he links white Union veterans’ wartime experience with African American soldiers to their staunch support for all black men’s right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment Potomac Library -

Monday, November 06
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-11-06 18:00:00 2023-11-06 19:30:00 America/New_York The Election of 1868 and the Fifteenth Amendment: Union Veterans Stand for Black Men's Right to Vote Join Dr. Stephen A. Goldman as he links white Union veterans’ wartime experience with African American soldiers to their staunch support for all black men’s right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment Potomac Library -

Join Dr. Stephen A. Goldman as he links white Union veterans’ wartime experience with African American soldiers to their staunch support for all black men’s right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment

In 1868, the Freedmen’s Bureau, a military organization, was doing its utmost to protect the voting rights of African American males and their white allies in former Confederate states from Ku Klux Klan terrorism. Yet, black men in most Northern and border states, including those residents serving in the army, did not have the same right – this would change because of the presidential election.

Join psychiatrist and author Dr. Stephen A. Goldman, author of One More War to Fight: Union Veterans' Battle for Equality Through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Lost Cause, as he explains how white Union veterans’ wartime experience with African American soldiers motivated their staunch endorsement of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the impact black and white ex-servicemen’s support had on Ulysses S. Grant’s successful run for the White House.

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