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Eugene L. Meyer

Author & Journalist

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Recent Posts

  • FIVE FOR FREEDOM: THE NEW PODCAST
  • Hail to the Nationals–and to Hometown Ted!
  • A Time of Reckoning
  • Another World’s Fair: Just What America Needs–or Does It?
  • The First TV President

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A Time of Reckoning

October 7, 2019 by Gene Meyer Leave a Comment

I believe we are in a time of reckoning, both with our past and present. It’s long overdue. With much attention focused on 1619 — an anniversary to be marked but not celebrated – there seems to be a new focus on the foundational arrival of the first enslaved Africans on our shores. With the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: abolition, Harpers Ferry, John Brown, lynching, reparations

FIVE FOR FREEDOM Comes to Barnes&[email protected]

January 26, 2019 by Gene Meyer Leave a Comment

I am proud and thrilled to be bringing the story of FIVE FOR FREEDOM: The African American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army to the Howard University campus on January 26.  This is the  story of five “hidden figures” overshadowed for 160 by their martyred commander.  It is not only about how and why these brave […]

Tagged With: abolition, African American, Civil War, Harpers Ferry, John Brown, slavery

This Is the Week That Was: FIVE FOR FREEDOM is here and now!

June 8, 2018 by Gene Meyer 1 Comment

I’m proud to report that the e-book version of FIVE FOR FREEDOM: The African American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army is #3 on Amazon’s list of hot new releases in the abolition category!  Last time I looked. The Amazon rankings are as changeable as the weather, hot one moment, cooler the next. At the start […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: abolition, Civil War, Dangerfield Newby, Harpers Ferry, John Anthony Copeland, John Brown, Lewis Leary, Osborne Perry Anderson, Shields Green, slavery

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