Author: Stephen V. AshRecounts the events of March 1863, when 900 black Union soldiers — led by white officers — invaded Florida and seized the town of Jacksonville. Although ordered to withdraw after three weeks, their collaboration with white Union forces persuaded President Abraham Lincoln to begin full-scale recruitment of black tro
History
Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Author: Ernest FreebergTells the story of Eugene V. Debs, a five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President. In 1918 Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act for questioning America’s entry into World War I.
Lorri Glover
Recognizing Lorri Glover for publishing The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America.
Stephen V. Ash
Recognizing Stephen V. Ash for his recently published book about black regiments in the Civil War.